Walt Davidson wrote:

IRLP is a malignant carbuncle on the once-respected hobby of amateur
radio. We need to get rid of it without delay before the cancer
spreads farther.


What a familiar refrain!

If newsgroups and the internet had been about when the repeater
network was started in the early 1970s, I bet you'd have said exactly
the same thing about them too!

The frequencies of internet links and repeaters are well publisised,
and it is easy for anyone with even a small brian to avoid using those
frequencies and get on with whatever parts of the hobby turn you on.

73,
--
Chris