On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:02:34 GMT, "Senior Wrangler"
wrote:

What is the reasoning behind removing Usenet from AOL?

Some folks I know who know some folks at AOL (note this is like third
or fourth hand and not at all official!) say that the company that has
provided AOL's feed all these years has decided not to renew, and AOL
apparently has decided not to look for a new feed.

My guess, and this is just a guess, is that AOL has decided that the
number of AOLers who use the feed is not worth the cost of seeking out
a supplier and reconfiguring their servers.