In message , Joe Curry 
 writes
>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:01:18 +0100, Dave <dave@dªv¡dhenniker.org.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Poor old Usenet seems to be fading somewhat, it's all gone web-based.
>>I suppose ed.general was hosted by Edinburgh Uni and the
>>powers-that-be just pulled the plug. Anyone know?
>
>There is still this newsgroup and alt.uk.edinburgh.misc.. :-)
>

It's still there, last posting was dated 17th July. Maybe the OP's  ISP 
has dumped it.

It's not hosted by anyone, that's the beauty of USENET.
However I'm puzzled about it as it is not part of the uk.* hierarchy

Brian



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Brian Howie