"Don Bruder" wrote in message
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In article ,
(GTO69RA4) wrote:

Get out while the getting's good. They're dropping all newsgroup access.
I
have
been planning on switching for a long time now, but this is the final
nail in
the coffin.

I also think this will be a big loss for Usenet in general. Say what you
will
about the comapny and most of its members, but AOL has a huge share of
the
online market. Now AOLers who aren't specifically looking for NGs (as in
using
different servers) will never make the leap.

GTO(John)

Sorry if it offends you, John, but the fact is that more spam,
stupidity, and just plain wasted bandwidth came out of AOL than any
other source on the 'net. With very few exceptions, AOL's members have
demonstrated, right from day one, that they should be in a playpen,
rather than participating in a worldwide forum.

If AOL really is cancelling usenet access, that's the best news to hit
since they unleashed the idiots on an unsuspecting internet in the first
place.

Good bye, and good riddance. The "switchoff" can't happen soon enough to
please me.

I have no personal experience with AOL, but the way you describe it smacks
of the mindless way CB radio was used back in the early 70's. If so, I'd
have to agree with you.

Harold