I'd heard that Comcast, or it could have been ATT,
was going to drop usenet service

(I mean, how else could they make a REAL profit from
their 'ONLY $29.999 a month" service fee. Comcast
didn't have ANY Customer Support costs to begin
with, so what's left that they could cut?)

Pity. Learned a lot here and over in rec.woodworking,
and not just about woodworking.