Well, it looks like another worthless politician has scared internet providers to drop some of my "evil" newsgroups like:
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
and
alt.binaries.pictures.weather
Can alt.autos.studebaker be next?
Yep, that POS AG in NY state and my POS provider ATT are in bed with each other.
Guess that it is time to move on to another provider after ten + years.
ATT has been going downhill ever since SBC gobbled them up anyway.
Gawd, I hate politicians!
Thank you for looking...
JT
Internet providers all across the country are dropping usenet service, it's
30 year old technology. Compared to commercial internet useage, usenet isn't even a drop in the bucket yet requires the same level of maintenance whether it's useage is millions or a handful. From a business standpoint, it's smart to drop usenet and dedicate time and effort to something that reaches the majority of your users.Lee
Here's a fairly recent view of why some big providers are at least dropping the alt.* groups
The dip$**ts at Time Warner dropped ALL newsgroups a couple of weeks ago but kindly suggested some alternatives, all of which were rather pricey and no doubt they got a kickback for anyone who signed up for one of those.
I found another Usenet provider for $4.95 a month, about half of the cheapest that TW suggested... and this is my first post back on Usenet.
Just because something is old technology doesn't mean it's not still good!
Jeff DeWitt
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