RCN users in our forums are discovering that RCN has joined the growing number of ISPs who no longer offer newgsroup services. That's not particularly surprising, given the dwindling numbers of Usenet users, a wide variety of dedicated newsgroup shops, and the industry's consistent efforts to cut corners. What annoys users however, is that RCN never bothered to tell anyone they were phasing the service out. "First you raise my rate by $30 a month, then you cut off news.rcn.com without so much as an email notice, forcing me to purchase an alternative news service, and next you will force me to rent additional cable boxes for all the TVs in the house," complains one regular user.