Re: Time Warner quit offering newsgroups

...but FiOS is spectacular!

A year or two ago, someone on some newsgroup predicted that newsgroups would be phased out as ISPs slowly dropped that service. I thought to myself, how could they drop newsgroups when there are thousands of groups to choose from and there must be millions of people using them? Well, I guess it is happening. As more ISPs drop the newsgroup service, others will feel less obligated to provide it themselves and they will drop it too. Giganews, EasyNews, and the others will be around as long as they can make money, but how many people will try newsgroups for the first time if they have other options and have to pay a separate bill to get into newsgroups? Google will probably help keep things alive for a long time, but newsgroups weren't born to be read on a web site. It's like keeping a species from extinction by keeping it in a zoo (or, to stay on topic, by keeping it in orchid collections). Maybe we ARE a dying breed. :-(

Steve

Here's a link to two articles on the dropping of hierarchies. I know people on the mystery group are going to Germany's motzarella (I think I spelled that right) but again I'm pretty sure its text only.

No! Motzarella carries alt.binaries.pictures.orchids! Pretty cool! Here's the link, if it helps anyone out...

...but FiOS is spectacular!

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> Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -www.firstrays.com
> Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!

Thank you, Ray. Your enthusiasm for FiOS is noted. FiOS is coming to My Town within 14 months. I wonder how deep that I'll need to dig into my pockets?

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"Ray B" snipped-for-privacy@firstrays.com wrote in news:K9cak.76$iU.73@trndny02:

Yes ray it may be spectacular but how much are you not seeing since Verizon likes to censor content (see link) At&t also censord many of it's newsgroups with some wild tail they amy violate copyrights

It seems unlikely they are censoring any of the groups I subscribed to - orchids