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Posted by Joe on June 15, 2008, 12:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options posters will have to move to comp.home.automation to do our usenet postings. get ready for fun. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert L Bass on June 15, 2008, 5:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options It's possible that some of these providers have simply decided to stop providing a conduit for those who exploit children. They're not all without moral convictions. However, I suppose that some are doing it for precisely the reasons you've surmised. Whatever the reasoning, the Internet is self-healing to a certain extent. If most of the major providers decide to drop the ALT newsgroups, Web-based forums may take their place. If not that, then some other format is sure to spring up. -- Regards, Robert L Bass ==============================>
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Posted by AZ Nomad on June 16, 2008, 3:03 am
Please log in for more thread options >if the alt newsgroups are dropped by providers as predicted all the ASA
>posters will have to move to comp.home.automation to do our usenet >postings. get ready for fun. Then dump your provider and use a 3rd party usenet service. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Oliver Hardy on June 17, 2008, 5:10 pm
Please log in for more thread options This just in from Verizon.....
Dear Verizon Online Customer, As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about some important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup service. On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed below. The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be available. Users will not be able to post or download from any other newsgroups using our Newsgroup service. comp.* humanities.* misc.* news.* rec.* sci.* soc.* talk.* There are no changes required to your software, but you will need to unsubscribe from all Newsgroups other than the Big 8 hierarchies and the 0.verizon.* hierarchy noted above. IMPORTANT: If you continue to subscribe to unsupported newsgroups, you may experience poor computer performance and slow throughput speeds. Failure to unsubscribe may also interfere with the functioning of the Verizon network or use of the network by other Verizon users, which is a violation of our Acceptable Use Policy. We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you in the future. Sincerely, Verizon Online >if the alt newsgroups are dropped by providers as predicted all the ASA
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Posted by Matt Ion on June 17, 2008, 10:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options alt.* isn't a "Big 8"? I'd say it's about the BIGGEST...
Oliver Hardy wrote: > This just in from Verizon.....
> > Dear Verizon Online Customer, > > As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about > some important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup > service. > > On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only > offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed > below. The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be > available. Users will not be able to post or download from any other > newsgroups using our Newsgroup service. > > comp.* > humanities.* > misc.* > news.* > rec.* > sci.* > soc.* > talk.* > > There are no changes required to your software, but you will need to > unsubscribe from all Newsgroups other than the Big 8 hierarchies and > the 0.verizon.* hierarchy noted above. > > IMPORTANT: If you continue to subscribe to unsupported newsgroups, you > may experience poor computer performance and slow throughput speeds. > Failure to unsubscribe may also interfere with the functioning of the > Verizon network or use of the network by other Verizon users, which is > a violation of our Acceptable Use Policy. > > We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve > you in the future. > > Sincerely, > > > Verizon Online > > >> if the alt newsgroups are dropped by providers as predicted all the ASA
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> It may be that some of the providers decided to play it safe by getting rid
> of larger areas so that no one can say that they left some in or they may be
> looking at the bandwidth and storage on their systems.