# Comcast kills newsgroup support

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comcast-kills-newsgroup-support/277100>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [December 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comcast-kills-newsgroup-support/277100 "2008-12-07T21:54:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_of\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sage\_of\_Fire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sage_of_Fire)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comcast-kills-newsgroup-support/277100/1 "2008-12-07T21:54:19Z")

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I finally figured out why I haven’t been able to access the comp.lang.python newsgroup: [Comcast no longer supports newsgroups](http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Discontinues-Newsgroup-Service-97785). I really wouldn’t care, except that Python’s only official discussion forum is the comp.lang.python newsgroup. I try to connect to a newsgroup for the first time, and the service has already been terminated. I feel cheated! Is anybody else outraged about this, or does nobody use newsgroups anymore?