Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: aus.computers Subject: Re: Telstra cancelling dial up services Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:31:14 +1000 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: <1hssta94gmdv6rkmen3ui4b6h2glqe9hh7@4ax.com> <55dfa2aa$0$1642$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yyNgecO/pMHeoYF3nczQVQXe7Fs3YBB8ozznHVRiiosKe8iRE= Cancel-Lock: sha1:Df0b6UXY7a6M8rYn9C++yMfDbZM= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com aus.computers:47598 "felix_unger" wrote in message news:d4c15uFe09rU2@mid.individual.net... > On 28/08/2015 8:44 PM, Xeno wrote: >> On 28/08/2015 1:43 PM, Max wrote: >>> >>> "felix_unger" wrote in message >>> news:d49n2tFqqvaU3@mid.individual.net... >>>> On 28-August-2015 9:52 AM, Clocky wrote: >>>>> On 28/08/2015 4:26 AM, Rod Speed wrote: >>>>>> Jeßus wrote >>>>>>> felix_unger wrote >>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.businessinsider.com.au/there-are-still-150000-australians-using-dial-up-internet-and-telstra-plans-to-cut-them-off-in-december-2015-6 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sad to see. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nope, mobile leaves it for dead. >>>>>> >>>>>> Plenty don't even have a landline anymore. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Maybe it's time to go back to BBS's. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have fun actually finding one to use. >>>>>> >>>>>> And stuff like facebook on your phone leaves it for dead anyway. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I used to BBS a lot back in the day and have fond memories of doing >>>>> so but a few years back I logged into a few BBS's and found the whole >>>>> experience to be a huge disappointment. >>>>> >>>>> I'll stick with the fond memories, they belong in that place in time >>>>> where it was all we had - not this day and age. >>>> >>>> maybe ppl will be saying that about usenet soon.. :( >>>> >>> >>> The problem is that no one knows about usenet anymore. >> >> No one "cares" about usenet any more, young people especially. >> >>> People used to use Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail which had a >> > newsgroups button so people would be curious. >> >> You need more than curiosity these days. If it takes longer than 20 >> seconds to set up and use, you've lost most of the younger generation >> straight away. >> >>> Google Groups used to be more prominent on >>> the Google site, now it is hidden away. >> >> Deliberately so is my guess. >> > > correct guess, I would say. More fool you. > they want to flog their google+ thing How odd that its on the google site.