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[email protected] tsmwebb@gmail.com is offline
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Default Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!

On Jun 5, 5:42 am, Larry wrote:
By the way, Roger and every other Time Warner customer on this newsgroup,
Time Warner will stop providingusenetservice very soon.

....
It's all about preventing users from actually using bandwidth they paid
for. ...


Apparently it's actually, at least nominally, about blocking child
porn in a handful of alt.* groups. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html.
This is odd as it is easy to just block alt.*. Lots of news servers
do. Apparently they will not block known offshore porn web sites...
Okay, maybe Larry is right about this...

-- Tom.