Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.

Please help by asking them to keep it. The person to call works for the TW president:

Barbara Burroughs
phone 203-351-2281

email:

** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"Usenet user" > wrote in message
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> Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
>

Relax. Take a deep breath. Set up a new account in your news reader with
the server: nntp.aioe.org. It is totally open, there is no need to even
register with them. Enjoy!

Vaughn

Vaughn Simon wrote:
> "Usenet user" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
>>
>
> Relax. Take a deep breath. Set up a new account in your news reader with
> the server: nntp.aioe.org. It is totally open, there is no need to even
> register with them. Enjoy!
>
> Vaughn
>
>

Works a HELL of a lot better than earthstink.

I just signed up.

THANKS vaughn!

Dave S wrote:
> Vaughn Simon wrote:
>
>> "Usenet user" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
>>>
>>
>> Relax. Take a deep breath. Set up a new account in your news
>> reader with the server: nntp.aioe.org. It is totally open, there is
>> no need to even register with them. Enjoy!
>>
>> Vaughn
>>
>
> Works a HELL of a lot better than earthstink.
>
> I just signed up.
>
> THANKS vaughn!

A free news server is interesting.
But a lot of the topics are empty.

I guess it's true.
ya gets whats ya pays fot.

Ernest Christley wrote:
> cavelamb himself wrote:
>
>> Dave S wrote:
>>
>>> Vaughn Simon wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Usenet user" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Relax. Take a deep breath. Set up a new account in your news
>>>> reader with the server: nntp.aioe.org. It is totally open, there
>>>> is no need to even register with them. Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>> Vaughn
>>>>
>>>
>>> Works a HELL of a lot better than earthstink.
>>>
>>> I just signed up.
>>>
>>> THANKS vaughn!
>>
>>
>> A free news server is interesting.
>> But a lot of the topics are empty.
>>
>> I guess it's true.
>> ya gets whats ya pays fot.
>
>
>
> According to the original post, ya' don't necessarily.
>

yeah, you got me on that one :)
Something about old fashioned ideas not fitting very sell any more.