comcast strikes again....

[Thomas Charron]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Pete Snider <pds100 at gmail.com> wrote:
> comcast is doing it again, they're dropping usenet.  I saw the notice
> on slashdot.com,  below is the announcement and the link:
> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/?cookieattempt=1
> The Comcast Newsgroups service has been discontinued.
> We apologize for any inconvenience.
> If you have already signed up for Comcast Newsgroups, please be aware
> that this service will be discontinued on
> 10/25/2008

  Doesn't really suprise me.  Saddens me for sure, but Usenet never
evolved, and I'm not sure of the real traffic numbers, but I'd bet the
signal to noise ratio is easily 1 to 10000 if you look at the pure
binary warez/porn/freemusic uuencoded traffic.

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-- Thomas