comcast strikes again....

[Frank DiPrete]

TARogue wrote:
> 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.
>>

Comcast could have just stopped pulling binaries in the feed if space 
and bandwidth was the issue. But then again ... it's Comcast.

Sorry Roger - you tiger now.

> 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
>