[ale] OT: Speedfactory dropping USENET news

[H. A. Story]

Jim Lynch wrote:

>Just to toss a couple of comments in.  Bellsouth has done a lot better 
>lately.  I don't know what happened but I've gotten reliable news feeds 
>from BS in the last few months.
>
>Also they must be feeling competition pains.  The sent me an offer to 
>upgrade the the higher speed DSN for no cost and no increase in monthly 
>fee.  They also will provide a static IP at no cost.  I take back 
>everything I said bad ...   Well maybe not.
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True they have come around some.  I am able to use the newsgroups 
without a problem also.   With the FCC ruling I wonder what is going to 
happen to all the other ISP in the near future.  Seems that they would 
want to keep or develop some content.

Adrin
p.s.  Seeing both the residential and commercial side.  I think 
Bellsouth treats residential customers better for some reason.