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
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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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?