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Roadrunner plans to end usenet support entirely on 6/23.
This was quietly announced in RR Help. Other (e.g., Verizon) ISPs have less draconian plans in the works. There are many alternatives available, ranging in price from US$15 down to free ... some not even requiring registration. Several examples: news.individual.net 10 EUR per year motzarella.org free with registration teranews.com one-time $3.95 setup fee news.aioe.org free - no registration news.astraweb.com 25GB for $10, 90GB for $25 .... and many others charging $10-15 per month. I enjoy reading rec.pets.cats.health+behav; don't want to lose touch. Roby |
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Suddenly, without warning, rich exclaimed (6/17/2008 4:31 PM):
Roadrunner plans to end usenet support entirely on 6/23. This was quietly announced in RR Help. Other (e.g., Verizon) ISPs have less draconian plans in the works. There are many alternatives available, ranging in price from US$15 down to free ... some not even requiring registration. Several examples: news.individual.net 10 EUR per year motzarella.org free with registration teranews.com one-time $3.95 setup fee news.aioe.org free - no registration news.astraweb.com 25GB for $10, 90GB for $25 ... and many others charging $10-15 per month. I enjoy reading rec.pets.cats.health+behav; don't want to lose touch. Roby I use individual.net, have for about 3 years, and am quite happy with them. Other US ISPs will follow suit, btw. It's an overreaction to their agreement to control pornography (or something) at the source. Instead of just not carrying the 18 or so "problem" groups, they just kill 'em all. Another provider, I forget who, will stop carrying just the alt.* groups, which contains dangerous groups such as alt.humor (that was sarcasm, for the humor impaired). individual.net is in Germany, so I'd think (and hope) they care less about the new US restrictions. jmc |
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I tried using a different service this year when I was away for a month. I
could read this newsgroup but couldn't post to it. Don't remember which one. Barb |
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"rich" wrote in message ... Roadrunner plans to end usenet support entirely on 6/23. This was quietly announced in RR Help. Other (e.g., Verizon) ISPs have less draconian plans in the works. There are many alternatives available, ranging in price from US$15 down to free ... some not even requiring registration. Several examples: news.individual.net 10 EUR per year motzarella.org free with registration teranews.com one-time $3.95 setup fee news.aioe.org free - no registration news.astraweb.com 25GB for $10, 90GB for $25 ... and many others charging $10-15 per month. I enjoy reading rec.pets.cats.health+behav; don't want to lose touch. Roby Pssst ... motzarella.org. Is free. |
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"cybercat" wrote in message ... "rich" wrote in message ... Roadrunner plans to end usenet support entirely on 6/23. This was quietly announced in RR Help. Other (e.g., Verizon) ISPs have less draconian plans in the works. There are many alternatives available, ranging in price from US$15 down to free ... some not even requiring registration. Several examples: news.individual.net 10 EUR per year motzarella.org free with registration teranews.com one-time $3.95 setup fee news.aioe.org free - no registration news.astraweb.com 25GB for $10, 90GB for $25 ... and many others charging $10-15 per month. I enjoy reading rec.pets.cats.health+behav; don't want to lose touch. Also ... the free version of Teranews really, really sucks now. It used to be great, but now they appear to be more interested in selling their pay servers, so they don't quite make sure the free ($3.95 one-time fee) server is running well. Motzarella.org, on the other hand, works quite well. |
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