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Doesn't UUCP over TCP/IP defeat the purpose of having UUCP as an independent network? An Internet outage and the UUCP system is broken. On the other hand, a UUCP network of systems connected via the telephone network could survive an Internet breakdown. Of course, back when I worked at AT&T, I was told that there were switches installed, by law, in the telephone company central offices, so that the U.S. government could order the telephone systems shut down in the event of a "national emergency." How nice, Big Brother working hard for our tax dollars again... just like the highways that are build not for primary purpose of civilian transportation, but to make it easier for military vehicles to travel throughout the U.S. and to contain people in certain geographic areas (e.g. "beltways"... did you ever think about what the real purpose of those "sound barrier" walls is?)