Comcast Discontinues Newsgroup Service.

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15 years ago

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 7:31 PM

In another newsgroup, a poster has found that Comcast will be discontinuing their "Comcast Newsgroups Service".

Those using newsgroups.comcast.net will need to find another provider on or before Saturday, October 25, 2008:

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15 years ago

Sat, Oct 4, 2008 6:35 PM

And no mention of a reduction in the monthly bill. Oh yeah, that's right, they referred to it as the 'complimentary' Usenet service. Still waiting impatiently for Uverse to get rolled out, and this is just one more tickmark on the 'Reasons I'm gong to dump Comcast' list.

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15 years ago

Sat, Oct 4, 2008 7:07 PM

They seem to all be doing it. Roadrunner said it wasn't being used enough to warrant it - that has to be bull - probably more like people were using too much bandwidth.

Does Uverse have a free usenet service ? It's available here and that

4 channel DVR is a nice bonus with the 200 package. The only drawback to Uverse is you have to kick up the internet package about two levels to reach normal speeds.

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15 years ago

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 6:29 PM

"$Bill" wrote in news:gc8etd$1rr$ snipped-for-privacy@registered.motzarella.org:

If you're still looking for a Usenet alternative, it might be worth checking a third party service that focuses on that. I had switched over to Newsguy and I can use them from whatever ISP or access location I have available. They have low-cost options that cover low traffic as well as options for heavier and unlimited downloads.

If you check their site newsguy.com they have a special that gives sign-ups from Comcast an extra free month and I'd recommend using the trial account to check them out first.

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15 years ago

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 7:58 PM

That doesn't answer the original question though. Does Uverse supply a news feed ? I can shop for a 3rd party news feed no problem, but if they already supply one, it might be worth swapping from RR.

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15 years ago

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 9:07 PM

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:58:35 -0700, "$Bill" wrote:

If you dig around at the att.net site, you'll eventually come to this page

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which contains settings for the mail and news servers for the various ATT domains, which includes U-Verse.

Since they do provide news server settings, I'm going to assume they have at least limited Usenet access. No alt.binaries.* from what I understand, but the rest should be there.

(Please forgive the formatting, this is a straight copy/paste for the most part, email servers first, followed by news servers.)

================================================================= Mail Server (POP, SMTP) Settings Your Email Address: Incoming (POP) Outgoing (SMTP) snipped-for-privacy@ameritech.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@att.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@att.net (non Yahoo) fpostoffice.isp.att.net fmailhost.isp.att.net snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net* mail.bellsouth.net mail.bellsouth.net snipped-for-privacy@flash.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@nvbell.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@pacbell.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@prodigy.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@snet.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com snipped-for-privacy@wans.net pop.att.yahoo.com smtp.att.yahoo.com

Incoming mail server: POP3 Outgoing mail server: Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication Incoming mail port #: 995, secure connection (SSL) checked Outgoing mail port #: 465, secure connection (SSL) checked

*SSL is not required for the configuration of mail.bellsouth.net settings

News Server (NNTP) Settings

Pacific Bell/Nevada Bell Regions Southwestern Bell Region Ameritech Region BellSouth Region SNET Region Prodigy

Pacific Bell/Nevada Bell Regions: Area NNTP Server NNTP UserID Legacy members San Francisco news.sf.sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@pacbell.net Los Angeles news.la.sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@pacbell.net Nevada Bell news.sf.sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net snipped-for-privacy@nvbell.net