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Date:      Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: News...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.970420140642.10900M-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199704201917.PAA20332@crh.cl.msu.edu>

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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Charles Henrich wrote:

> Hell, a very large percentage of ISP customers are using it for pornography.
> Sex sells, always has, always will.  The news statistics SHOW it, what, in the
> top 100 read newsgroups 90% are alt.binaries.* related.  If you dont carry
> those groups, you lose/dont get customers, period.

But the percentage of customers who look at USENET is small and dropping.
And if you don't clean up illegal material from your newsservers, OCAF and
others are planning to put you in jail. 

Would you rather lose 10% of your customers or would you rather lose your
freedom *AND* your business? Your choice.

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-250-546-3049
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com




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