[Eeyore]

geoff wrote:

Richard Crowley wrote:
"RichL" wrote ...
Richard Crowley wrote:
They likely don't know exactly which customers are using NNTP.
Doing the traces to identify the NNTP customers would likely raise
complaints of big-brother spying.
Notifying everyone (99% of whom don't even know what NNTP
is) would likely just create thousands of completely useless
questions from clueless, non-NNTP customers.

When Verizon stopped carrying the alt hierarchy in usenet several
months ago, they sent a notification to all their customers.

I'll bet they had to hire extra people to answer all the phone
calls from clueless customers.

Not to mention hire extra people who actually knew what NNTP is ...

No Naughty Tipsy Persons obviously.

Graham