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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: WTF is up with newsread.com
From:       Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis ! org>
Date:       2006-11-28 16:41:00
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.0611281138450.2498 () soloth ! lewis ! org
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> Sorry, my bad.  I thought you were saying that newsread.com was still Avi's 
> operation and it sucked, so I had to jump in and defend my bud.
>
> Either way, I do not know about newsread after the USLEC buy-out, but now 
> it's just outsourced to ReadNews.com, so you should be getting "Avi" service.

Ah, I had no idea newsread.com was now outsourced to readnews.com.  I 
guess USLEC finally totally killed whatever was left of the 
original newsread.com.

>> But AFAIK, readnews only exists because Avi saw newsread go to hell under 
>> new [mis]management and decided to "do it again".
>
> I think it's more he wanted an interesting project to do that could make some 
> money. :)

What's he need more of that for?  Poker's not paying well enough? :)

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