And while you're at it, how about a five-star restaurant that serves its meals for free? Or a BMW dealership which gives away the cars?

Hey, it wasn't a problem for five years for my ISP to privide them. I wouldn't be asking this if they still would. I have no problem with providers deleting *some* newsgroups (like most of the porn stuff), but I do have a problem with it if they completely cut an entire branch. I also don't remember being informed that they would make such a cut either. They could've at least told me!

I don't care if it takes massive hardware resources to provide them. That's what I (and about 1 million other people) pay them for every month!