Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: > But the really sad thing is that you think that "bigger" automatically > equals "better".
I don't think that was the point. Anyway, not everbody can pick a provider, there are plenty of places that have only one or maybe two. And if that's the choice and neither carries Usenet you have to pay for Usenet like I do. Note that I consider it well worth the 10 euros I pay for it. To me, it looks like the use of Usenet for text is on the decline. I've been away from Usenet for like a year or so and could see quite a difference. More and more ISPs in my experience are dropping Usenet from their services. Mind, I think that the number of users on Usenet (text only) still exceeds the number when I first used Usenet (back in the early 90's). But usage is on the decline as far as I can tell. On top of that I see people I know from Usenet now quite active on Stack Overflow and sister sites. Finally, I have to disagree with your disagreement (which is just a personal experience) based on my personal experience: it's harder to find an ISP that carries Usenet. And I have experience with, oh, just 3 countries where I have been living in for the past 10 years. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
