My dad just ordered a new disk for verizon internet and the users agreement brought up a question that I'd like to bounce off the internet guru's here...
The agreement says that a person is not to have more than 5 newsgroups open at any given time.
is a newsgroup the same thing as say an msn or yahoo group site or a discussion forum like this or a chat room? If their not the same thing how can one tell the difference? I don't think they are. My dad seems to think they are.
no
a newsgroup is not the same as a forum.
check out THIS LINK (http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=newsgroup&i=47953,00.asp) for a good definition of newsgroups
basically its the precursor of the 'forums' we have today, but you generally have to buy a subscription to a newsgoup service to use them.