Re: Nice to be back on Usenet

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] 
says...
> 
> Does anyone know of any Freenets that still exist or are in use?
> 
> The Seattle Community Network still seems to exist:
> http://www.scn.org/
> 
> 
> Chebucto Community Net in Halifax still exists:
> https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/

Mention of Chebucto brought back memories of Norman De Forest, who was a 
tireless volunteer on the Chebucto userhelp team as well as a generous 
and thoughtful contributor to Usenet. Google Groups is flaky these days, 
but if the link works, this thread contains a wonderful tribute:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.virus/c/abDxPPICLtI/m/l7dfyg3Nly4J

As for other freenets, NCF in Ottawa certainly seems to be going strong 
after 29 years: https://www.ncf.ca/