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Dr H

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Jun 10, 2009, 5:05:23 PM6/10/09
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Usenet activity seems to have fallen off drastically in
the past year.


Dr H

Derek Gee

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Jun 10, 2009, 6:24:15 PM6/10/09
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"Dr H" <hiaw...@efn.org> wrote in message
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> Usenet activity seems to have fallen off drastically in
> the past year.
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> Dr H

That's because many ISP's dropped Usenet after Andrew Cuomo went on quest to
destroy it in the name of fighting child pornography. Of course, Usenet
wasn't where all the child porn people were, but when you're trying to get
reelected...

http://techliberation.com/2008/07/21/comcast-resists-pressure-to-drop-usenet-access/

Derek


AB

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Jun 10, 2009, 10:04:47 PM6/10/09
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I'm still here, but haven't really got much to contribute.

Andrew


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Dr H

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Jun 11, 2009, 9:14:57 PM6/11/09
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Derek Gee vociferated:


Wow, I guess I haven't been paying attention. I kind of wandered off into
blog-land for a while, and when I came back a lot of newsgroups were
depopulated. I had no idea that ISPs were dropping access left and right.

Sheesh, talk about draconian measures! Isn't this like shutting down
all telephone landlines just because a handful of people sometimes make
obscene phone calls?

Dr H

John Nunes

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Jun 11, 2009, 10:04:03 PM6/11/09
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AT&T has announced it is shutting down it's abusenet server this summer.

Dick Baker

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Jun 17, 2009, 12:20:26 PM6/17/09
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John Nunes <jjn...@att.net> wrote in
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> Dr H wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Derek Gee vociferated:
>>

>> }That's because many ISP's dropped Usenet after Andrew Cuomo went on
>> quest to }destroy it in the name of fighting child pornography. Of
>> course, Usenet }wasn't where all the child porn people were, but when
>> you're trying to get }reelected...
>> }
>

> AT&T has announced it is shutting down it's abusenet server this
> summer.

And Comcast shut down its news server last year.

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Dr H

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Jun 24, 2009, 8:09:15 PM6/24/09
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, John Nunes vociferated:

Hi John,

My own Usenet access has been a little flakey recently, but no talk
about shutting it off.

Might be time to look into third-party providers, though.


Dr H

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