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+> The pubgrid was disabled on 2011-07-24. 
+> See <http://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2011-July/006572.html>
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 # The Public Test Grid
 
 This page is about the "Test Grid", which is also called the "pubgrid".  The pubgrid has several purposes: