Re: Nice to be back on Usenet
Jay Hauben <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 22:04:17 -0400
| Newsgroups | alt.amateur-comp,alt.fan.usenet |
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[This followup was posted to alt.amateur-comp and a copy was sent to the cited author.] rticle <[email protected]>, [email protected] says... > > ronda hauben <[email protected]> wrote in > news:[email protected]: > > > [This followup was posted to alt.amateur-comp and a copy > > was sent to the cited author.] > > > > This is my first day on Usenet after several years. I > > first got on Usenet on January 10, 1992 from the Cleveland > > Freenet. I have had many special experiences on Usenet in > > the past and I am glad to see that there are those who > > have continued to support Usenet and that there is an > > effort to revive the good experiences Usenet made > > possible. Usenet for me was part of the "Welcome to the > > Wonderful World of the Net" that marked the 1990s and the > > Internet. I hope ways can be found to learn from the best > > of the Net and to support its continuation. > > For those interested in the Freenets, here is a link to a "Brief History of Cleveland Free-Net" http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn7-1.a09.html > > Ronda > > > > 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/ > > > Toronto Free-Net: > http://torfree.net/ > > > Anyone know of any others?