Art wrote:
Just received a notice from Verizon that starting June 24th all but the big
"8" (which doesn't include ALT) will be blocked.

For what I read, they are not blocking anything. What they are doing is
not providing a service that they had previously provided. One can
obtain newsgroup service from other provides. I use newsguy.com because
I was with another provider many years ago (AOL) and I found it then to
use a dedicated newsgroup provider for reliable access.

If you want to read newsgroups for free, just go to a free provider like
google.com and read the groups there. Otherwise, you can pay for a
services that provides nntp access.

Blocking would mean that verizon is preventing access from using anyone
nntp services (newsgroups). That is not the case. On the other hand, I
used to be with a service that blocked all outside access to sending
mail on port 25 (smtp) except for their mail server. I ended up
creating an encrypted tunnel to another service I had so that I could
force writes to my own mail service to bypass automatically the ISP
blocking bull**** and make it impossible for them to access and/or
retain my email. (I also got encrypted POP3 access to boot, encrypted
from my ISP's point of view). One could easily do the same thing with nntp.

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Pramesh Rutaji

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