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    David P

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  1. Comment - AOL Pulls Plug on Newsgroup Service

    (Jan 26, 2005 - 2:13 AM)

    Having used the newsgroups for a decade plus I have mixed feelings about this. More and more ISP's have dropped newsgroups from the included services of the monthly memberships and it diminishes their value while helping their bottom line.

    How many of the 20 million AOL subscribers really know what newsgroups are these day?

    AOL & most ISP's who are becoming more and more a commodity in the marketplace that requires a lower cost to remain competitive. Often meaning they give up something to build profits or find a way to market through it for those same profits. Since newsgroups aren't very good revenue streams for advertising dollars it's easy to guess why this is disappearing.

    MSN has long since stopped providing newsgroups AOL soon... Whose next?