"RF" wrote in message
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On Jun 18, 8:29 pm, Jon Purkey wrote:

Good luck. Verizon (FiOS) is dropping all but the big8 hierarchies on
June 24th. rec* will still be carried, but not alt.*

I believe that ALT.* IS one of the so-called "big8"


Nope.

comp.*
misc.*
news.*
rec.*
sci.*
soc.*
talk.*
humanities.*

http://www.dailytech.com/Verizon+Spr...ticle12102.htm