Re: Rogers dropping usenet

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Strictly speaking, you are correct. However, when a popular service is
> provided all along by an ISP and then they decide to carte blanche drop it
> from their service offering, it should be obvious to any thinking person
at
> Rogers that it's going to cause quite a lot of ill will within their
> customer base. Even a first year marketing student would never be so
stupid
> as to suggest taking away from a service that which customers have been
used
> to having all along, and which they have come to consider as a valuable
part
> of their service.
>
> It sounds like the bean counters at Rogers have been busy....hmmm, how
much
> will we save on network usage versus how many customer are actually going
to
> leave us if we pull this stunt ?
>
> All I can say is it annoyed me enough to pull the plug. DSL works every
bit
> as well and my net savings each month is about $20. All consumers can ever
> do is vote with their pocketbooks !
>
> RHC

I imagine the reason Rogers is dropping it is because it's mostly used for
high-bandwith traffic such as porn or pirated files and costs Rogers more
than it's worth