Pulling the Plug on American UseNet
Date : 2008 06 18 Category : Web News
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UseNet seems to have always been like Fight Club to many users - you don't talk about Fight Club. The question is, is the first rule about targeting UseNet, 'you don't talk about targeting UseNet'?
There's a very interesting report on NewTeeVee about ISPs in the United States either talking about or already ending their UseNet service. The report hits a lot of key point such as the key one of ISPs simply letting the New York Stat atourney general say that it's because of child pornography that UseNet should stop being offered as opposed to the reality of ISPs simply not willing to invest money into the infrastructure.
According to the report, Time Warner has already announced that it will stop offering UseNet services altogether. Road Runner, one ISP in the US said that few users use UseNet, so they would discontinue it on the 23rd of this month.