Re: Notice to Comcast users!

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article 
<6b62270b-b0f2-4069-a50b-6fef80dafb67@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
 willy46pa <garberstreet@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 17, 8:23 am, Greg Buchner <n...@none.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <XP_zk.616$Ws1...@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> >  Steven Lichter <diespamm...@ikillspammers.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Greg Buchner wrote:
> > > > Comcast (hereafter referred to as Com$haft) is dropping all newsgroup
> > > > access as of 10/25/2008.
> >
> > > > New customers who sign up now will not be able to access it all.
> >
> > > > You can still do a 3rd party news server.
> >
> > > >http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
> >
> > > > Figured I'd post this being that I know there's some people who use
> > > > Com$haft.
> >
> > > > Greg
> >
> > > They are going to reduce the monthly fee, or are they going to raise it
> > > because they are giving you less service?  They also charge extra if
> > > you D/L to right?
> >
> > Being that Com$haft is a typical cable company, I'd figure on them
> > raising rates. They never go down, just up, even when you get less.
> >
> > And I imagine they'd like to charge extra if you download.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > --
> > Actual e-mail address is gregbuchner and I'm located at gmail.com
> 
> When you say download, I assume you mean conspicuous download,
> because, all the Internet is, is downloading, with an occassional
> upload
> in between.

No, I assume they'd like to charge for all downloads. Sort of like my 
electric bill. I pay some base fees/charges, then everything else is 
billed via how much I use.

It probably won't happen, but I'm sure they'd like that.

Greg

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