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Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET,

We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
September 2027 (that is two years from now).

Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

Discontinuation :((
Two years :))
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:12:18 +0200, yossarian <<nomail@gmail.com>>
wrote:

Dear Users of the news server News.Individual.DE / News.Individual.NET,

We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
September 2027 (that is two years from now).

Use of the service will no longer be possible after this date.

Discontinuation :((
Two years :))

Yeah, I received the mail as well. I already paid for 2026, not that I
mind. I've written them an e-mail to thank them and to please
reconsider, but I don't think it'll do any good. I've used them for
years and I can't remember them being down even once.

I now have Eternal September, Solani and Astraweb, where I bought a
block of 25 GiB for 10 US dollar in 2013.
(I still have 24,95 GiB left :-).
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yossarian wrote:

We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
September 2027 (that is two years from now).

I wonder if that was a policy decision by Freien Universit|nt Berlin.

I can imagine some 'downside' risk from the perspective of a uni.
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Mike Easter
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On Tue, 9/30/2025 12:21 PM, Mike Easter wrote:

yossarian wrote:

We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
September 2027 (that is two years from now).

I wonder if that was a policy decision by Freien Universit|nt Berlin.

I can imagine some 'downside' risk from the perspective of a uni.

The "style" of the closure would likely be different, if
that was not the case.

For example, if the operation was bankrupt say, the closure
might not even net a message about it.

A "controlled descent", with a time span like that, implies
a policy coming from somewhere. I do not define my retirement
in 2.000 years, I bugger off at some random time, like maybe
I can clean up the mess in three months and leave. Having a
defined date of such precision implies an external factor.
Like a lease for a space.

Paul
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Paul wrote:

Mike Easter wrote:

yossarian wrote:

We hereby announce the discontinuation of the service as of 30
September 2027 (that is two years from now).

I wonder if that was a policy decision by Freien Universit|nt Berlin.

I can imagine some 'downside' risk from the perspective of a uni.

The "style" of the closure would likely be different, if
that was not the case.

For example, if the operation was bankrupt say, the closure
might not even net a message about it.

A "controlled descent", with a time span like that, implies
a policy coming from somewhere. I do not define my retirement
in 2.000 years, I bugger off at some random time, like maybe
I can clean up the mess in three months and leave. Having a
defined date of such precision implies an external factor.
Like a lease for a space.

My interpretation of their letter is that:

- current subscribers can no longer renew
- current subscribers can continue use of the service, no charge
- no new subscribers as of now
- so the current subscribers get a copper parachute

That's 'nice', except for the loss of an excellent NSP.
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Mike Easter
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