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Hook
hooker at opera.iinet.net.au
Thu Dec 20 04:19:28 WST 2001
Anthony Jones wrote:
> They are basically charging you for these things because they've got the
> power to deny you these things. I understand that WAIX traffic is yet
another
> thing that they don't pay for but users do.
A common misconception. WAIX traffic isn't free to iiNet. There's the cost
of the pipe, the equipment cost and the cost of housing and running the
equipment. Had you said that it cost less than bringing it in through uunet
(for example) you'd probably have been right - but free it ain't
Paul Wilson
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