OT - Individual.Net

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

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-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
"Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG

Yep, saw this on another ng tonight. I haven't had a notice from them yet.
Wonder if they'll now carry the binaries?

Cathy

"KellyH" wrote in message
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Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was
not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
"Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG

On Tue 15 Feb 2005 08:54:51p, KellyH wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ):

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to
Individual.Net was not a smart idea. I got an email saying
starting April, they will start charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a
year. Just an FYI.


I got it, too. I'll pay the $13, but it sounds like you have to sign
up with a service something like Paypal to pay it. That I won't do.

--
Cheryl

in article , KellyH at
wrote on 2/15/05 7:54 PM:

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

I just got my email a few minutes ago. I heartily recommend giganews as an
alternate. Great for binaries too.

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 2/15/05 8:03 PM:

On Tue 15 Feb 2005 08:54:51p, KellyH wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ):

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to
Individual.Net was not a smart idea. I got an email saying
starting April, they will start charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a
year. Just an FYI.


I got it, too. I'll pay the $13, but it sounds like you have to sign
up with a service something like Paypal to pay it. That I won't do.

Anymore if a place uses paypal, you do not have to have an account. It just
acts as a go between. Just like verisign or whatever.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
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in article , KellyH at
wrote on 2/15/05 7:54 PM:

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was
not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

I just got my email a few minutes ago. I heartily recommend giganews as an
alternate. Great for binaries too.

My ISP (Adelphia) used to have an absolutely *horrendous* news server which
was why I originally went w/ Individual.net (although called something else
back then - dfn??). However, my ISP now uses Giganews, which is how I
access the binaries, & it it much, much, much better than Adelphia's own old
news servers. Will have to try the accessing the text ngs via Giganews &
see if it's now comparable to Individsual.net - which is very rarely down, &
posts instantaneously - *no* lag time invovled.

Cathy

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
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in article , KellyH at
wrote on 2/15/05 7:54 PM:

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was
not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

I just got my email a few minutes ago. I heartily recommend giganews as an
alternate. Great for binaries too.


Giganews is pretty good, I've been using it for years. The text retention
is over a year and you can access more groups than just about any other NSP.
Posts show up faster than my ISPs news server.

I just wish I could access their news server on my laptops when connected my
cell phone.

Phil

in article , Phil P. at
wrote on 2/16/05 7:20AM:


"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
...
in article , KellyH at
wrote on 2/15/05 7:54 PM:

Hey, I guess referring all those AOL Usenet users to Individual.Net was
not
a smart idea. I got an email saying starting April, they will start
charging 10 Euros ($13 US) a year.
Just an FYI.

I just got my email a few minutes ago. I heartily recommend giganews as an
alternate. Great for binaries too.


Giganews is pretty good, I've been using it for years. The text retention
is over a year and you can access more groups than just about any other NSP.
Posts show up faster than my ISPs news server.

I just wish I could access their news server on my laptops when connected my
cell phone.

Phil


Have you written them about that? I would think you could, even if you have
to use different settings.