eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick) (03/14/89)
[Sorry for the crossposting, followups are directed to news.admin with an ont distribution] I would like to set up a USENET site in Sudbury, Ontario in the near future. The main purpose would be to provide mail and news access to Sudbury and area computer users. A Trailblazer call to Toronto would be involved, and I would like to recover the costs by charging the users a fee. Having experience in the news administration area, I'm cautious to call my machine a "commercial" one. I only want to bring in enough money to cover the long-distance bills to Toronto, the initial investment of the system, the upkeep, and my time spent maintaining it. A minor profit could be involved. The term "Public Access" comes to mind, but I am unsure of what this implies. I'm also aware that many "commercial" sites have come under fire for allowing idiots/goofs, what have you, to post to the net. I hope to keep this under control, somehow, but hopefully it won't be needed. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions. I have directed followups to news.admin with an "ont" distribution, if you think this might be an ongoing discussion. Otherwise, use mail, I guess. -- Doug Eastick eastick@me.UTORONTO.BITNET UUCP: ...!utai!me!eastick eastick@me.toronto.edu