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Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze)

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On Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:31:53 -0000 (UTC), Tapiro Ubriaco wrote:

> I remember it being standard well into the 00s.
> IIRC, most commercial Italian ISPs (where I live) have dropped it sometime 
> around 2010-2015.

I learned about Usenet through the university servers somewhere in 1998.

I got on Belgian cable (Telenet) in 2000. They had their own newsserver
and even some internal pandora.* newsgroups. Users used to post binaries
locally which didn't count as up/download.

They ended this service on Dec 31 2011 claiming 'the Telenet Usenet
Service was outdated/obsolete and that there were alternatives (Google
Groups)'. A more likely reason was the upl/download of (illegal)
binaries through their newsservers. By the end of each month everybody
started up/downloading en masse and you could notice the speed going
down. Good times. (-:

-- 
Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae.
		- Julius Caesar

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Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-06 11:08 -0300
  Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-06 23:14 +0800
    Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Tapiro Ubriaco <interwebs.dude@gmail.com> - 2026-09-21 09:31 +0000
      Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-09-21 16:02 +0000
        Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Chris Abraham <chris@gerriscorp.com> - 2026-09-21 12:28 -0400
        Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 12:06 -0300
          Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-09-22 17:00 +0000
            Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bringquantum te "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-mtt-this> - 2026-09-24 07:44 -0700
              Re: Usenet history Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-24 23:30 +0000
      Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Chris Abraham <chris@gerriscorp.com> - 2026-09-21 12:22 -0400
      Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-09-21 20:53 +0200
    Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 12:05 -0300
  Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-09-06 08:20 -0700
  Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-09-06 20:09 +0200
    Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Tapiro Ubriaco <interwebs.dude@gmail.com> - 2026-09-21 09:33 +0000
      Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2026-09-21 15:28 +0200
        Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Chris Abraham <chris@gerriscorp.com> - 2026-09-21 12:27 -0400
          Re: Usenet history Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-22 00:39 +0000
            Re: Usenet history Joed Oakes <lost@noway.home.invalid> - 2026-09-22 10:35 -0400
              Re: Usenet history drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-09-22 16:27 +0000
            Re: Usenet history Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2026-09-22 07:16 -1000
              Re: Usenet history Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-22 21:00 +0000
              Re: Usenet history Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2026-09-22 13:15 -1000
      Re: Usent history (was Re: This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze) Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 12:44 -0300

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