I guess no FIOS for me then. Just another reason to not switch my ISP.
"Paul P" <REMOVE paul @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
REMOVE ppinyot . REMOVEcom> wrote in message
news:ZyY5k.79026$bs3.26416@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The best that I can figure my provider is dropping this group. They
will
> only carry the "Big-8" groups. I suppose I will have to use one of the
> free news reader services or Google.
>
> See yins around,
>
> Paul P.
>
> I have included the notice below:
>
> Dear Verizon Online Customer,
>
> As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about
some
> im****tant changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup service.
>
> On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only
> offer groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed below.
> The 0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be available.
> Users will not be able to post or download from any other newsgroups
using
> our Newsgroup service.
>
> comp.*
> humanities.*
> misc.*
> news.*
> rec.*
> sci.*
> soc.*
> talk.*
>
> More details regarding the Big 8 newsgroup hierarchies is available at:
> http://www.big-8.org/.
>
> This change will not affect your Internet access service. If you would
> like to subscribe to newsgroups other than those we offer, you will need
> to subscribe to a separate commercial news service. Please note that
your
> use of any such service is still subject to our Terms of Service and
> Acceptable Use Policy.
>
> There are no changes required to your software, but you will need to
> unsubscribe from all Newsgroups other than the Big 8 hierarchies and the
> 0.verizon.* hierarchy noted above. The following link explains how to
> subscribe and unsubscribe in Outlook Express:
>
> http://sup****t.microsoft.com/kb/171190
>
> IM****TANT: If you continue to subscribe to unsup****ted newsgroups, you
may
> experience poor computer performance and slow throughput speeds. Failure
> to unsubscribe may also interfere with the functioning of the Verizon
> network or use of the network by other Verizon users, which is a
violation
> of our Acceptable Use Policy.
>
> We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you
in
> the future.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Verizon Online
>
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