Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:53:58 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: The future of USENET? Message-ID: <CADGWnjXuAVmxysvkqHA%2BdaVDYHL%2BOSEZLsvscKHxHv1wUi1N9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51535897.3000901@gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti2-5GDjpOoue1gCb5ZJryT9b%2B1kEGkaehMkTk0CECxrr3w@mail.gmail.com> <kivkjp$hpg$1@ger.gmane.org> <51535897.3000901@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/27/2013 3:25 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:06 -0400, grarpamp wrote: >> >> Now there are very few, if any, free servers >>> >> >> There are still free news servers available. My ISP bundles usenet, >> nevertheless I prefer the free one as it's faster and more reliable. >> >> > The last ISP I knew had usenet complained about the bandwidth and storage > required. If they carried alt.binaries.*, then yes: it was a legitimate concern. To carry those groups requires enormous bandwidth, and bandwidth costs money, a lot of money. Storage isn't really an issue though.., even with smallish retention periods of 60 days or so. That's what commercial Usenet providers a la Giganews are for: they have some very big pipes and the necessary storage infrastructure for many-years retention, and can pay for all this through their subscribers fees. I see no problems that regular ISPs dropped Usenet as part of their standard offering, as long as alternatives such as those Usenet providers are available for a couple of bucks per month to those who need them. > They had a dedicated satellite instead of using their backbone, and only > cached a couple days. All the porn and warez has the side affect of wiping > out the cost benefit. > -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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