Verizon has killed access to this newsgroup

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Bob, Jun 25, 2008.

  1. Bob

    Bob Guest

    Well, it appears that anyone who posted in, or read this group that is a
    Verizon customer is now toast. Nothing like killing off a very useful
    group - yeah, I know there's a bunch of trash in alt.*, but many of the
    groups are like this where useful information is passed. Real controversial
    stuff here, like which is better.... dino or synthetic oil?
     
    Bob, Jun 25, 2008
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    Steve R. Guest

    Steve R., Jun 26, 2008
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    Dave Garner Guest

    It's not just Verizon......Time Warner Road Runner killed all newsgroups
    on 6-23.

    You can do what I did. I went to TeraNews for free newsgroups. Not
    spam, just a solution. It will cost a one time $3.95 setup fee and you
    can download up to 50 Mb a day. Plenty of bandwidth to read a text group.

    https://secure.usenetbilling.com/ne...951&action=Create+New+Account&vendor=teranews
     
    Dave Garner, Jun 26, 2008
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    IlBeBauck Guest

    REPLY: Im on Verizon Broadband right now , and im accessing this
    NG. Ive never had a problem.
     
    IlBeBauck, Jun 26, 2008
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  5. Bob

    Bob Guest

    REPLY: Im on Verizon Broadband right now , and im accessing this
    NG. Ive never had a problem.

    No, you are on "Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless", and you are
    posting / reading via Google Groups. I wouldn't exactly call cellular based
    Internet anything close to broadband. Verizon, the actual Internet provider,
    has removed alt.* from their News servers. Try accessing Verizon's News
    server, and see how well that works.
     
    Bob, Jun 27, 2008
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    Steve and Janet Guest

    Does this mean we can get out of our contracts for Verizon DSL due to
    the fact that they changed their service???
     
    Steve and Janet, Jun 27, 2008
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    Mike Marlow Guest

    Does this mean we can get out of our contracts for Verizon DSL due to
    the fact that they changed their service???

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    Not likely. Most of those contracts don't guarantee anything and allow the
    ISP to discontinue or change anything they want. They don't even mention
    usenet, so it would be pretty hard to win that one.
     
    Mike Marlow, Jun 27, 2008
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