On Jun 10, 6:46*am, "Ed Cregger" wrote:


I guess I was thinking that if AT&T withdrew their support of usenet, it
wouldn't be long until its lack of validation (usenet) by such a famous
leader in communications would encourage more and mother smaller companies
to follow suit, eventually leading to a lack of use and accreditation,
socially.

Ed, AJ4PJ

I've seen various ISP's chunk my usenet for quite a while.
First it was the old dial up I used to use.. Same ole story..
Not many people use it they claim..
The latest was Comcast.. They dumped usenet about a
year ago I think..
The number of ISP's carrying usenet is dwindling fast.
I've been using Google groups since the time that my
dial up shut it down..
Many think I've probably lost my mind, but I've grown to
actually prefer it over the usual usenet readers.
I see the whole thread at once, and don't have to click
each message to read em.. Also.. it's the archive..
So say someone started a thread in 1997 titled
"my tower fell over and crushed my car", and then
someone else came along in 2009 with the same
title, I'll see both of them.
If Google dumps usenet, I'll probably just quit using
it if I can't find any other free web sites. Most of the
others I see have been fairly lousy.. IE: take days
to refresh, etc..
Google has been fairly instant refresh for quite a while
unless something is broke.