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  1. Newsgroups: uk.jobs,uk.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!jshark!joe
  3. From: joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk (Joe Sharkey)
  4. Subject: Re: PIPEX Network Support Engineer
  5. Organization: Individual Network (UK)
  6. Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:32:16 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <C1DqLt.8n7@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk>
  8. References: <1993Jan22.140950.12593@unipalm.co.uk> <727744926snz@home.demon.co.uk>
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  11. In article <727744926snz@home.demon.co.uk> cms@home.demon.co.uk writes:
  12. >In article <1993Jan22.140950.12593@unipalm.co.uk> richard@unipalm.co.uk writes:
  13. >
  14. >>PIPEX launched its Internet connection service in April 1992 and
  15. >>is already the largest commercial IP provider in the UK, with more than
  16. >>60 customers.
  17. >
  18. >I suppose that depends on how you define "largest".  Demon has
  19. >around *600* customers.
  20.  
  21. Your income in 600 * ``a tenner a month'' - 72k.
  22.  
  23. Contrast what PIPEX's income must be ;)
  24.  
  25. Now: who's ``bigger''?
  26.  
  27. PS: Also, consider the size of the "accounts" department (and effect on
  28.     profits)...
  29.  
  30. >    Regards,
  31. >        Cliff.
  32.  
  33. joe.
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  35. Joe Sharkey      joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk      ...!uunet!ibmpcug!jshark!joe
  36. 150 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Herts AL1 4JA, UK        Got a real domain name
  37. (+44) 727 838662           Mail/News Feeds (v32/v32bis): info@inet-uk.co.uk
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