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RE: IPs & ISPs

From: HAMISH MACEWAN <hamish_at_usa.net>
Date: 12 Jul 99 08:42:01 NZST
Message-ID: <19990711204201.16319.qmail@www0w.netaddress.usa.net>

Marcus Steeneken <SteenekenM@caa.govt.nz> wrote:

> I suspect that you need an ISP to sell you Internet traffic!

You can buy bread from a baker, not just the supermarket.

ISP's don't make Internet traffic, they wholesale it on to you... if ISP's
were optional, we could cut out the middle man, assuming you're able to make
your own arrangements for email and other services...

> I believe that Paradise are still negotiating with Telecom

That's interesting, from the PR traffic, so you know how reliable my source
is, I'd concluded it was a done deal.

Hamish.

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