HardwareBanter - View Single Post - FYI: Verizon are jerks.... eliminating the .alt groups

**Shawk**

Dave (The Other) wrote:
"Mr.E Solved!" wrote in message
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Folk wrote:
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.

By your logic ISPs should not even offer email, nor should anyone pick
an ISP based on their email service.. since you can get email at any
third party provider.

Regardless of the breach of contract by cutting out an enumerated
service, regardless of the same old witch-hunt war-cry of child-sex
vagaries, this is an attack on the free exchange of information.

Not everyone has the same priorities as you Folk, nor do they roll
over as easily when they tell you you're in for a rogering.

Tell us Folk, what services exactly should ISPs provide for the end user?

Just what the name says; Internet Service Provider. Everything else is
a bonus.

For email and web page I use 1&1. For usenet I use a couple of free
ones and Supernews..

Got my vote. My ISP is embroiled in the phorm row you may have heard
of. They'll intercept and look at everything I do in order to serve me
targeted advertsising... and call this a service improvement!! I'd like
an ISP who just gives me a (private) gateway to the net. What I do with
that is my own business. If I need any other service then I'll find it.