On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:15:19 -0400, Tom > wrote:

> Man that sucks!! What the hell for?


I assume that they've decided it's to their economic advantage to
abandon newsgroups entirely. If you disagree, let them know and
threaten to change their service to that of another ISP.

Personally, it made no difference to me. I switched from Comcast's
news server to the free news server from Motzarella a couple of weeks
ago. As far as I'm concerned, Motzarella is fine, and there's been no
disadvantage.





> Can't they filter?
>
> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:31:36 -0700, Ken Blake
> > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:42:06 -0400, Tom > wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think they'll drop ALL newsgroups, probably just all the
> >> binaries.
> >
> >
> >No, that's not correct. It's *all* newsgroups. Here's a quotation from
> >a message I got from them yesterday:
> >
> >Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer:
> >
> >As of October 25, 2008, the complimentary Comcast Newsgroups service,
> >powered by Giganews, will be discontinued. This feature provided
> >customers access to 2 gigabytes of newsgroup information on a monthly
> >basis. After this date, these customers will no longer be able to
> >access the Comcast Newsgroups service through Comcast. Customers who
> >have subscribed directly to Giganews for newsgroup access will not be
> >affected by this change.
> >
> >
> >> I have SBC and they did this to us about 2 months ago.
> >> I guess it's a crack down on all the child porn out there.
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:00:57 -0700, "Rick" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >It came as a shock when I read the news about Comcast.net will drop all
> >> >newsgroups after Oct 25.
> >> >Where is everyone on Comcast going to chat about food and wine. I will
> >> >miss all of you guys and gals.
> >> >Cheers,
> >> >Rick

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