Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wu1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!cmcl2!rocky2!cubsvax!wu1!rf From: rf@wu1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Please move over, wait, FORGET the ' - (nf) Message-ID: <248@wu1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 09:18:07 EST Article-I.D.: wu1.248 Posted: Thu Feb 16 09:18:07 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 02:17:09 EST References: <873@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Western Union Telegraph, Mahwah, NJ Lines: 17 I rather suspect that a private road network would be much like that private electronic network we all know and love -- Usenet/Uucpnet. The roads would be picaresque but would vary from place to place and one would not be able to get complete maps. It's instructive to compare Uucpnet with one of the public electronic mail services, MCI mail or Western Union Easylink. Western Union, at least, makes every effort to insure message delivery. Messages are archived on-line for ten days. There is a crew of operators on duty who (among other functions) *look* at the addresses of mis-addressed mail and make an effort to correct and deliver messages. It seems unlikely that any anarchy would do likewise. Randolph Fritz Western Union Telegraph