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Topic: Rogers@home cuts Usenet access
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'lance
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posted 11 November 2005 01:18 AM
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. < /bifocals, dentures >
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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Snuckles
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posted 11 November 2005 02:32 AM
Rogers used to run their own NNTP servers until a year or so ago, then they outsourced it to Giganews. So technically Rogers no longer runs a news server and instead forwards all NNTP traffic to Giganews' servers.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: quote: 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."
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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Kinetix
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posted 17 November 2005 01:18 AM
quote: 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. < /bifocals, dentures >
Ah, kemosabe, you had the benefit of a screen. I had to read them on a beat up old DECwriter. I went through ribbons like Elton John goes through glasses.
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