Charter for sdnet.internet.high-speed, San Diego
wkro...@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Posting-Frequency: [This is an automatic posting of the charter for
sdnet.internet.high-speed. Posting Frequency will be on the 1st and
15th of each month. All discussion should take place in sdnet.config
plus the newsgroup in question.]
For your newsgroups file:
sdnet.internet.high-speed San Diego discussions of high speed access
On-Topic Articles can range from but not limited to:
+ Discussions related to high speed access forms IN San Diego County.
+ These topics can range from questions as well as answers by users.
+ Various opinions, findings and advice by and for high speed access users
IN San Diego County.
+ High speed access for this newsgroup will be defined as anything greater
then 56K speed. For people with 56K or less speed, I recommend using
the newsgroup: sdnet.internet.providers.
+ High speed access forms can range from but not limited to: ISDN, DSL,
Cable modems, wireless and any future forms of high speed access.
+ Questions from out of the area such as: I am moving to San Diego and
would like to know about the high speed companies? This type of question
is directly related to San Diego County and is welcome. Below you will
see notes as to various questions not related to San Diego County and
are off-topic to this regional newsgroup.
+ In general: The sdnet.internet.high-speed newsgroup is a regional
newsgroup for San Diego County, Calif. Topics, questions and
discussions should be related to the various high speed access forms IN
San Diego County. San Diego region specific questions are welcome as
are general questions. However, region specific questions that are NOT
about San Diego are NOT welcome.
+ For a global newsgroup which would cover a wider range of topics and
areas (not related to San Diego County) you should seek out the
newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable, comp.dcom.xdsl, comp.dcom.isdn or
other similar global newsgroups and/or check your regional hierarchy for
groups that cover your interests.
Off-Topic Articles and subjected to possible cancellation:
Questions that do not belong in the regional newsgroup
sdnet.internet.high-speed and are best answered else where.
+ When will high speed access come to, (fill in your favorite
city/country, other then San Diego County)?
+ I am having troubles with my high speed access connection and/or network
and live in (fill in your favorite city/country, other then San Diego
County), what can I do?
+ My download speeds are lousy/great and live in, (fill in your favorite
city/country, other then San Diego County), what can I do?
+ The sdnet.internet.high-speed newsgroup is a discussion newsgroup,
please do not post forsale ads or any other type of commercial
advertizing.
+ Spam (as defined by current usenet standards, see;
http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html)
+ Spam (as defined by sdnet.* policy) see;
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~wk/sdnet/spamp.html
+ Binary/image files of any kind (as they do not belong in non-binary
newsgroups).
+ MIME/HTML posts, and in particular any posting using a content- encoding
other than 7bit, 8bit, or quoted-printable. Most users reading Usenet do
not use a Web browser.
+ Make Money Fast (MMF) articles.
+ Cross posted articles outside of sdnet.*.
This charter permits the sdnet.* Usenet News Administrators to cancel any
article posted in the sdnet.internet.high-speed newsgroup which does not
have particular relevance to the San Diego and surrounding areas, or
is in violation of a relevant sdnet.* charter. Any San Diego area
resident may send e-mail to the posters news administrators for
sdnet.internet.high-speed charter violations.
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Bill Kronert San Diego Usenet Admin. - SDNET