Re: Notice to Comcast users!

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article <SC8Ak.452$pr6.393@flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com>,
 Steven Lichter <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote:

> Greg Buchner wrote:
> > In article <XP_zk.616$Ws1.84@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> >  Steven Lichter <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Greg Buchner wrote:
> >>> Comcast (hereafter referred to as Com$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
> > 
> One other thing, talking about them in a public forum might be in 
> violation of their TOS, the part that is written in lemon juice.  For a 
> couple of years I had Charter Communications for internet access and 
> cable, I switched after they hijacked my phone service stating that I 
> agreed to switch by signing an extension of my service agreement, I 
> never did neither, first there costs were more, second I don't like VOIP 
> phone services, and last I worked for a telephone company and would have 
> lost my concession  that my company paid me.

Based on the comments that other comcast users post in 
alt.online-service.comcast, I don't think I'm going to be too worried 
about it.

And, after all, they did let me have craptastic@comcast.net for an 
e-mail before I got tired of it and cancelled it myself.

Greg B.

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