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ISP ending Usenet service: which free/cheap ones are best?
AKT wrote:
My ISP (ATT) just sent this: Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be offering access to the Usenet netnews service. Does anybody know which free / cheap services are best? I received the same thing to day. In response I have removed all yahoo sites form my computer, including the ATT/yahoo home page. While this may sound petty, if everyone who was a newsgroup user stopped using yahoo, which is possible, it would reduce yahoo hits and consequently the amount they can charge for advertisements. I just set up with aioe.org, I don't know how it will workout. |
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ISP ending Usenet service: which free/cheap ones are best?
Keith Nuttle wrote:
AKT wrote: My ISP (ATT) just sent this: Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be offering access to the Usenet netnews service. Does anybody know which free / cheap services are best? I received the same thing to day. In response I have removed all yahoo sites form my computer, including the ATT/yahoo home page. While this may sound petty, if everyone who was a newsgroup user stopped using yahoo, which is possible, it would reduce yahoo hits and consequently the amount they can charge for advertisements. I just set up with aioe.org, I don't know how it will workout. Hello, Keith: I tried Aioe.org http://www.aioe.org, for about a year. It was pretty good, and yet, it had its quirks...such as, a daily posting limit (which is 25 articles, according to another author, in this thread). Then, in April, 2008, I discovered Motzarella (news.motzarella.org); I've had very few problems, with it. Motzarella - User registration http://news.motzarella.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en Good luck! Cordially, John Turco PS: Motzarella was suggested to me, by the late "Blinky the Shark." He was a regular (and prolific) Usenet contributor, who died on January 31, 2009, at the age of 61. Very tragic, indeed. |
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ISP ending Usenet service: which free/cheap ones are best?
* John Turco wrote, On 6/10/2009 22:28:
Keith Nuttle wrote: AKT wrote: My ISP (ATT) just sent this: Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be offering access to the Usenet netnews service. Does anybody know which free / cheap services are best? I received the same thing to day. In response I have removed all yahoo sites form my computer, including the ATT/yahoo home page. While this may sound petty, if everyone who was a newsgroup user stopped using yahoo, which is possible, it would reduce yahoo hits and consequently the amount they can charge for advertisements. I just set up with aioe.org, I don't know how it will workout. Hello, Keith: I tried Aioe.org http://www.aioe.org, for about a year. It was pretty good, and yet, it had its quirks...such as, a daily posting limit (which is 25 articles, according to another author, in this thread). Then, in April, 2008, I discovered Motzarella (news.motzarella.org); I've had very few problems, with it. Motzarella - User registration http://news.motzarella.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=en Good luck! Cordially, John Turco PS: Motzarella was suggested to me, by the late "Blinky the Shark." He was a regular (and prolific) Usenet contributor, who died on January 31, 2009, at the age of 61. Very tragic, indeed I was wondering why Blinky has been so quiet. Gee, what a pity as he was a great contributor to several newsgroups and offered very friendly and helpful assistance. Miles |
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ISP ending Usenet service: which free/cheap ones are best?
Miles wrote:
* John Turco wrote, On 6/10/2009 22:28: heavily edited for brevity PS: Motzarella was suggested to me, by the late "Blinky the Shark." He was a regular (and prolific) Usenet contributor, who died on January 31, 2009, at the age of 61. Very tragic, indeed I was wondering why Blinky has been so quiet. Gee, what a pity as he was a great contributor to several newsgroups and offered very friendly and helpful assistance. Miles Hello, Miles: Yes, shortly after returning to news:rec.photo.digital, about a month ago, I was shocked to learn of his death. (I'd quit checking this newsgroup, sometime in January, 2009.) Blinky the Shark's real name was Lee Rizor (1947-2009), incidentally. Cordially, John Turco |
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ISP ending Usenet service: which free/cheap ones are best?
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:47:08 -0700, Miles wrote:
* John Turco wrote, On 6/14/2009 00:51: Miles wrote: * John Turco wrote, On 6/10/2009 22:28: heavily edited for brevity PS: Motzarella was suggested to me, by the late "Blinky the Shark." He was a regular (and prolific) Usenet contributor, who died on January 31, 2009, at the age of 61. Very tragic, indeed I was wondering why Blinky has been so quiet. Gee, what a pity as he was a great contributor to several newsgroups and offered very friendly and helpful assistance. Miles Hello, Miles: Yes, shortly after returning to news:rec.photo.digital, about a month ago, I was shocked to learn of his death. (I'd quit checking this newsgroup, sometime in January, 2009.) Blinky the Shark's real name was Lee Rizor (1947-2009), incidentally. Cordially, John Turco Guess I (we) could try to send an email to his old address if it can be found and perhaps his family will read out condolences and compliments. Miles Do you honestly think that your existence matters to anyone? Soon as you stop posting on usenet you cease to exist to anyone who reads this nonsense and it only proves that you have zero importance. Get a grip. Watch for the next time that some prolific troll stops posting. See how often anyone asks, "Hey? What happened to troll-ASSAR? Rich? etc.?" Nobody ever does. Because their existence really don't matter to anyone. If they died and some obscure relative (they have no real friends) posted of their death, it wouldn't effect usenet for more than one post, if lucky. Catching onto the reality of usenet yet? I figured not. |
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