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OT Re: Closure of complimentary Xtra Usenet newsgroup service

I'm obviously one of the few, this is very annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John Layne

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For some time Xtra has hosted a complimentary Usenet server. > > However, the number of people using this service has steadily declined and > there are now only a few hundred regular users. > > Because of this decline in popularity, we have decided that, from May 3, > we > will no longer provide the newsgroup service. > > If you'd like to continue using newsgroups, there are other services > available > such as gignews.com, or free services such as MSN Forums and Google > Groups. > > We like to apologise to the small number of regular users who will be > affected > by this change. > > Kind regards > > The Team @ Xtra >
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John Layne
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Matt

The reality is that ISPs are too cheap to pay for the resources needed to operate an decent news server (storage, bandwidth, etc.), so it has nothing to do with a "decline in popularity". What a crock!

My ISP's news servers have always sucked, so several years ago I switched to a stand alone newsgroup provider (NewsGuy.com).

Not thrilled with having to pay extra for my newsgroups, but it's been worth the investment over time (complete posts, good retention, reliable server connections, accessible support people).

Considering the number of ISPs dropping Usenet these days, I'd imagine everyone will have to go through a stand alone provider for newsgroups at some point in the future. Sorry for the rant :)

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z_purcell

Yeh... I'm pissed about this too John.

I'm thinking of changing to an ISP that has a usenet server. This mob doesn't deserve my business.

Any suggestions?

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Cam

Telecom supporting NZ industry... Any Kiwis know an email address to make objections known about this with Xtra management ?

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neil

snipped-for-privacy@xtra.co.nz

Or maybe complain to PC World NZ?

John Layne

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John Layne

John,

Are you really surprised ? This is typical arrogant behaviour of our biggest monopoly here in NZ. What is worse, the government inaction at removing that monopoly. ... ohh wait a minute ....the government is a rather large shareholder in Telecom receiving a rather large dividend. This is a very good reason governments should not be part of big business.

Vote with your feet and walk away from them, move all your business including phone to another ISP. If enough people do it, our mealy mouthed politicians might get off the fence and finally act instead off talking. I've been with Ihug for a while now and have had no complaints. Newserver seems to be fairly reliable.

Neville Williams Z-Axis Design - NZ "remove the KNOT to reply"

"John Layne"

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Neville Williams

yep me too...and to comments@_ and I was quite polite about it...lost cause I am afraid... guess I'll try Google...fairly fast these days.

BTW - did you all catch up with the news a free version of SketchUp is available from Google now - has non commercial limitations etc but I looking to see if it has any potential use via Blender or a STL import to SW with the api.

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neil

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