Comcast dumping newsgroups

Posted by Steve on October 5, 2008, 11:18 pm

> Don Ocean posted for all of us...

>> .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:

>> > wrote:
>> >> Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer:
>> >> As of October 25, 2008, the complimentary Comcast Newsgroups service,
>> >> powered by Giganews, will be discontinued.
>> > 'Complimentary'. I love it. I suppose their email and web
>> > connection are 'complimentary', too, huh ? As in 'can be taken away
>> > at any time'. Kinda like day old dounuts at a motel.

>> Time to demand a large cut in their pricing as there has been a large
>> reduction in their services. Who owns and/or controls ComCast?
>> That may be the answer as to why.

> Comcast is in Philly and a big "deal" they own somewhere around half the
> cable
> TV networks in the country. The FCC gives them crap every once awhile but
> they
> are a law unto themselves. Their ONLY concern is you pay the bill every
> month.
> When I called about the newsgroup fiasco the "reps" didn't even know.
> Useless.
> --
> Tekkie - I approve this advertisement/statement/utterance.

I'm just gonna keep using it until they cut me off..... then I will look for
another newsgroup service

Posted by geothermaljones on October 2, 2008, 7:30 pm

So Long, it's been good to know ya!

geothermaljones

> Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer:
> As of October 25, 2008, the complimentary Comcast Newsgroups service,
> powered by Giganews, will be discontinued. This feature provided customers
> access to 2 gigabytes of newsgroup information on a monthly basis. After
> this date, these customers will no longer be able to access the Comcast
> Newsgroups service through Comcast. Customers who have subscribed directly
> to Giganews for newsgroup access will not be affected by this change.
> While we have seen a decline in popularity of newsgroups as customers have
> chosen to get information from other sources, we know a small percentage
> of our customers continue to use newsgroups today. If you are interested
> in continuing to access newsgroups, Giganews is offering a special
> promotion for Comcast customers. Click here to learn more.
> Thank you for being a valued customer.
> Comcast Cable
> --
> Steve Nunes@ Noon-Air Heating & A/C
> Noon-Air@comcast.net
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons because, to them,
> you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
>

Posted by Don Ocean on October 2, 2008, 10:35 pm

geothermaljones wrote:

> So Long, it's been good to know ya!

I do hope you meant Comcast. I would really miss messing with you, from
time to time. ;-p My 16 year old Heat pump still works just fine... ;-/

>
> geothermaljones
>
>

>> Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer:
>> As of October 25, 2008, the complimentary Comcast Newsgroups service,
>> powered by Giganews, will be discontinued. This feature provided customers
>> access to 2 gigabytes of newsgroup information on a monthly basis. After
>> this date, these customers will no longer be able to access the Comcast
>> Newsgroups service through Comcast. Customers who have subscribed directly
>> to Giganews for newsgroup access will not be affected by this change.
>> While we have seen a decline in popularity of newsgroups as customers have
>> chosen to get information from other sources, we know a small percentage
>> of our customers continue to use newsgroups today. If you are interested
>> in continuing to access newsgroups, Giganews is offering a special
>> promotion for Comcast customers. Click here to learn more.
>> Thank you for being a valued customer.
>> Comcast Cable
>> --
>> Steve Nunes@ Noon-Air Heating & A/C
>> Noon-Air@comcast.net
>> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons because, to them,
>> you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

>
>

Posted by Bubba on October 2, 2008, 10:04 pm

wrote:

>Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer:
>As of October 25, 2008, the complimentary Comcast Newsgroups service,
>powered by Giganews, will be discontinued. This feature provided customers
>access to 2 gigabytes of newsgroup information on a monthly basis. After
>this date, these customers will no longer be able to access the Comcast
>Newsgroups service through Comcast. Customers who have subscribed directly
>to Giganews for newsgroup access will not be affected by this change.
>While we have seen a decline in popularity of newsgroups as customers have
>chosen to get information from other sources, we know a small percentage of
>our customers continue to use newsgroups today. If you are interested in
>continuing to access newsgroups, Giganews is offering a special promotion
>for Comcast customers. Click here to learn more.
>Thank you for being a valued customer.
>Comcast Cable

Sounds like the InsightBB service here. We do still have newsgroups
but a short while back they sent out a email saying they were slightly
increasing our fees by about $2 but they were decreasing our upload
speed to nearly "Zip"! Then a couple weeks later they offered that
same upload speed back to us for an additional $30 !!
Currently a new promotion has surfaced. Broadband download speed of
20MB for an additional cost of $20.(The speed is currently at 10MB
download). I guess that didnt bite too well because now they are
offering it for $10. Dont you just love "public utilities"?
Bubba

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