Re: OT: ISP cancels USENET server contract

Ken McM. filted:
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>Most customers who still participate in Usenet News now do so on web-based 
>news sites like Google Groups.  In light of this, continuation of the 
>contract with ABSnet no longer makes business sense.
>
>For those of you who still want to use Usenet News, the by far largest and 
>most popular free access site these days is the Google Groups site at 
>http://groups.google.com.  Anyone can read the newsgroups on Google News, 
>but free registration is required if you want to be able to post to the 
>newsgroups as well.  "

This advice comes under what we like to call the "scorched earth policy"....r

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