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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.

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On Jun 8, 11:15*am, 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.

Hell...I get the newsgroups through Google for free.

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Chemo the Clown wrote:
> On Jun 8, 11:15 am, 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.
>
> Hell...I get the newsgroups through Google for free.

I can do the same, just not happy with their format, etc.

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George Shirley wrote:
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
>> On Jun 8, 11:15 am, 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.
>>
>> Hell...I get the newsgroups through Google for free.
>
> I can do the same, just not happy with their format, etc.

Comcast did the same thing last year "to protect the children".

Just build a free account and point your newsreader at
http://news.motzarella.org/

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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.

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On Jun 8, 1:15*pm, 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 got a special a few months ago, and switched TO AT&T. DSL for $10/
month for a year. After that I'll shop around.

--Bryan

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Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
AT&T isn't cutting our internet bill either. Like you I spend more time
on groups I've been reading since 1992 then I do on email. I do surf a
lot though, mostly looking for stuff for DW and for recipes for dinner.

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Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Jun 8, 1:15 pm, 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 got a special a few months ago, and switched TO AT&T. DSL for $10/
> month for a year. After that I'll shop around.
>
> --Bryan
I've been on their DSL, highest speed for years, now on slowest speed
since I retired in 2007, I reckon I've been on it for more than ten
years. Started with Bellsouth, my phone provider, then AT&T bought them
out. I figured things would start going wrong when AT&T got in charge
and I wasn't wrong. The only thing better is the DSL tech service almost
improved. It only took three techs to find out what my problem was last
time.

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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:08:50 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.

That's me too. More time one usenet than anywhere else.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
>> On Jun 8, 11:15 am, 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.
>>
>> Hell...I get the newsgroups through Google for free.
>
> I can do the same, just not happy with their format, etc.

There are many free news servers. Aioe is one of them. Google is horrible.