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AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives?

Posted by timothy on from the don't-want-to-perish-like-a-fading-horse dept.

franknagy writes "This announcement message has appeared in all the news groups on the AT&T/SBC News Server: 'Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party vendors.' So what free or low-cost alternatives are available for Netnews and the NNTP services for clients?"

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  1. Haven't read usenet in years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    No great loss

  2. Re:The web by ender- · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do they have a way to securely and anonymously subscribe and connect to them? Can you send them cash, use a nym server for email contacts...and maybe somehow route your transactions with the server through something like TOR?

    Why? Do you think the Usenet server AT&T was providing was somehow any more anonymous than signing up for a Giganews account? If you wanted a "super-sekrit", anonymous usenet access to download your kiddie-porn, I fervently hope you *were* using AT&Ts servers. It'll be easier to find you that way.

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