Re: ** AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
ps56k
<news-s...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
> vendors.
>
> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
wonder what other servers folks might be migrating to ?
here's some names I picked up from another group,
but have no experience with any of them...
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tnx for the links -
We're not really interested in Binary or the issues of Censorship -
so... don't want to download pirated software, movies, etc -
just reading the group/news stuff -
a.. Giganews
b.. NewsDemon.com
c.. NewsgroupDirect
d.. Newsguy
e.. Supernews
f.. ThunderNews
g.. UseNeXT
h..
Mike.G.
with the free Motzarella service, text only, and have been happy with it.
Allen
> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
> vendors.
>
> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
fallen into the hands of idiots; the informative posters seem to have
left, perhaps because of the takeover by the idiots, perhaps because so
many ISPs have discontinued ng service. I'm seriously thinking about
abandoning the whole ng system.
Allen
John Navas
in <b46dnSgQCcz4wavX...@giganews.com>:
"We have met the enemy and he is us" -Pogo
In other words, we only have ourselves to blame, for allowing Usenet to
be turned into a cesspool of illicit file sharing (drawing the ire of
Eliot Spitzer last year) and gutter noise (driving away the majority of
Internet users). Pity.
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Best regards,
John
Panasonic DMC-FZ28 (and several others)
John Navas
wrote in <Xns9C2D941F45...@198.186.190.61>:
>In message news:nq8f359gtt1g270ga...@4ax.com, John Navas
><spamf...@navasgroup.com> said:
>
>> In other words, we only have ourselves to blame, for allowing Usenet to
>> be turned into a cesspool of illicit file sharing
>
>Any ISP who wanted to filter binaries groups had the option to do so.
Sure, but that would result in complaints from users.
Might as well just do away with Usenet altogether.
>> and gutter noise (driving away the majority of
>> Internet users).
>
>Usenet NEVER attracted "the majority of Internet users."
And that's a big part of the reason.
Miles
> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
> vendors.
>
> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
Received the official word email today -- and two 2nd level techs
didn't know of it less than a week ago even when they checked their
computer!
Miles
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Important Updates to Your AT&T Internet Service
Dear AT&T Internet Service Member:
Our records indicate that you have accessed our Usenet newsgroup
feature in the past 90 days. We are writing to inform you that this
feature will be available through July 15. On or around July 15, 2009
we will no longer provide access to the Usenet service. If you wish to
continue accessing Usenet newsgroups, please be aware that many Usenet
services are available for a subscription fee.
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nospam
<spamf...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> >Any ISP who wanted to filter binaries groups had the option to do so.
>
> Sure, but that would result in complaints from users.
> Might as well just do away with Usenet altogether.
doing away with usenet altogether would result in *more* complaints.
John Navas
in <170620091753404201%nos...@nospam.invalid>:
Probably about the same number of complaints from the same small
minority that isn't worth the expense and hassle.