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Malcolm Hoar <malch@malch.com> wrote:

: It was always so. Even the original Best had little interest
: in news although they did provide a passable service back in
: the days when the volumes made that a relatively easy thing
: to do "on the side".

It may have been a bit more passable...but it was definitely
true that news wasn't that much of a focus.  We did have Rone
for a while to mes^H^H^Htweak the spools.

: It *could* change -- I don't speak for Verio. But the only
: safe assumption is that Verio's out of the news business.
: I don't see them investing in a multi-Terrabyte spool just
: to keep a handful of very low margin consumer accounts happy.

Well, they do have one guy (out of AZ now) who last I heard
was responsible for the infrastructure, but yeah, I can't
really see them caring about Usenet very much.  Maybe they
should send Mr. Brewster a note..."Like, we don't care!".

: If news is important to you, consider Supernews et al. It
: will give you *vastly* superiour service.

I work at the same company that currently owns Supernews, and
what they have done with the limited amount of resources at their
disposal has been amazing.  It makes money too...though it's
not something you run without budgeting for considerable
legal expenditures.

--Sam