What bollocks. They just outsourced their Usenet feed to Giganews last year, now they want to do away with offering it altogether. And customers who still want Usenet access will be forced to pay extra for it, by subscribing to a service from Giganews or Supernews.

[ 10 November 2005: Message edited by: Snuckles ]

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Originally posted by Snuckles:
In case anybody here uses Rogers to access the internet, as of Dec. 15 Rogers will no longer provide access to Usenet. Read it the announcement here.

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< bifocals, dentures >

When I started reading Usenet news, it was on a VT-100 terminal connected to the UVic mainframe. Green characters on a black screen. Not much use for binaries.

Normally I would just use Google Groups to post to places like talk.origins, rec.bicycles.racing, etc. But I also like to download Belgian TV cycling coverage from alt.binaries.multimedia.sports, and Google Groups doesn't offer access to binary groups.

Typical Rogers, what they give you with one hand (faster speeds), they take away with the other (cutting access to Usenet).

According to Broadband Reports:

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Customers of Canadian cable provider Rogers have realized they'll no longer have Usenet service as of December 15. Of course customers weren't notified via e-mail; they instead noticed the decision only because the site FAQ had changed. Rogers claims that two things led to the decision: fewer people are using Usenet, and "as a member of Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (CCAISE) Rogers is committed to reducing the effectiveness of Usenet as a distribution vehicle for child exploitation images."

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Don't tell me they're going to use the protect the children excuse to block access to an entire part of the internet. What's next, blocking access to IRC, FTP, HTTP?

[ 11 November 2005: Message edited by: Snuckles ]

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Originally posted by 'lance:
Ah, right.

< bifocals, dentures >

When I started reading Usenet news, it was on a VT-100 terminal connected to the UVic mainframe. Green characters on a black screen. Not much use for binaries.

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