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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
wrote in message ... 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. Being an AT&T customer and a reader of various newgroups, please provide some information of such third-party vendors. Thank you. |
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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
wrote in message ... 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. Being an AT&T customer and a reader of various newgroups, please provide some information of such third-party vendors. Thank you. I do not know about AT&T, but Verizon cut off all Usenet except for the "big 8" some time ago. They did not reduce the rates to reflect the reduction in service. I bet they did not reduce your rates to compensate for removing a service that could be reasonably expected in a standard ISP contract. Here is one alternate provider. I have not used them, but I may. http://newsguy.com/overview.htm -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 21:35:01 up 3 days, 12:30, 3 users, load average: 4.24, 4.33, 4.23 |
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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
I'm using aioe.org for reading and posting nttp.aioe.org
It's free, but it doesn't keep the messages around for a really long time. Good to see people (the same ones!) are still listening in. My darkroom isn't getting nearly as much use as my computer! RJF |
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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
"Richard Fateman" wrote in message ... I'm using aioe.org for reading and posting nttp.aioe.org It's free, but it doesn't keep the messages around for a really long time. Good to see people (the same ones!) are still listening in. My darkroom isn't getting nearly as much use as my computer! RJF Well a few of us are still around. I ansered your e-mail. I was wrong big time about the message from AT&T being a troll. A lot of former news group people have gone over to web based forums of various sorts. That may have some advantages and I am a member of several but I still like Usnet best. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL |
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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
"Richard Fateman" wrote in message ... I'm using aioe.org for reading and posting nttp.aioe.org It's free, but it doesn't keep the messages around for a really long time. Good to see people (the same ones!) are still listening in. My darkroom isn't getting nearly as much use as my computer! I'm using eternal-september with no problems at all. |
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AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
Late at night, by candle light, "Richard Knoppow"
penned this immortal opus: "Lawrence Akutagawa" wrote in message ... "Jean-David Beyer" wrote in message ... Jean-David Beyer wrote: Lawrence Akutagawa wrote: wrote in message ... 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. Being an AT&T customer and a reader of various newgroups, please provide some information of such third-party vendors. Thank you. I do not know about AT&T, but Verizon cut off all Usenet except for the "big 8" some time ago. They did not reduce the rates to reflect the reduction in service. I bet they did not reduce your rates to compensate for removing a service that could be reasonably expected in a standard ISP contract. Here is one alternate provider. I have not used them, but I may. http://newsguy.com/overview.htm Well, Verizon is cutting off all Usenet at the end of this month. As usual, they are not cutting their rates for this reduction in service. . Just for the record - I am now using the services of eternal-september, previously known - I believe - as Mozzarella. Earthlink (Netcom) some time ago farmed out Usenet to something called Demonews. This works pretty well. Usenet service had been awful for years on Earthlink related companies. As far as reducing services and keeping the rates the same its just another way for business to cheat its customers. I'm using Forté's usenet service (http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php), and have no complaints. At 2.95 for 12 gigs/mo it's a steal. - YD. -- Remove HAT if replying by mail. |
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