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Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access

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On 4/5/25 11:14 AM, Hugh Hood wrote:
> After being with Earthlink for 27 years, I was notified that they 
> finally discontinued their free access to the usenet newsgroups as part 
> of their subscription fee.
> 
> So, based on the suggestions I saw here, I signed up for a free text- 
> only account on eternal-september.org.  (Although they do accept 
> donations).
> 
> So, if anyone here is in the same position as was I, it's something to 
> consider trying.
> 
> I have been disappointed by the lack of messages here lately from our 
> wonderful collection of Apple II stalwards, but even on the 'cool kids' 
> Apple II sites these days (and the myriad of sub-sites / groups) there 
> are a lot of things that don't really appeal to me. YMMV, of course.
> 
> comp.sys.apple2 -- May the King live long.  :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hugh Hood

I'm in similar boat.  I was using Google Groups to access mainly one 
group (alt GS Warriors - NBA group).  When Google killed Usenet access, 
I signed up for Eternal September.  It's been working fine.  BUT I'm not 
on my personal laptop as much as I used to be.  I'm usually on my work 
laptop and phone so my Usenet posting has been sproadic.

Similar to you, I dropped into the NBA group and there's still a few 
people around.  comp.sys.apple2 seems a little dead though.  Lots of 
people have migrated to a FB Apple II group from what I see

DL

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