Re: AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down
Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net>
Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
> <news-supp
...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>
news:1244504405.2924_151@flph199.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
>> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
>> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
>> vendors.
>> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
> Being an AT&T customer and a reader of various newgroups, please provide
> some information of such third-party vendors. Thank you.
I do not know about AT&T, but Verizon cut off all Usenet except for the "big
8" some time ago. They did not reduce the rates to reflect the reduction in
service. I bet they did not reduce your rates to compensate for removing a
service that could be reasonably expected in a standard ISP contract.
Here is one alternate provider. I have not used them, but I may.
http://newsguy.com/overview.htm
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