comcast strikes again....

[TARogue]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Michael Pelletier wrote:

> Managing a full Usenet feed was a hassle 10 years ago, I can hardly imagine
> what it's like now - how many full 24x7 T3 lines does it take nowadays?
> Let's see... in June a full feed averaged 3.98 terabytes per day
> (http://www.newsdemon.com/average_feed_size.php) so that's 10.8 T3 lines
> 24x7 every single day, just for the AVERAGE load.
> 
> According to newsadmin.com's stats (http://www.newsadmin.com/usenet.asp),
> text posts accounted for 0.3% of the articles yesterday, and the rest was
> image, audio, video, executables, and unspecified file types.
> 
So, get rid of the alt.* groups. I live on rec.crafts.brewing as well as 
a few nh.* groups.

blogs, rss feeds, and that ilk are crap compared to usenet. Usenet was 
two-way, open ended communication, even when moderated. blogs and that 
crap are one way "it's my blog, and i can delete your post if i don't 
agree" self-love fests.

It's nice to be able to ask a question and get an answer without just 
getting fed a "RTFM" answer.

I thank God MV still keeps usenet. I won't use google news (no filters), 
and don't konw what I would do if MV dropped usenet.

> ---
> So, okay, Usenet, dead? It's been a joke for such a long time. Tell me it
> ain't so. But, really, Usenet being still alive in this time frame would
> itself be a cruel joke. It's best to remember Usenet of the golden age, I
> guess, than to try and preserve it's antiquated ways which don't fit todays
> Internet.
> ---
> 
The Usenet I read is very much alive and active.

Tom

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