Of all the things Comcast has done, dropping Usenet is probably one
of the least bad. I don't particularly think the legions of Comcast
subscribers should be footing the bill for a service a very tiny
fraction use. Sure, Comcast could make it an additional-fee service,
but let's face it, if you
TARogue wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Michael Pelletier wrote:
>
>> Managing a full Usenet feed was a hassle 10 years ago, I can hardly imagine
>> what it's like now - how many full 24x7 T3 lines does it take nowadays?
>> Let's see... in June a full feed averaged 3.98 terabytes per day
>> (http:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Michael Pelletier wrote:
> Managing a full Usenet feed was a hassle 10 years ago, I can hardly imagine
> what it's like now - how many full 24x7 T3 lines does it take nowadays?
> Let's see... in June a full feed averaged 3.98 terabytes per day
> (http://www.newsdemon.com/avera
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > newsgroups are going to fade. RSS feeds are more widely used by most
> > internet users and do not require ISPs to have lots of local storage.
>
>
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> newsgroups are going to fade. RSS feeds are more widely used by most
> internet users and do not require ISPs to have lots of local storage.
It is interesting to observe how usage dynamics have evolved as the
cost of stor
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday, Sep 22nd 2008 at 09:59 -, quoth Pete Snider:
>
> =>comcast is doing it again, they're dropping usenet. I saw the notice
> =>on slashdot.com, below is the announcement and the link:
> =>
> =>http://www.com
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Pete Snider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> comcast is doing it again, they're dropping usenet. I saw the notice
> on slashdot.com, below is the announcement and the link:
> http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/?cookieattempt=1
> The Comcast Newsgroups service has been
I can't say I'm particularly surprised they're leaving poor old Usenet News
to GigaNews and NewsDemon.
Managing a full Usenet feed was a hassle 10 years ago, I can hardly imagine
what it's like now - how many full 24x7 T3 lines does it take nowadays?
Let's see... in June a full feed averaged 3.98
On Monday, Sep 22nd 2008 at 09:59 -, quoth Pete Snider:
=>comcast is doing it again, they're dropping usenet. I saw the notice
=>on slashdot.com, below is the announcement and the link:
=>
=>http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/?cookieattempt=1
=>
=>The Comcast Newsgroups service has been disco
