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Wm Hopkins

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Jul 21, 2010, 4:02:55 PM7/21/10
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Has it dropped waaay off here or is it just my server?

Reid Goldsborough

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Jul 21, 2010, 4:02:40 PM7/21/10
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On 7/21/2010 4:02 PM, Wm Hopkins wrote:
> Has it dropped waaay off here or is it just my server?

It's the traffic. Mostly Anka and Michael don't post here like they used
to. I think they moved to Colchis to study the beginning of
Indo-European languages together.

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Nick Knight

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Jul 21, 2010, 6:53:22 PM7/21/10
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In <3u49ad....@news.alt.net>, on 07/21/2010
at 04:02 PM, Reid Goldsborough <reidgol...@yahoo.com> said:

>> Has it dropped waaay off here or is it just my server?

>It's the traffic. Mostly Anka and Michael don't post here like they used
>to. I think they moved to Colchis to study the beginning of Indo-European
>languages together.

Well, this part of the issue is great, IMO.

However, I went without newsgroups for awhile, not even really noticing what
was going on. I knew Cox was planning on dropping Usenet, and I guess I
didn't realize that they did :).

Anyway, once I DID notice, I switched to one of the alternates mentioned
here. Traffic was instantly lower. I sorta-kinda guess it was because of
Cox and some other big-name ISP who canned Usenet at about the same time.
Maybe folks with switch to a different Usenet server, maybe they won't
bother.

Nick

Bremick

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Jul 21, 2010, 7:37:45 PM7/21/10
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"Nick Knight" <bhnc...@mr2ice.com> wrote in message
news:4c477b2d$1$avpx$mr2...@news.eternal-september.org...

I still use COX and was affected by their dropping of Usenet at the end of
June. Like you, I was given a suggestion here for a replacement and it has
worked seamlessly. Traffic-wise, I guess there's just not that much worth
discussing lately. Personally, I just finished a 20th Century type set
after about six or seven years of effort. Luckily, I was able to acquire
the gold examples when bullion was about half of today's prices.
Ironically, the last coin I needed was a Memorial Lincoln cent (I chose a
Cameo PR 1960SD). Coins are all MS and PCGS, one of my few anti-slab
consessions.

Frank Galikanokus

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Jul 22, 2010, 4:23:28 PM7/22/10
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Wm Hopkins wrote:
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> Has it dropped waaay off here or is it just my server?

Many ISP have drooped usenet from the services provided.

It has cause many to give up on newsgroups.

JAM

Farmer Dave

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Jul 22, 2010, 8:23:25 PM7/22/10
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I wonder if it is a form of censorship..........news groups aren't
controlled in any way.........

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