On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:28:39 -0600, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
<Wink@Nudgenot.com> wrote:
>For the last - 5 years or so, I've heard "usenet is dying". I really
>didn't see it. Yeah, we finally shed the "AOLers" (and from other
>ISPs) but Groups waxed and waned, but mostly stayed the same. abmovies
>and it's various forms, abtv, ab(fill in the porn) all seemed ot be
>back at 2000 when I last posted, levels providing plenty of goodies
>for all.
>
>Last couple of months, begining to wonder. Anyone here remember when
>getting 30 meg up in a week was a feat?
>
>WwNn
In those days I was pretty much a lurker. I didn't start posting until
I got fixed wireless internet with the blazing 200 to 400k speeds
depending on who all in town was using it. That was around 2000 or
2001.
From what I remember usenet has been dying since before then...
I think we are just in one of those slow times right now.
EG.
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