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Author: billytheclambillytheclam Date: Jun 23, 2008 11:40
zol here. seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. they do have some
reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups that will
cost me extra every month. as i feel that i am already paying for
newsgroup service, i refuse to pony up another $20 for a service i
already feel i pay for.
the message that appeared on the newsgroups said they discontinued it
due to a lack of useage. i called the area office and after going
through 4 people i finally got someone to admit that they were
stopping newsgroups due to "some of the content on some of the
newsgroups". when i suggested to this person that they could filter
out all the porn and still keep the good newsgroups, he transferred me
to a manager.
the manager is useless. i asked for a rebate on my service, i was
told that newsgroup service was a free add-on. when i mentioned the
article i read that said the attorney general of new york state was
pressuring verizon and time warner to drop newsgroup services due to
the porn, he stammered and had no answer for me.
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Author: BearBear Date: Jun 23, 2008 11:52
> zol here. seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
> discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. they do have some
> reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups that will
> cost me extra every month. as i feel that i am already paying for
> newsgroup service, i refuse to pony up another $20 for a service i
> already feel i pay for.
> zol/billytheclam
What, *aero* notice??
Don't you have a contract with them that lists contracted services, or
is newsgroup access a "free" extra?
BTW I can thoroughly recommend the german server; 10 euros a year and
it's damn good. I have a binary account with giganews, for downloads,
but I still don't mind forking over 10 euros a year to the
news.individual.de guys, as the service is pretty spiffy for non-binary
newsgroup access [1]
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Author: The Older GentlemanThe Older Gentleman Date: Jun 23, 2008 11:55
billytheclam gmail.com> wrote:
> zol here. seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
> discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. they do have some
> reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups...
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Author: BearBear Date: Jun 23, 2008 11:59
In article , Bear says...
>> zol here. seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
>> discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. they do have some
>> reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups that will
>> cost me extra every month. as i feel that i am already paying for
>> newsgroup service, i refuse to pony up another $20 for a service i
>> already feel i pay for.
>
>> zol/billytheclam
>
> What, *aero* notice??
>
> Don't you have a contract with them that lists contracted services, or
> is newsgroup access a "free" extra?
Sorry, completely missed the bit where you'd mentioned it was :)
Long day for me today.
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Author: billytheclambillytheclam Date: Jun 23, 2008 12:00
On Jun 23, 2:52Â pm, Bear gmail.com> wrote:>> zol here. Â seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
>> discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. Â they do have some
>> reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups that will
>> cost me extra every month. Â as i feel that i am already paying for
>> newsgroup service, i refuse to pony up another $20 for a service i
>> already feel i pay for.
>> zol/billytheclam
>
> What, *aero* notice??
>
> Don't you have a contract with them that lists contracted services, or
> is newsgroup access a "free" extra?
>
they said it was "a free service" but the person that sold me the
internet package told me it was a part of the internet package. i may
be tilting at windmills here, but i am going to fight it. as i believe ...
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Author: billytheclambillytheclam Date: Jun 23, 2008 12:05
On Jun 23, 2:55Â pm, totallydeadmail...@ yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote: > billytheclam gmail.com> wrote:>> zol here. Â seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
>> discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. Â they do have some
>> reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups that will
>> cost me extra every month. Â as i feel that i am already paying for
>> newsgroup service, i refuse to pony up another $20 for a service i
>> already feel i pay for.
>
>> the message that appeared on the newsgroups said they discontinued it
>> due to a lack of useage. Â i called the area office and after going
>> through 4 people i finally got someone to admit that they were
>> stopping newsgroups due to "some of the content on some of the
>> newsgroups". Â when i suggested to this person that they could filter
>> out all the porn and still keep the good newsgroups, he transferred me
>> to a manager.
>
>> the manager is useless. Â i asked for a rebate on my service, i was
>> told that newsgroup service was a free add-on. Â when i mentioned the ...
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Author: BearBear Date: Jun 23, 2008 12:22
> and on the day i found about the death of george carlin, anything to
> do with free speech should be celebrated.
Absolutely. I was somewhat saddened too ... he was the old man I want
to become, if by some miracle I live that long ... cantankerous,
stubborn and funny :)
--
Bear
Suzuki GSXR 750 SRAD
Saab Aero Sport
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Author: BearBear Date: Jun 23, 2008 12:25
>> BTW I can thoroughly recommend the german server;
> and the greman server would be?...
http://news.individual.net/
Well worth 10 euros of anyone's money.
Also, and I stand to be corrected, these days the germans seem better
than the brits at saying "ve are not joining in vis dis schtupid tidal
wave of hysteria" ... which is odd, when you think about it :)
--
Bear
Suzuki GSXR 750 SRAD
Saab Aero Sport
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Author: Mack A. DamiaMack A. Damia Date: Jun 23, 2008 12:31
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:40:08 -0700 (PDT), billytheclam
gmail.com> wrote:
>zol here. seens the "nice" folks at time warner cable have decided to
>discontinue their newsgroup service with no notice. they do have some
>reccomendations for "third party providers" for newsgroups...
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Author: The Older GentlemanThe Older Gentleman Date: Jun 23, 2008 13:00
billytheclam gmail.com> wrote:
> they said it was "a free service" but the person that sold me the
> internet package told me it was a part of the internet package. i may
> be tilting at windmills here, but i am going to fight it. as i believe
> the charter and franchise agreement the cable company has with the
> city says they must give 30 days notice before they can change or
> delete any part of their service.
Do that. I'd be interested to follow the chain of events.
Spineless bastards.
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F, SL125 & SH50 Yamaha XT600E
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."
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