And then Verizon knock the alt. hierarchy off their servers.
>
> Interesting, a note sent the other day:
>
> Please be sure to unsubscribe from any groups not in the rec. hierarchy to
> avoid problems.
>
>
> Now, my reader only gets messages when I tell it to, but other readers
> automatically DL new messages when you connect.
>
> The 'problems' Verizon is looking to avoid is problems with their servers
> if 100 people connect at once and start searching the servers for new
> messages in the alt. groups.
>
>
> Hmmmm.....
Sounds like a helluva good plan to me.