ATT is ending usenet support soon
Mike Russell
usenet connection is with sbc, pacbell, att, or a related company, you will
need to switch to another news server to continue your subscription to this
news group.
All the best,
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Brian Gaff
in this case I guess Yahoo, is not going to run a news server, then its
tough. I just wonder what the point is here. In my view, there is a
concerted effort generally to make sure nobody can use usenet, look at
Windows 7, you have to download a news client. Many people want you to use
web based groups as these are controllable from one place, one country.
It quite frankly stinks. I imagine is the binary groups which are the
problem. So I reckon text servers could be the way to go if the isps will
fund them.
I hate web based groups as no two have the same interface and quite a few
still have the stupid type in from the picture system to exclude blind
users.
Brian
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chris mcmillan
<bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>Yes, its all this outsourcing which is going on generally, if the company,
>in this case I guess Yahoo, is not going to run a news server, then its
>tough. I just wonder what the point is here. In my view, there is a
>concerted effort generally to make sure nobody can use usenet, look at
>Windows 7, you have to download a news client. Many people want you to use
>web based groups as these are controllable from one place, one country.
>
>It quite frankly stinks. I imagine is the binary groups which are the
>problem. So I reckon text servers could be the way to go if the isps will
>fund them.
>
>I hate web based groups as no two have the same interface and quite a few
>still have the stupid type in from the picture system to exclude blind
>users.
>
Even the fully sighted find that difficult to use.
Sincerely chris
>
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Chris McMillan
http://www.chinavision.org.uk/
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John Doe
> The quickest way to finish use net is to have us all use Google
> Groups. Even the fully sighted find that difficult to use.
Googl Groups has destroyed access to the USENET archives. The archives
were a great resource to many of us who are very unhappy about that.
As far as the subject goes... It makes little difference that AT&T is
discontinuing their own USENET service since USENET service is readily
available from other places. A serious problem would be if someday
Internet Service Providers attempt to block access to USENET servers.
Hopefully that day will never come.
Mike Russell
...
> Google Groups has destroyed access to the USENET archives.
The USENET archives are still available at groups.google.com. You're right
that they are a great resource.
> As far as the subject goes... It makes little difference that AT&T is
> discontinuing their own USENET service since USENET service is readily
> available from other places.
Absolutely - USENET may get smaller, but it will be here for the people who
really want it.
Brian Gaff
this worries me, as its a most inefficient way to transfer files, but as I
say, if pure text servers were out there more than now, it would be great.
Brian
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