For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
read about it in another group.

This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here via
you Comcast membership.

--
\Cheryl

"Cheryl" > wrote

> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
> read about it in another group.
>
> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here
> via you Comcast membership.

Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.

nancy

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:


>Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>
>nancy

Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
server.

Christine

"Christine Dabney" > wrote

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.

> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
> server.

Thank you.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Christine Dabney" > wrote
>
>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>>ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>
>> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
>> server.
>
> Thank you.

Which, less cryptically, is http://news.individual.net

I use it myself.

No binaries, though.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>
>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>
>> nancy
>
> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
> server.
>
> Christine


Yeah, but $43/month for Comcast Internet is not worth the price for a few
Google searches and email. I'm checking into DSL + NIN, which is what I use
in TN. Even with the annual NIN fee (10 Euros) it's cheaper than Comcast
Internet. YMMV.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
>> server.
>>
>> Christine
>
>
> Yeah, but $43/month for Comcast Internet is not worth the price for a few
> Google searches and email. I'm checking into DSL + NIN, which is what I use
> in TN. Even with the annual NIN fee (10 Euros) it's cheaper than Comcast

For those who might be shopping, that 10-euro (about $15US) is the
*annual* fee.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>
>>> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
>>> server.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>
>>
>> Yeah, but $43/month for Comcast Internet is not worth the price for
>> a few Google searches and email. I'm checking into DSL + NIN, which
>> is what I use in TN. Even with the annual NIN fee (10 Euros) it's
>> cheaper than Comcast
>
> For those who might be shopping, that 10-euro (about $15US) is the
> *annual* fee.

Isn't that what I just said?

Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>
> > Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
> > ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
> >
> > nancy
>
> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
> server.

Another solution is get a block account. There you buy a block of
usenet bandwidth that doesn't expire at the end of the month, you use
it until it's gone. Fairly inexpensive, $.5 - $1 per gig depending on
provider and size of block. The advantage is that it, unlike NIN, will
allow access to binary groups like alt.binaries.food. As long as you're
not hitting the multimedia groups to download movies or something, a
few gig would last a long time.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:58:48 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>
>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>
>> nancy
>
> Or just change usenet providers. Many of us here use the German
> server.
>
> Christine

I use Astraweb. If you don't do binaries, it's like $10 for life. I use
to use the German server until they required a credit card. The Astraweb
plan I use is the $10 25GB. I've had it for 3+ years and am still to eat
into the first GB. Good email-based support, too.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:41:45 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>The Astraweb
>plan I use is the $10 25GB. I've had it for 3+ years and am still to eat
>into the first GB. Good email-based support, too.

Good to hear about the support and GBs, but I'd devour my initial GB
in the first month and be looking for more.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:41:45 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
> > The Astraweb
> > plan I use is the $10 25GB. I've had it for 3+ years and am still
> > to eat into the first GB. Good email-based support, too.
>
> Good to hear about the support and GBs, but I'd devour my initial GB
> in the first month and be looking for more.

Are you sure? Unless you're getting TV shows and such from multimedia
groups, it's hard to make much of a dent in a gig. A typical .jpg you
find on alt.binaries.food will be a few hundred k. Text messages from
most newsgroups are noise level.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Cheryl" > wrote
>
>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
>> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
>> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
>> read about it in another group.
>>
>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here
>> via you Comcast membership.
>
> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.

<sigh> Here we go again.

Why? Just use a different news feed.

See my sig.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

"Blinky the Shark" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>
>> "Cheryl" > wrote
>>
>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
>>> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>>> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
>>> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
>>> read about it in another group.
>>>
>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here
>>> via you Comcast membership.
>>
>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>
> <sigh> Here we go again.
>
> Why? Just use a different news feed.

<sigh> Because I don't think they're worth the money without
the newsgroup access and was thinking of switch cable
providers altogether and that is one thing that was holding
me back.

> See my sig.

Thank you, that's exactly what I was planning to do. I do
appreciate that you offer that information.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote
>>>
>>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider,
>>>> Comcast is dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either,
>>>> but the forums on comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth
>>>> the high price we pay for Internet broadband. I never got any
>>>> warning email from them, and had to read about it in another group.
>>>>
>>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who
>>>> post here via you Comcast membership.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>
>> <sigh> Here we go again.
>>
>> Why? Just use a different news feed.
>
> <sigh> Because I don't think they're worth the money without
> the newsgroup access and was thinking of switch cable
> providers altogether and that is one thing that was holding
> me back.
>
Exactly right. Comcast Internet isn't exactly cheap (and I am!)

Jill

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:32:27 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote
>>>
>>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
>>>> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>>>> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
>>>> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
>>>> read about it in another group.
>>>>
>>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here
>>>> via you Comcast membership.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>
>> <sigh> Here we go again.
>>
>> Why? Just use a different news feed.
>
><sigh> Because I don't think they're worth the money without
>the newsgroup access and was thinking of switch cable
>providers altogether and that is one thing that was holding
>me back.

Most ISPs are going to get rid of Usenet. You might be better off just
getting a seperate news server like EasyNews or something.
>
>> See my sig.
>
>Thank you, that's exactly what I was planning to do. I do
>appreciate that you offer that information.
>
>nancy

"Ozark Baby" > wrote

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:32:27 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>><sigh> Because I don't think they're worth the money without
>>the newsgroup access and was thinking of switch cable
>>providers altogether and that is one thing that was holding
>>me back.
>
> Most ISPs are going to get rid of Usenet. You might be better off just
> getting a seperate news server like EasyNews or something.

Definitely, I am sure whatever ISP I switched to will sooner or
later follow suit. One way or another, I'll need a news server,
I know that much. Just that Comcast having it was one thing that
kept me from switching to a whole different cable provider, not
just as my ISP.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote
>>>
>>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast
>>>> is
>>>> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>>>> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay
>>>> for
>>>> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had
>>>> to
>>>> read about it in another group.
>>>>
>>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post
>>>> here
>>>> via you Comcast membership.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>> ISP for me, we'll see. Appreciate the heads up.
>>
>> <sigh> Here we go again.
>>
>> Why? Just use a different news feed.
>
> <sigh> Because I don't think they're worth the money without
> the newsgroup access and was thinking of switch cable
> providers altogether and that is one thing that was holding
> me back.

Don't you just love a "know it all" who overestimates his own intelligence
and underestimates yours? There is no bigger dunce in the world.

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:22:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Why? Just use a different news feed.

Why? It's not that impersonal for those who are used to getting ng's
from their original ISP.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:41:41 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:22:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>
>>Why? Just use a different news feed.
>
>Why? It's not that impersonal for those who are used to getting ng's
>from their original ISP.

Why not? It's the same newsgroup(s). Just a different provider of
them.

Christine

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:55:43 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:41:41 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:22:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>>
>>>Why? Just use a different news feed.
>>
>>Why? It's not that impersonal for those who are used to getting ng's
>>from their original ISP.
>
>Why not? It's the same newsgroup(s). Just a different provider of
>them.
>
Yeah, a different source and an added charge to an already inflated
bill.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:22:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
> > Why? Just use a different news feed.
>
> Why? It's not that impersonal for those who are used to getting ng's
> from their original ISP.

Yeah, it's a shaft, but there's nothing you can do about it.
Complaining to them won't help. You might be able to negotiate a rebate
by threatening to quit, but maybe not. If there's a competitor, it
might help to switch, but I wouldn't be surprised to see more of them
dropping usenet now.

It's all very unfortunate. Usenet has been struggling as it is, and if
most major ISPs drop included access, that won't help at all.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 19 Sep 2008 16:40:16 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>You might be able to negotiate a rebate
>by threatening to quit, but maybe not. If there's a competitor, it
>might help to switch, but I wouldn't be surprised to see more of them
>dropping usenet now.

Unfortunately... they lease space from Comcast, so I'd be indirectly
supporting Comcast anyway.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "Cheryl" > wrote
>
> > For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
> > dropping Usenet access. �I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
> > comcast.net confirm it. �Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
> > Internet broadband. �I never got any warning email from them, and had to
> > read about it in another group.
>
> > This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for
> > those of you who post here via you Comcast
> > membership.
>
> Thank you very much, Cheryl. �
> It could well mean a change of
> ISP for me, we'll see.

Google is free.

Sheldon wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> "Cheryl" > wrote
>>
>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider,
>>> Comcast is dropping Usenet access. �I didn't believe it either, but
>>> the forums on comcast.net confirm it. �Now they aren't worth the
>>> high price we pay for Internet broadband. �I never got any warning
>>> email from them, and had to read about it in another group.
>>
>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for
>>> those of you who post here via you Comcast
>>> membership.
>>
>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. �
>> It could well mean a change of
>> ISP for me, we'll see.
>
> Google is free.

Nothing is free. But your point is taken. And discarded just as quickly

Jill

"Sheldon" > wrote

>"Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>> ISP for me, we'll see.

>Google is free.

It might be free, but it's not for me.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote
>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
>>> ISP for me, we'll see.
>
>> Google is free.
>
> It might be free, but it's not for me.
>
> nancy

It also doesn't eliminate Comcast as the ISP.

Jill

Nancy Young wrote:


> "Sheldon" > wrote
>
> >"Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> >> Thank you very much, Cheryl. It could well mean a change of
> >> ISP for me, we'll see.
>
> >Google is free.
>
> It might be free, but it's not for me.



FYI I found this on alt.online-service.comcast today

Posted by ComcastCares at 4:04CDT. today:


"The Comcast Newsgroups service, powered by Giganews has been
discontinued effective 9/17/08. Existing customers will continue to be
able to access the service until 10/25/08

This decision is in alignment with other ISP's that have recently
terminated their Newsgroups service due to the declining popularity of
Newsgroups as customers chose other methods, such as RSS feeds and web
browsing to access information.

While the majority of Newsgroups are safe, newsgroups have been found to
be a source of child pornography on the internet. This is just one of
the child protection measures Comcast has taken to help reduce access to
child pornography..."

</>

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote

> While the majority of Newsgroups are safe, newsgroups have been found to
> be a source of child pornography on the internet. This is just one of
> the child protection measures Comcast has taken to help reduce access to
> child pornography..."

Idiots if that's what they really think. I am assuming they just
want to drop usenet.

nancy

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:06:34 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>"The Comcast Newsgroups service, powered by Giganews has been
>discontinued effective 9/17/08. Existing customers will continue to be
>able to access the service until 10/25/08
>
>This decision is in alignment with other ISP's that have recently
>terminated their Newsgroups service due to the declining popularity of
>Newsgroups as customers chose other methods, such as RSS feeds and web
>browsing to access information.
>
>While the majority of Newsgroups are safe, newsgroups have been found to
>be a source of child pornography on the internet. This is just one of
>the child protection measures Comcast has taken to help reduce access to
>child pornography..."
>
></>
>
Howdy,

I just spoke to folks at Comcast.

According to them, there has been no such announcement.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
m...

>
> While the majority of Newsgroups are safe, newsgroups have been found to
> be a source of child pornography on the internet. This is just one of
> the child protection measures Comcast has taken to help reduce access to
> child pornography..."
>
> </>
>
>

There's pornography on the internet?

-sw

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:48:40 GMT, Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow" >
> m: in rec.food.cooking
>
>>
>> While the majority of Newsgroups are safe, newsgroups have been found to
>> be a source of child pornography on the internet. This is just one of
>> the child protection measures Comcast has taken to help reduce access to
>> child pornography..."
>
> ROFLMFAO... Oh gee... and the Internet is sooooooo... safe. How frigging
> absurd. Why don't they just admit that carrying NNTP servers is an
> expensive proposition that they no longer want deal with but they still
> want to gouge the consumer, for the same price they've charged, without the
> overhead?
>
> Michael

how expensive is it really? if i'm not mistaken, you can get there in some
kinda hokey way with a web browser (or god forbid, webtv).

face y'all, y'all just dinosaurs who haven't kept up. get with the
program!

your punch-card pal,
blake

"Nancy Young" > wrote in news:BpGdnaATj6
:

> It might be free, but it's not for me.

poetry...you poet you.

--

The beet goes on -Alan

hahabogus wrote:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote in news:BpGdnaATj6
> :
>
>> It might be free, but it's not for me.
>
> poetry...you poet you.

So they might be free
But they wouldn't be for me
News feeds in autumn

--
Blinky T. "haiku of the day" Shark

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:07 -0400, "Cheryl"
> wrote:

>For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
>dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
>Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
>read about it in another group.
>
>This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here via
>you Comcast membership.

I thought pushing us into giganews *was* their way of dropping usenet!
When is it supposed to be official?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:07 -0400, "Cheryl"
> > wrote:
>
>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider,
>> Comcast is dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but
>> the forums on comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the
>> high price we pay for Internet broadband. I never got any warning
>> email from them, and had to read about it in another group.
>>
>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post
>> here via you Comcast membership.
>
> I thought pushing us into giganews *was* their way of dropping usenet!
> When is it supposed to be official?


According to the Comcast web site, October 25th the newsgroups.comcast.net
server will cease to exist.

Jill

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:20:27 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:07 -0400, "Cheryl"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider,
>>> Comcast is dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but
>>> the forums on comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the
>>> high price we pay for Internet broadband. I never got any warning
>>> email from them, and had to read about it in another group.
>>>
>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post
>>> here via you Comcast membership.
>>
>> I thought pushing us into giganews *was* their way of dropping usenet!
>> When is it supposed to be official?
>
>
>According to the Comcast web site, October 25th the newsgroups.comcast.net
>server will cease to exist.
>
I just got off live chat with earthlink... they still provide usenet.
Their base price is low and they charge more for usenet which makes it
higher than comcast. Damn. I guess I should be happy I can sign up
for a provider that I can get to anywhere, but I'm not.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:20:27 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:07 -0400, "Cheryl"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider,
>>> Comcast is dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but
>>> the forums on comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the
>>> high price we pay for Internet broadband. I never got any warning
>>> email from them, and had to read about it in another group.
>>>
>>> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post
>>> here via you Comcast membership.
>>
>> I thought pushing us into giganews *was* their way of dropping usenet!
>> When is it supposed to be official?
>
>
>According to the Comcast web site, October 25th the newsgroups.comcast.net
>server will cease to exist.
>
Dang, you made me call Earthlink to find out what their service costs.
They charge extra for usenet and only give 5.0 mbps speed for $41.95.
I don't blame EL, I blame comcast. After all they rent comcast lines.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Cheryl wrote:

> For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
> dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
> comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
> Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
> read about it in another group.
>
> This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here via
> you Comcast membership.

Same old same old. As always, just use another news feed. See my sig.

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:07 -0400, "Cheryl"
> wrote:

>For those who use Comcast with Giganews as the news provider, Comcast is
>dropping Usenet access. I didn't believe it either, but the forums on
>comcast.net confirm it. Now they aren't worth the high price we pay for
>Internet broadband. I never got any warning email from them, and had to
>read about it in another group.
>
>This isn't a bash of Comcast, just an FYI for those of you who post here via
>you Comcast membership.

Look into getting and using a seperate news server. That is what I did
years ago when my ISP took away the Usenet access. EasyNews is a
really good one and has rollover bytes.