On July 15th, all USENET access provided by ATT  for its customers will be eliminated. An email has been sent stating that access will be removed "on or around July 15th", as opposed to the messages posted on newsgroups as well as their official site which that states definitively the July 15th date. The USENET access offered by the ISP will be eliminated, but USENET itself will still be accessible by use of a third party vendor, such as NewsDemon.com Newsgroups.
From ATT: AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be offering access to the Usenet Netnews service. If you wish to continue reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party vendors.
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ATT has slowly been pulling away from USENET since July of last year, when it removed most binary newsgroups from its roster. Since then, the 48-72 hour retention on text and a limited range of binary newsgroups have since remained. As of July 15th, all USENET access provided to ATT customers will be eliminated. The email sent, a bit different than the post on the newsgroups, state that access will be removed "on or around July 15th", as opposed to the newsgroup message that states definitively the July 15th date.