On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:43:02 UTC, Froot Bat wrote:

On 24 Feb 2009 15:27:44 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:37:45 UTC, Froot Bat wrote:

On 22 Feb 2009 20:18:56 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:51:35 UTC, Sofa - Spud
wrote:

I won't pay for usenet out of principle frankly , not even a few pounds.

What principle exactly? Do you expect everything to be free?

Perhaps he just expects usenet to be free. And why not, it always has
been.

Not really. I've been using it for 27 years, and someone has always had
to pay something in all that time.

But not you though. Not the user.

Who has argued that a Usenet service is free to run? Anyone? Me? Go
ahead Bob, take all the time you need. Point to _one_ time I have said
"Usenet services are free to run".

If you're too lazy and/or stupid to read and understand a discussion
before trying to join in then it's no surprise when you end up missing
the point so comprehensively. That point, despite how much you want to
argue about something that nobody even said, is that Usenet has always
been free _at_the_point_of_use_ (as Sam Nelson puts it).

But you didn't say that, or qualify it in any way. You said:

"Perhaps he just expects usenet to be free. And why not, it always has
been."

And of course it's not free. If an ISP provides it, the cost is rolled
into the subscription. And that's why ISPs are dropping it...it affects
the price people pay and the market has become too competitive.

Mainly my employer...who actually sold Usenet services to the UK years ago.

Yep, I've no doubt your employer invented the internet and sold it to
"the UK" too. Anything else?

You can choose not to believe it if you wish.
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