https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/usenet-not-dead-but-growing/2008/12/31 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/usenet-not-dead-but-growing/2008/12/31/comment-page-1#comment-432748 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:59 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2256#comment-432748 Gignanews and other provider growth is probably related to the ISP closings. The ISP’s usenet-ers wanted access and it was taken away so….. Off they went to a pay provider. I just don’t see us loosing this vast amount of knowledge / data, whether it be alt.sci.chemisty or alt.binaries.erotica. In my opinion it’s far better than the blogs and forums of today, it just takes a little know how and user savvy to use it. It will always be here maybe overshadowed by the www but here nonetheless.

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