BIG Brothers' attack on USENET--i.e. our forum here ...
John Smith wrote:
Robert Smits wrote:
No, thanks. Yahoo groups are NOT the same as Usenet or a reasonable
substitute for international newsgroups with nntp feeds. A better
alternative at the moment are alternate newsfeeds like giganews.
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Bob Smits, Ladysmith, BC
"What a wonder is USENET; such wholesale production of conjecture from such
a trifling investment in fact." -- Carl S. Gutekunst
Well said.
However the low bandwidth requirements of newsgroups should be included
in any decent ISPs' services, IMHO.
Low bandwidth my ass, a full USENET feed is gigabytes per day.
Know nothing fool.
--
Jim Pennino
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