MIR BBS

["Foxes" <foxes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Alain De Carolis wrote about the MIR BBS:
> Well i have counted 140 BUSY flags on 160 packets received! ... Meaning
> that 87% of the data trasmitted by MIR in a entire pass is... UNUSEFUL.
> ...  We must think about the new ISS. I believe that a too popular
> amateur radio system is not a right choice. A less accessible one ...
> would allow all the really interested hams to work the station easily,
> and would cut off all the "just courious" ....

Why on earth (no pun intended) would we want to "cut off" ANYONE???