I received The following message from Simtel today:
> Subject: Your Files At Simtel.Net
> Important News from Simtel.Net
> Dear Author,
> Thank for contributing your software to the Simtel.Net Archive
> in the past. We hope you will continue to contribute in the
> future as well. We have made many changes to Simtel.Net over
> the past few months. So, if you have not visited us recently,
> please come by and check us out and let us know what you
> think.
"Dear Author" tells me that this was written by what the hackers
have long referred to as "suits". It would seem that what once
was a service has been made into a ripoff (see below).
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> we have created the Simtel Bandwidth Services (Simtel BWS).
> This allows you to place your file(s) on our high speed, high
> capacity download server FTP.CDROM.COM, and only pay for the
> data transmitted out of your directory. The cost is 005 per
> Megabyte of data delivered. If your download uses 50 Giga-
> bytes in data delivered, your BWS cost for the month would be
> $250.00.
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As long as there is another site on the 'net, I will never up-
load anything else to Simtel!
Ken Martwick
