will98
@cable.rogers | reply to sbrook
Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec
No big deal. I've been using Newshosting for almost 2 years now. |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
Host:
Rogers
Bell Canada
| Not a HUGE loss, but I agree that eliminating binaries would have solved the problem that they *claim* they are trying to resolve. The answer is probably that they are on another round of cost cutting and this probably the easiest thing that will cause the least screaming. |
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puzz1ed
join:2005-02-20
Markham, ON
1 edit | If so few people are using Usenet, it couldn't possibly cost that much for them to have it. Even the entire Yahoo package of mail, web, & premium services only cost $2-3 per subscriber per month.
Pretty soon Rogers will discontinue everything and only provide a connection albeit that wouldn't be so bad it not for the throttling.
BTW, I hate when companies try to throw up silly smoke screens like that "canceling it because of child porn" crap. Please. You're cancelling it to shave some costs and because you'll probably get away with it. |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0
·Rogers Hi-Speed
Host:
Rogers
Bell Canada
| said by puzz1ed  :If so few people are using Usenet, it couldn't possibly cost that much for them to have it. Even the entire Yahoo package of mail, web, & premium services only cost $2-3 per subscriber per month. 2-3 dollars per subscriber per month = 2 to 3 million dollars per month! 24-36 million per year.
I suspect it's actually a lot less than that from Giganews ... but still a significant chunk of change. |
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puzz1ed
join:2005-02-20
Markham, ON
1 edit | said by sbrook :2-3 dollars per subscriber per month = 2 to 3 million dollars per month! 24-36 million per year. Considering I pay approaching $50/month....
Actually, I really think that Rogers will eventually discontinue everything unless they're getting some kind of ad revenue from it. They see that people can get mail/webspace for free and nobody cares about the "content" on Rogers/Yahoo web page. I figure they'll keep that if they start putting up Google AdSense stuff on it. People are more sophisticated than 10 years ago and don't need the ISP bundled stuff as much so Rogers is there to seize the opportunity to squeeze you a bit more. |
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timothyn
@cable.rogers | reply to puzz1ed
they need the banwidth! For there phone line. More money |
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