Lights out for Usenet access through Comcast
Found on Ars Technica on Monday, 22 September 2008
Comcast has become the latest ISP to shut down access to Usenet newsgroups as part of a voluntary agreement to try and fight child porn online.
In response to a question over whether Comcast offers newsgroups service, the company advises interested subscribers to choose from one of several third-party newsgroup providers. Of course, you'll have to pay extra for that and Comcast's monthly fees won't be going down in order to compensate for the loss of a service that's not being replaced.
In other news: Comcast decided to protect its customers from malware and viruses by disabling access to the Internet. In a press release, Comcast stated that this is a free service and will not affect monthly fees. A spokesman said that their "customers still can get Internet access, but as an ISP which takes security responsibilities very serious, Comcast will not offer that anymore".