My provider, Comcast, also dropped the Usenet service a while back. I signed
up with Giganews.com to continue the service. There are many companies that
offer Usenet at a nominal fee.

Internet service providers are claiming that the Usenet is no longer
popular. (Notice that their fees do not drop when they drop Usenet.) Sure,
there are lots of Web based forums. But, there is no central location to
find a forum. Also, they all work differently and make you jump through
sign-up hoops (sometimes demanding too much personal information!).

--
Bob D. ND9B

"Ed Cregger" wrote in message
news
I've been using usenet for about 15 years with various names. I just read
the announcement from AT&T that they are ending usenet services very soon.
That sucks. But so does growing old in general. Still, quite often it
beats
the alternative.

To all of those that I have chatted with over the years and whom I may
never
chat again, thanks. It's been fun.

Ed Cregger