Re: a.b.p.f., is it dead?

B A R R Y wrote:
> Jack Stein wrote:
>>
>>
>> If Verison told me this, I would tell them a good option is Comcast, 
>> which provides GREAT newsgroup service via a free Giganews account. 
>> There is a rather large war going on for your ISP dollar between 
>> Verison and Comcast.  I would not hesitate to let Verison know I was 
>> switching to Comcast if they were limiting my newsgroup access, and 
>> let them know why. 
> 
> A.  You need to have cable TV to do that.  Lots of us do not have cable 
> TV.  I've had DirecTV since 1997.  I have DirecTV because my local 
> Comcast operation's service was unbearable.

Yeah, you can't get Comcast without cable, and, you can't get Verizon TV 
and high speed internet without fiber.  Verizon Fiber is competing with 
Comcast Cable for your TV, Internet and telephone dollar.  Sooner or 
later they both will probably be knocking down your door to sell you all 
this stuff.  Lucky me, they have both available where I live right now. 
  I can't see Either of them dropping a service when under this sort of 
competition.

> B.  The way the alt.binaries drop has been sold to the public, I would 
> not be surprised if Comcast jumps on the bandwagon.  Usenet is what? 
> .00005% of an ISP's access, but the "taking a stand against kiddie ****"

> argument will will go far in cor****ate ISP marketing departments.

Yes, that is scary, but on the other hand, what percentage of your 
internet dollar goes to giganews?  I don't know myself, but I bet it's 
not much.

-- 
Jack
http://jbstein.com