not one of you clowns knows what IP, or what intenet connection, or data
communication means. go to MacDonalds and have an Egg McMuffin and tell each
what telecom geniuses you are.

From: (Steven Shelikoff)
Date: 7/15/2004 7:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:59:06 -0600, Shawn Willden
wrote:

Karl Denninger wrote:

Up until 1998 or so when I sold MCSNet we actually had UUCP newsfeed
customers. Most of them connected via IP, but UUCP provided a very nice
"spooling" system for them and got the job done.

Interesting. "Most of them connected via IP" implies that some did not.
Who'da thunkit?

It is still viable for those who do not have "full time" Internet
connections (e.g. dialup over modems or ISDN)

Makes me wonder if there are any newsfeeds still being transferred via raw
UUCP (i.e. not over IP). Someone's probably doing it just for
nostalgia :-)

Yes, there are. And a lot more than just mine.

Steve