Re: Bummer...RR to discontinue newgroup service

Omelet wrote:
> In article 
> <smcelroy2-EC9AFC.07550617062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  MiNe 109   <smcelroy2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html
>> Time Warner Cable said it will cease to offer customers access to any 
>> Usenet newsgroups, a decision that will affect customers nationwide. 

> Why don't they just set up filters?  It's not difficult.

In my opinion, it is because Time Warner doesn't want to run the
news servers, so they have been wanting an excuse to shut them down
anyway.  This threat from the NY Attorney General is just the sort
of excuse they need in order to shut down their news servers without
looking like they're doing it purely out of laziness.

   - Logan