Skybuck Flying

Who cares, they are obviously crappy isp's anyway, who are happy to comply
with taking away your freedom >D

Bye,
Skybuck.

lkboop

nospam wrote:
> Time-Warner is dropping all newsgroups. Verizon is keeping most of
> the Big-8 but is dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy, which includes this
> group.
>
> Keep this in mind for future posts, and you may wish to migrate any
> existing discussions to a non-alt.* group.
>
>
WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER
IN SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT
THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF
BLOCKING OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD
THINK PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE

Augustus

> WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER IN
> SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THIS
> IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
> APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING
> OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK
> PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE

I would think people who post on Usenet would know how to use the Capslock
key, but there you go......

lkboop

Augustus wrote:
>> WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER IN
>> SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THIS
>> IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
>> APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING
>> OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK
>> PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE
>
> I would think people who post on Usenet would know how to use the Capslock
> key, but there you go......
>
>Just wanted to give guys like you something to comment about.

John Doe

lkboop <lkboop ca.rr.com> wrote:

> nospam wrote:

>> Time-Warner is dropping all newsgroups. Verizon is keeping most
>> of the Big-8 but is dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy, which
>> includes this group.

> WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME
> WARNER IN SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT
> THIS AND THAT THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND
> BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY
> HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH
> INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO
> DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE

If that were true, the Road Runner discussion group users wouldn't
be packing their bags. You might want to check again. Apparently
it's more than a rumor.















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geoff

> THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH
> INFORMATIONAL VALUE

Here is the announcement from the RR website (you have to select your
city/state/etc. after clicking on the link):

http://help.rr.com/HMSFaqs/e_newsgro...rmination.aspx
I cannot access Road Runner Newsgroups or download articles?
As of June 23, 2008, Road Runner will no longer offer Newsgroups, however
users can subscribe on their own to third party News providers.


Why is Road Runner discontinuing their own Newsgroups service?
Due to low subscriber usage Road Runner has decided to discontinue
Newsgroups service as of June 23, 2008.


If I still want a news service, what can I do?
Subscribers can choose to use a third party service and purchase on their
own through that service. There are many providers with offerings, as an
example here are several providers:

Easynews
Newshosting
UsenetServer


When is the last day that Road Runner Newsgroups service will be available?
Newsgroups service will cease on June 23, 2008.


6/5/2008 4:55 PM
Modified by MG

Ghostrider

lkboop wrote:

> nospam wrote:
>
>> Time-Warner is dropping all newsgroups. Verizon is keeping most of
>> the Big-8 but is dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy, which includes this
>> group.
>>
>> Keep this in mind for future posts, and you may wish to migrate any
>> existing discussions to a non-alt.* group.
>>
>>
> WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER
> IN SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT
> THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
> APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF
> BLOCKING OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD
> THINK PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE


The ISP's would definitely like to shut down UseNet. Yahoo has pointed
the way. It is more profitable to disseminate content through special
interest groups lined with paid advertising than getting virtually zero
from giving bandwidth to offering a newsgroup. Moreover, such discussion
groups only propagate more mailing lists that can be sold.

So, TWC is more enlightened than Verizon and the other traditional ISP's?
Maybe...and maybe not. TWC has more at stake than having an ISP capability.

nospam

"Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote in message news:Wny5k.1864$L03.1013@edtnps92...
> > WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER IN
> > SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THIS
> > IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
> > APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING
> > OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK
> > PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE
>
> I would think people who post on Usenet would know how to use the Capslock
> key, but there you go......

Not to mention his info is absolutely incorrect. Time-Warner is
dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy (which includes THIS group
by the way).

nospam

"nospam" <nospam@comcast.invalid.net> wrote in message news:UoadneDBG8Z5YcvVnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote in message news:Wny5k.1864$L03.1013@edtnps92...
> > > WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER IN
> > > SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THIS
> > > IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES THAT HAVE
> > > APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO INTENSION OF BLOCKING
> > > OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK
> > > PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS NONSENSE
> >
> > I would think people who post on Usenet would know how to use the Capslock
> > key, but there you go......
>
> Not to mention his info is absolutely incorrect. Time-Warner is
> dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy (which includes THIS group
> by the way).

Sorry, that's Verizon. Time-Warner is dropping *all* of Usenet.

lkboop

Ghostrider wrote:
>
> lkboop wrote:
>
>> nospam wrote:
>>
>>> Time-Warner is dropping all newsgroups. Verizon is keeping most of
>>> the Big-8 but is dropping the entire alt.* hierarchy, which includes
>>> this
>>> group.
>>>
>>> Keep this in mind for future posts, and you may wish to migrate any
>>> existing discussions to a non-alt.* group.
>>>
>>>
>> WELL HERE WE ARE ANOTHER STUPID RUMOR STARTED -- I CHECKED TIME WARNER
>> IN SOCAL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS AND
>> THAT THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE-THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT AND BLOCK SITES
>> THAT HAVE APPARENT PORN BOTH ADULT AND CHILD -- THEY HAVE NO
>> INTENSION OF BLOCKING OR REMOVING ANY NEWS GROUPS WITH INFORMATIONAL
>> VALUE--YOU WOULD THINK PEOPLE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN START THIS
>> NONSENSE
>
>
> The ISP's would definitely like to shut down UseNet. Yahoo has pointed
> the way. It is more profitable to disseminate content through special
> interest groups lined with paid advertising than getting virtually zero
> from giving bandwidth to offering a newsgroup. Moreover, such discussion
> groups only propagate more mailing lists that can be sold.
>
> So, TWC is more enlightened than Verizon and the other traditional ISP's?
> Maybe...and maybe not. TWC has more at stake than having an ISP capability.
>
Looks like my info is bad but we shall see.