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Re: Buzzy's Update! OT
de Brian Robertson 06/29/2006 07:46
"Nicetameetya" <gday@anonymous.invalid.con> wrote in message
news:f2p6a25j709k8n97ge77114hkg9vhafps5@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:11:01 -0400, Buzzy <horsebagger@excite.com>
> said in passing:
>
>>Brian Robertson wrote:
>>> "Buzzy" <horsebagger@excite.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4gfm5qF1lsve0U1@individual.net...
>>>> Hi All,
>>
>>> I presume the ISP that you are upset at is Bell Sympatico. There has
>>> been a
>>> lot of talk about the loss of their Usenet Newsgroup service over at
>>> can.internet.highspeed. I am with Rogers, we lost our Newsgroups back in
>>> January. Seems to be a Canadian trend.
>>
>>Absolutely correct!! I used newsgroups on a regular basis and considered
>>it part and parcel to my package. I have since paid individual.net for
>>the service which I used when it was free. I STILL want to change isp's
>>like cogoco cable however, I think the 'canadian' trend may spread to
>>them too. AFA records, I don't give a shit! I have nothing to hide, I
>>just want that damn service!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Buzzy :)
>
> The trend in New Zealand as well. The country's biggest (although not
> best) ISP pulled the plug on its news server a few months back,
> claiming it was a "complimentary service." It's interesting to see
> that other ISP's are also full of shite.
I suspect many ISPs are being filled with fear as well. Usenet (sadly) is
being used to distribute pirated movies, music, software as well as child
pornography. The ISP's lawyers are probably telling them to cut-and-run
before they have to find out how culpable they are for the content on their
NNTP servers.
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