In article <slrnemhgl9.gtg.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net>,
"Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

> In article <jgkeegan-D77CAB.15443325112006@individual.net>, james g. keegan
> jr. wrote:
>
> >> Bullshit. It's off-topic, and you know it.
> >
> > no steven, it is not off-topic at all. it is quite relevant.
>
> No, it's not relevant.

nonsense. a number of people have already told you that it was.

much as you might like to control the behavior of others, you're
off-base on this one, i believe. the topic is interesting to
newsgroup readers.

> I believe there are already other fora for VoIP,
> including at least one Usenet newsgroup. The only Skype stuff that has
> any relationship to cellular, at least out of what's posted here, is Larry's
> constant whining about the way the wireless providers do business. He says
> they all suck, and to some extent, they DO all suck. Fine... I'm not
> going to argue that, it's true. So what's the point of posting that there's
> some sale on XYZ Inc's newest Skype handset?

i won't dispute that there is a common foundation of whining about
the industry in larry's posts. i do argue that the evolution of
alternatives to today's cellular industry is most relevant.
>
> > larry is easy enough to attack and put down if that is your intent.
> > this isn't the place to do it.
>
> Give me a break. That argument is as tired as the argument that I'm a
> VZ shill. I've publically agreed with Larry before. If I was only out to
> attack him, that's what I'd be doing every time he posted, even when he was
> not spamming.

he was not spamming with his posts about skype; certainly no more
than you are.

> Sorry James, there *are* guidelines for posting to Usenet, and most ISP's
> even codify those guidelines into their Acceptable Use policies, like Larry's
> cable company does. Why don't I just ignore all the crap? Because, as I've
> said before, I've seen newsgroups get overrun by the off-topic BS, and those
> newsgroups have become unusable. Alt.cellular.* hasn't yet.

there is a historical reason for moderated and non-moderated
newsgroups, steven. i though you had been around long enough to
recognize that. i doubt that there are two usenet isp admin, however
usenet-illiterate they might be, who would categorize larry's skype
posts as spam.