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   From: poindexter.fortran@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-lvg-this   
      
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     Re: Re: META+ The Root Cause of Usenet's Decline   
     By: your.name to alt.battlestar-galactica,news.groups,rec.arts   
   comics.dc.universe,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv on Wed Dec 29 2010 01:06 pm   
      
    > They are moving towards simply providing an Internet connnection, with it   
    > being up to the user to supply their own email, newsgroup, etc. services.   
    > Meanwhile, prices continue to rise, but we get less actual service (and in   
    > the case of Vodafone New Zealand, often no service at all!).  :-(   
      
   Agreed. I remember when ISPs ran news servers and respectable mail servers, as   
   well as offering open inbound ports. Nowadays, ISPs seem geared towards   
   offering a pointer to gmail and just enough open ports to be able to browse the   
   web.   
      
      
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