What's happened to this NG?

Dean Kent wrote:

> "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar.TakeThisOut@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
> news:0nkvq2tksf0r17jrh2jf77sac3r80dhu1h@4ax.com...
> >
> > I refuse to accept that people prefer slow, moderated, ad infested
> > web forums, it's just that they are unaware of the alternative. One
> > reason may be that ISPs have no desire to promote Usenet. This is
> > because web based forums cost them essentially nothing, but Usenet
> > requires significant amounts of storage.
>
> Unaware includes ignorance in how to set them up. I moved from
> sonic.net to ATT DSL recently, and I had to search for a long time to
> find any reference to their new server. When I found it, it worked
> for a couple of months and then just stopped responding (their LA
> news server). I then had to search awhile longer to find their San
> Francisco server. Anyone with less motivation or clue would have
> just given up and used Google Groups. At that point, you are using
> a web based forum - so Usenet is no longer 'special' for them.
>
> Regards,
> Dean



well, since I've been on SBC for 4 yrs, and ATT was bought by them 2
yrs ago, I know that SBC went from the absolute shittest completion and
a imposed limit of 128-bps to one of the best with highs speeds and
99.5-% completion.


since I had ATT dialup 6 yrs ago and remembered such traits back them -
one can only assume that SBC shut down their shitty usenet servers and
is now using ATTs.


funny though. I never had to rename the server name in my Agent config
section. its still "news.***(city nearby).sbcglobal.net - same post ATT
aquisition as pre.

of course one can choose to log into any city - not just the closest to
ya.

ATT is just GONE - in name too!



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