* Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Verizon offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups, others gone
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>| What this means in practice is that, thanks to the New York state attorney
>| general, Verizon customers will lose out on innocent discussions. Verizon is
>| retaining only eight newsgroup hierarchies, even though over 1,000
>| hierarchies exist.
> `----
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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> Terrorism! Communism! Child porn! As usual, perfect excuses for all sorts of
> things. Sure, without some USENET newsgroup people won't be able to exchange
> files anymore. No, really!
Darknets, I tell ya. Darknets or ham radio!
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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower
others.
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