NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to TheDarkRide
Re: Is AT&T removing alt.* newsgroups
I was not aware that AT&T had outsourced their NNTP service. Of course, I use the 'news.sf.sbcglobal.net' NNTP server, which is on an IP address in the 'prodigy.net' domain. Used to be run by Prodigy, so I am told.
And...
The IP address, itself, is actually owned by AT&T Internet Services, which was called, "SBC Internet Services" before SBC bought AT&T, then changed the name of the company.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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athz
@bellsouth.net
| reply to Zoder
Ngroups.NET discounts for Time Warner, Verizon and Sprint (and ATT/BELLSOUTH/SHITSOUTH)
ngroups.net — Following the limits or outright shutdowns of Usenet newsgroup services by the ISP:s Time Warner, Verizon and Sprint, Ngroups.NET offers a Usenet Newsgroup access package approximately 25% off the regular price for unlimited accounts. At only $29.99 per quarter, less than 10 dollars a month, it's probably the cheapest accounts currently offered.
i think this even better than "$6.00/month subscription to news service with Altopia »www.altopia.com"
but i have not tried it yet so i don't know about the speed but the retention is 100 days +, so
www.altopia.com (12 day retention 2 connections $6
Ngroups.NET (100 day retention 12 connections $10 (if you pay for 3 months)
any know if Ngroups.NET, speed is any good ? |
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gsorel
join:2008-04-24 | reply to Zoder
Nroups.NET, speed is any good ? Ngroups.net is a reseller of highwind; You can trust them
»www.ngprovider.com |
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SickTirde of POS
@bellsouth.net
| reply to Zoder
I too will be looking to switch.....if they are worried about kidie porn, then they should monitor better.....
Oh well no big loss, now I can get rid of ATT DSL AND my land line....
Thanks AT&T for making this decision a lot easier...
Cya ATT&T |
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TheDarkRide
Pimpin' ain't easy
join:2004-06-15
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Not an AT&T decision. Repeat (for the slow people): NOT AN AT&T DECISION.
It's happening everywhere, stupids.
I'm sure you'll enjoy fighting IP filtering problems with cable. |
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heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL
 ·Comcast
·AT&T Southeast
| said by TheDarkRide  :Not an AT&T decision. Repeat (for the slow people): NOT AN AT&T DECISION. It's happening everywhere, stupids. I'm sure you'll enjoy fighting IP filtering problems with cable. Its only happening to ISP newsservers. If the poster before you moves to Comcast he would get around it because they outsource to Giganews. Of course Comcast has a 2GB cap on newsserver downloads. So he'll still be mostly screwed. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by heat84 :ts only happening to ISP newsservers. Because the ISPs are tired of paying to maintain a service very few of their customers are actually using.
Comcast is outsourcing to Giganews for the same reason that AT&T is dropping the entire 'alt.binaries.*', which is way more groups than NYAG Andrew Cuomo was concerned about. Cost.
Giganews offers their lowest tier, 2GB per month, at just $7.99 per month. You want to move more data, you have to pay Giganews more money.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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