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Are you Comcast customers? Say bye bye...
....to Usenet!
http://tinyurl.com/5mmdqp (Comcast post on dslreports.com) I know I can access this group through Google Groups-- and maybe there are some other options, which I'm sure I'll finds out about. Seems like the end of an era for me though -- I've been online since 1986 and always accessed newsgroups directly from news servers on my ISP. It seems like many ISPs are abandoning newsgroups (RCN just did the same thing). |
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Are you Comcast customers? Say bye bye...
Rob Aries wrote:
...to Usenet! http://tinyurl.com/5mmdqp (Comcast post on dslreports.com) I know I can access this group through Google Groups-- and maybe there are some other options, which I'm sure I'll finds out about. Seems like the end of an era for me though -- I've been online since 1986 and always accessed newsgroups directly from news servers on my ISP. It seems like many ISPs are abandoning newsgroups (RCN just did the same thing). This service is wonderful, and costs little. I'm in my second year of use and really appreciating it. We dropped Earthlink when Frontier offered DSL here, and this service has more than filled the gap: http://news.individual.net/ -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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Are you Comcast customers? Say bye bye...
"Rob Aries" wrote...
...to Usenet! http://tinyurl.com/5mmdqp (Comcast post on dslreports.com) I know I can access this group through Google Groups-- and maybe there are some other options, which I'm sure I'll finds out about. Seems like the end of an era for me though -- I've been online since 1986 and always accessed newsgroups directly from news servers on my ISP. It seems like many ISPs are abandoning newsgroups (RCN just did the same thing). ISPs (and *especially* big, corporate ISPs) have been handling NNTP so poorly, that it is pretty much good riddance. There are so many (much better) options available, that loss of NNTP on an ISP doesn't make my top-100 list of things to even think about. 10 Euro per year for excellent service from http://news.individual.net It's pretty much a no-brainer. Or several other independent Usenet providers out there. Several of them free, even. Google Groups is OK for archives, but opening up a web-based portal to all the wackos, slimeballs and spammers in the solar system was a very bad thing for Usenet overall. |
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Are you Comcast customers? Say bye bye...
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:12:34 -0400, Richard Crowley wrote
(in article ): "Rob Aries" wrote... ...to Usenet! http://tinyurl.com/5mmdqp (Comcast post on dslreports.com) I know I can access this group through Google Groups-- and maybe there are some other options, which I'm sure I'll finds out about. Seems like the end of an era for me though -- I've been online since 1986 and always accessed newsgroups directly from news servers on my ISP. It seems like many ISPs are abandoning newsgroups (RCN just did the same thing). ISPs (and *especially* big, corporate ISPs) have been handling NNTP so poorly, that it is pretty much good riddance. There are so many (much better) options available, that loss of NNTP on an ISP doesn't make my top-100 list of things to even think about. 10 Euro per year for excellent service from http://news.individual.net It's pretty much a no-brainer. Or several other independent Usenet providers out there. Several of them free, even. Google Groups is OK for archives, but opening up a web-based portal to all the wackos, slimeballs and spammers in the solar system was a very bad thing for Usenet overall. I have had no problems with Comcast and newsgroups. I'll be wrankled if they drop it. Regards, Ty Ford --Audio Equipment Reviews Audio Production Services Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com Guitar player?:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZJ9MptZmU |
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Are you Comcast customers? Say bye bye...
I agree, Comcast has been fine for me too. And prepare to be wrankled,
I don't think it's a question of "if." In article , Ty Ford wrote: I have had no problems with Comcast and newsgroups. I'll be wrankled if they drop it. Regards, Ty Ford |
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