while the use of packet is free compare to internet and phone costs it wont
die.
Like alot of other amatuers related to scrooge , why pay to send email to
other amatuers. What will kill it is free isp's and toll free calls to the
isp.
now the root source of this is what Noah shovelled over the side and
Columbus found !!!! hi hi
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Holden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 February 1999 12:55
To: Walter Koch
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Packet Radio is Over
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Walter Koch wrote:
> Replace "Internet" with "car" and "Ham Packet Radio" with "bicycle"
> and you will see, why Karl (IMHO) has got the wrong view on Hamradio.
Let's extend this analogy a bit further:
What if bicycles cost at least twice as much as cars, you could only use
them on poorly maintained dirt tracks (and there are gaps in the coverage
where you have to either pick up the bike and walk (HF) or put it in the
boot of a car and drive past it (internet gateways)), and due to the law
you weren't allowed to visit any of the destinations which you could get
to by car and your non bicycle owning friends couldn't come and visit you.
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