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Re: [PLUG] Google groups, OT
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I'm looking forward to the day where all ISPs are "dumb" wireless
connections. This is just a baby step towards that -- another little
bit of control that comcast just gave up. Other providers can do the
job cheaper and better anyway (like google groups). I say let them.
:-)
-Jon
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Steve Morgan <stevem.firefly@gmail.com> wrote:
> The days of when Usenet access was a shining part of your standard
> Internet Service package are over. I worked for an ISP over 10 yrs
> ago as my first job in high school and we always tried to advertise
> all of the number of newsgroups we provided access to. It was a cat
> and mouse game almost, who could provide access to more newsgroups and
> the longest retention of articles. Now it seems Internet service is
> all about one's pipe to the Internet leaving the other services
> behind.
>
>
> Steve Morgan
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Andrew Libby <alibby@tangeis.com> wrote:
>>
>> Seems to me that usenet groups have been supplanted by
>> technologies like the wiki and forums, and of course mailing
>> lists and as you say blogs. I agree that most users
>> probably don't know that they are out there. In addition,
>> usenet is under assault because of it's use to distribute
>> copyrighted materials.
>>
>> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/22/1226222.shtml
>>
>> It is my basic understanding that Comcast is one of many
>> providers happily backing out of providing usenet services.
>>
>> My $0.02.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> Julien Mills wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just an observation... over the past many years when
>>> I've been trying to solve a problem I've been finding
>>> that the Usenet groups to be less and less helpful.
>>>
>>> Maybe I've suppressed bitter memories but I remember
>>> searching deja and later google and usually finding
>>> something intelligent about what I was trying to do.
>>> Lately maybe I'm doing some more complicated stuff.
>>>
>>> What I'm thinking is going on maybe: people are blogging
>>> and using discussion groups on certain web sites
>>> instead of reading and posting to the groups. And Usenet
>>> groups are kind of fading a bit, newer users may not really
>>> know they're out there.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> Julien Mills julienfmills@yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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