Amcnc.1072 net.news.group utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!taylor Wed Mar 3 09:02:26 1982 net.datacomm Response has been very favorable to the creation of a net.datacomm news group. The only concern expressed is whether there is already a group sufficient to cover this interest without creating a new group. The only existing group which seems appropriate is the arpanet 'fa.telecom' group. My concern here is twofold. First, it may subject readers of that group to a lot of information which is not of interest to them. Second, that group is 'digested', which seems to somewhat impair the speed of the information flow. That is, the information tends to be less conversational, which may or may not be viewed as an advantage. The only other general comment was that the name 'datacomm' only leaves one significant character for subgroups. Perhaps 'datacom' would be a better name. Rather than continuing this discussion of a new group ad-nauseum, i propose that unless we hear STRONG objections in this forum within the next day or so, the new news group net.datacom (only one m) be formed. Steve Taylor ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.