Re: Bummer...RR to discontinue newgroup service

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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:13:34 -0700 (PDT), Motorblade <motorblade@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On Jun 17, 9:42?am, Omelet <ompome...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> If they are that concerned about child ****, why not just quit carrying
>> binary groups instead of cutting usenet altogether?
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>Thats my question too....too broad a stroke....

Their decision had exactly nothing to do with kiddie **** and everything
to
do with very high downstream bandwidth costs.

FYI, folks, this has been/is being discussed in austin.internet, where it
has the added benefit of being on topic...
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