Thread: FYI: Verizon are jerks.... eliminating the .alt groups
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Old June 19th 08, 06:22 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.ibm.pc.games.rpg,alt,comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default FYI: Verizon are jerks.... eliminating the .alt groups
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:45:34 GMT, (John Lewis)
wrote:

Verizon provides me a near fault-free service with no bandwidth caps
or erratic upload bandwidth, so I have no real inclination to change
ISP providers [...] So, I say farewell to a couple of my favorite alt. groups..

I never understood people who based their ISP decisions on the quality
of their Usenet service. Most folks long ago wised up and went with a
third-party email service so that changing ISP's or crappy ISP related
mail service wasn't a big issue, so why don't they do the same with
Usenet? If all you're interested in is text based groups, then there
are scores of independent Usenet providers who can hook you up for
next to nothing. Even premium Usenet provider who offer all the
groups and no download limits (or at least reasonable download limits)
can be had for around $10/month.