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Brandon McCombs

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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:07:50 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

:On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:37:09 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:
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:In article ,
: aemeijers wrote:
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: Of course, this will make it even harder for the newbies to understand
: that Usenet is not Google Groups, since that is what most regulars on a
: budget will end up using.
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: aem sends...
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:And as has been mentioned, Google's interface is god awful. I don't know
:why anyone would actually choose to use it.
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:Maybe because it is free? I am a long-term Usenet user and not about
:to start paying for it after AT&T (supposedly) pulls the Usenet plug
:in 2 weeks. AT&T has a lot of customers, I'm sure there will be users
:that stop using Usenet.

Is AT&T really pulling the plug on usenet? I'm SBC Yahoo/ATT/Pacbell for
many years. Does this mean I can no longer download headers/bodies for
usenet? If that's true I may have to look for a new ISP. I use Usenet a
LOT.

Dan

TimeWarner did away with usenet service last year in June. I've been
using NewsHosting ever since and very happy with results. For $15/mo I
get over 10 connections, unlimited downloading, and retention that far
surpasses anything that I could ever take advantage of. If I wanted
encrypted connections and more connections I could pay more but I can
max out my pipe using just 1 or 2 connections anyway. The package I have
with them is cheaper than Giganews because they reduce the retention
period to a level that is still acceptable and thus it lowers the rate
you pay compared to Giganews so that's why I went with NewsHosting.