Re: Buzzy's Update! OT

de ellis_jay 06/29/2006 09:25

Brian Robertson wrote:
> "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.

Bush.

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