The "no gc" crowd

[Sean Kelly]

On Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 21:15:39 UTC, Sean Kelly wrote:
> On Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 20:50:10 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm curious why NNTP would be blocked. I've been able to 
>> access it from any wifi hotspots I've tried it from.
>
> My only guess is that usenet may be perceived as a illegal file 
> sharing resource.  But it's been a while since I've tried, so 
> I'll give it another shot.

No luck.  I can get to the SSL port (563) on usenet hosts that 
offer it, but not port 119 from anywhere I care to check news 
from.