Mark Foster wrote:
I am interested to see whether there is an opinion that regardless of the 'how' this was done by Xtra, that this may infact have been a 'smart' idea (from a business POV). One assumes you take into account the business overheads of running a usenet server in the first place, and that there is a noticable benefit to the company by cancelling the service...
I'm interested to know which ISPs actually still run a Usenet server - and if so, how much bandwidth does it use and how many users does it have? Both raw numbers and as a percentage of the userbase... I'm guessing not very many.. Given the availability of services like GigaNews, Google Groups and the large bandwidth and support demands of running a Usenet server down under, is an ISP provided Usenet Server really something that needs to exist these days? And on another topic, Bonzi Buddy seems to think it's time for a beer. http://202.174.163.104/~blair/bonzibeer.jpg -Blair