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Re: [PLUG] Google groups, OT
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The only issue there is that I didn't see my Comcast
bill go down a penny when they shut off that service.
And now I need to pay another $9.99/ month for usenet.
I agree with you in concept though. It would be nice
to regard your connectivity as carrier only service with
reduced bindings. Comcast is always working on retention
though. They'll give up providing usenet, but are going
to provide file storage for subscribers to use for backups.
Andy
Jon Bringhurst wrote:
> 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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