Re: AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down

[Knut <kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> news-support@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> > offering access to the Usenet netnews service.  If you wish to continue
> > reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
> > vendors.
> >
> > Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
> Another one bites the dust...  ;-(
>
> I suppose the good news is that the signal-to-noise ratio
> can be expected to improve somewhat...  ;-)
>
> -michael
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My ISP announced that they were going to drop news and we all protested so they actually 
reconsidered and we still have it... :-)

Knut