Goober
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Re: The Comcast Newsgroups Service Discontinued
I think that a lot of this disagreement is age-based.
For me, I started when Internet access meant dial up with nothing else. I then added usenet on my own. Next, I went to DSL. Internet only and I added my own Usenet. Next, I went to WOW cable. At the time, it was internet only. I added my own Usenet. I can't quite remember with Comcast, but I think it was 1GB when they inititally came to town here. I still had my own Usenet.
Taking away Usenet from someone that's been at it as long as I have is a non-issue. For the younger ones, I suppose it feels like something is being taken away. |
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dadkins
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| said by Goober  :I think that a lot of this disagreement is age-based. For me, I started when Internet access meant dial up with nothing else. I then added usenet on my own. Next, I went to DSL. Internet only and I added my own Usenet. Next, I went to WOW cable. At the time, it was internet only. I added my own Usenet. I can't quite remember with Comcast, but I think it was 1GB when they inititally came to town here. I still had my own Usenet. Taking away Usenet from someone that's been at it as long as I have is a non-issue. For the younger ones, I suppose it feels like something is being taken away. More than likely!
Someone that came in to Comcast HSI recently, AFTER all the *added services* were in place and then get trashed "due to the declining popularity of Newsgroups...", Yeah!
Well, they were still added on to a rather plain service.
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chesler
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said by Goober :I think that a lot of this disagreement is age-based. For me, I started when Internet access meant dial up with nothing else. When I started there weren't any Interwebs. We had dialup to a public access Unix, and data traveled by UUCP.
I still like Usenet. If I didn't have a long-term agreement with Comcast I'd be bummed and look elsewhere to see if RCN or Verizon have better offers. (They might not, thems the breaks.) But I do have a 24-month agreement, so I'm not happy that midstream they took away two things that were part of why I accepted the agreement.
(- That IP belongs to my employer; I'm just borrowing it, not representing them.) |
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | I started back in those days as well. But, this is a discussion about internet access and Usenet. |
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