Posted by Neredbojias on 10/20/07 02:36

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:25:46
GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:

>>>>> I am posting from news.cablerocket.com. I had an account with the
>>>>> cable company they are affiliated with a year ago in a different
>>>>> state. They're pretty decent.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a cost involved or is it a free service?
>>>
>>> 1. Never heard of them before -- Cablerocket is an ISP.
>>>
>>> <clickety>
>>>
>>> 2. This post is via that server. No registration; no
>>> authorization; no cost -- these things are probably not intentional,
>>> and eventually they might wake up. :)
>>
>> Perhaps the service is via the isp?
>
> See 1., above.
>
> See 2, above -- whoever it is, they're wide open and therefore
> probably a great spam source.

So I guess the OP was just talking about the news service provided by an
isp called cablerocket. My old dial-up isp had a non-passworded news
service, too, so presumably anyone could use it - I guess.

--
Neredbojias

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