George Shirley wrote:
>
> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> offering access to the Usenet Netnews service. If you wish to continue
> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party vendors.
>
> Distribution: AT&T SouthEast Newsgroups Servers
>
> Good thing I'm dumping most of their other services in retaliation.


I provider did that a long time ago. They dropped use net and now I have
to go through a third party. Curiously, they did not reduce my monthly
bill to reflect the reduced service. I spend more time on groups than I
do on surfing or email.