[ale] comcast drops usenet

[byronjeff at clayton.edu (Byron Jeff)]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:09:58AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> even though I went to a real usenet server company years ago, this is sad..
> 
> An anonymous reader writes "Comcast has discontinued its provided usenet
> service, once provided to all its high speed customers. First with the
> cap put on its customers several years ago on amount of traffic provided
> as part of the customer high-speed package, as of September 16, the
> service is no longer provided. Without fanfare, this bastion of the
> internet is being removed from the mainstream."

I just connected. Seems to be working fine.

BAJ