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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

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"Ed Cregger" wrote in message
.. .
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

Just use web access. I use it even now when I see a broken thread and find
my ISP has somehow lost posts.

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...tenna/2009-06/

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In "Ed Cregger"
wrote:

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

There are lots of alternate sources for USENET, some free.

Here's a nice free one:

http://www.motzarella.org/

news.motzarella.org is a private project providing free access
to text-only Usenet News. The server has a 100MBit connection to
several Internet backbones and is integrated into the Usenet via
more than 60 peers.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

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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
.. .
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

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"Bob D." wrote in message
...
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
.. .
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


Google Groups works without any sign-up, at least for
reading. I use it when I am away from home. I think it works
only for text.
Earthlink/Netcom, my ISP, farmed out Usenet to Demonews
some time ago resulting in very much improved news group
performance.

--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL

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Ed Cregger wrote:
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



I'm now a happy member of forte.

MTV

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"MTV" wrote in message
...
Ed Cregger wrote:
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

I'm now a happy member of forte.

MTV


I forgot about forte. Thanks for jogging the old memory.

Ed Cregger, AJ4PJ

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Ed Cregger wrote:
"MTV" wrote in message
...
Ed Cregger wrote:
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
I'm now a happy member of forte.

MTV


I forgot about forte. Thanks for jogging the old memory.

Ed Cregger, AJ4PJ


Has anyone actually received notice from AT&T? All I have seen has been
on the various usenet groups. I googled AT&T and did not find anything.

Dave WD9BDZ

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David G. Nagel wrote:
Ed Cregger wrote:
"MTV" wrote in message
...
Ed Cregger wrote:
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
I'm now a happy member of forte.

MTV


I forgot about forte. Thanks for jogging the old memory.

Ed Cregger, AJ4PJ

Has anyone actually received notice from AT&T? All I have seen has been
on the various usenet groups. I googled AT&T and did not find anything.

Dave WD9BDZ

I did.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

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In article , "Ed Cregger"
wrote:

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

Hello, and if that's so can't you find another ISP? Even if you don't
have access to usenet, there are other non-usenet ham radio forums and
discussion groups. For a long time usenet/nntp was the only game in town
but there are plenty of alternativies out there now. Sincerely, and 73s
from N4GGO,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

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"J. B. Wood" wrote in message
...
In article , "Ed Cregger"
wrote:

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

Hello, and if that's so can't you find another ISP? Even if you don't
have access to usenet, there are other non-usenet ham radio forums and
discussion groups. For a long time usenet/nntp was the only game in town
but there are plenty of alternativies out there now. Sincerely, and 73s
from N4GGO,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337


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

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:46:27 -0400, "Ed Cregger"
wrote:

AT&T ... such a famous leader in communications

This is like worrying about the auto industry failing if Packard
doesn't make it through the bail-out this summer.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

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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.