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News Service Heather 12-15-2005
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Posted by Frankster on December 16, 2005, 12:54 am
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Here's one for $7.99US/mo that has retention out the ying-yang! For both
binary and text groups. Best out there, I think.

-Frank

http://www.giganews.com

-Frank

> Hey all.....Rogers has decided (in its infinite stupidity) to cancel
> Usenet access, stating that it is passe and not many people use it.
> Idiots!!
>
> I have kvetched a few times, but fully expect I will be accessing these 2
> groups via Google tomorrow.
>
> Any suggestions for a good news service that is inexpensive or free??
> They all seem to be at least $10/month and Rogers won't deduct that, of
> course.
>
> Kurt....has Sympatico made any rumbles about doing the same thing? I may
> just change over, but that is my least favourite solution. Ted Rogers is
> such a jerk. I may just switch my cellphones over to Bell as well. Can't
> do much about the TV cable service....but for $50/month, I expect to be
> able to get news groups.
>
> Thanks....Heather
>



Posted by Heather on December 16, 2005, 1:46 am
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That is the one that Rogers was/is using. It is $9.95 Cdn/mo. They are
steering us all to that one.

Thanks....Heather

> Here's one for $7.99US/mo that has retention out the ying-yang! For both
> binary and text groups. Best out there, I think.
>
> -Frank
>
> http://www.giganews.com
>
> -Frank
>
>> Hey all.....Rogers has decided (in its infinite stupidity) to cancel
>> Usenet access, stating that it is passe and not many people use it.
>> Idiots!!
>>
>> I have kvetched a few times, but fully expect I will be accessing these 2
>> groups via Google tomorrow.
>>
>> Any suggestions for a good news service that is inexpensive or free??
>> They all seem to be at least $10/month and Rogers won't deduct that, of
>> course.
>>
>> Kurt....has Sympatico made any rumbles about doing the same thing? I may
>> just change over, but that is my least favourite solution. Ted Rogers is
>> such a jerk. I may just switch my cellphones over to Bell as well.
>> Can't do much about the TV cable service....but for $50/month, I expect
>> to be able to get news groups.
>>
>> Thanks....Heather
>>
>
>



Posted by kurt wismer on December 16, 2005, 12:59 am
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Heather wrote:
> Hey all.....Rogers has decided (in its infinite stupidity) to cancel Usenet
> access, stating that it is passe and not many people use it. Idiots!!
>
> I have kvetched a few times, but fully expect I will be accessing these 2
> groups via Google tomorrow.

some people don't like google groups and/or find that conventional
usenet usage is difficult with google groups... i seem to recall
threaded view is not the default and there may be some issues with quote
placement (although some folks aren't always careful about that to begin
with)...

> Any suggestions for a good news service that is inexpensive or free?? They
> all seem to be at least $10/month and Rogers won't deduct that, of course.

searched my bookmarks and came up with this
http://www.disenter.com/index.php

and of course there's always google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=free%20usenet%20servers

> Kurt....has Sympatico made any rumbles about doing the same thing?

not to my knowledge, but i really don't pay much attention to email from
sympatico - it always seems to be some kind of advertisement for
new/better services...

it kinda doesn't surprise me that rogers would get rid of it, though...
it is old technology and most of the internet users today seem to prefer
web forums (never mind the fact that usenet is superior to web forums)...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

Posted by Heather on December 16, 2005, 1:50 am
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Many thanks Kurt.....I am trying to access via that free one, but I think
Rogers is stopping it. I will try again in the morning.

Hmm, here it is almost 2 hours past the deadline and I am still on Usenet.
I read a lot of the complaints on Google and there seems to be some cheaper
ISP's. But changing my ISP is not high on my list...too many hassles.

Web Forums.....ptui!! I have to moderate one connected with a Genealogy
List I run and I detest them. I usually tell the person asking the question
to join my List. (G)

Night.....Heather


> Heather wrote:
>> Hey all.....Rogers has decided (in its infinite stupidity) to cancel
>> Usenet access, stating that it is passe and not many people use it.
>> Idiots!!
>>
>> I have kvetched a few times, but fully expect I will be accessing these 2
>> groups via Google tomorrow.
>
> some people don't like google groups and/or find that conventional usenet
> usage is difficult with google groups... i seem to recall threaded view is
> not the default and there may be some issues with quote placement
> (although some folks aren't always careful about that to begin with)...
>
>> Any suggestions for a good news service that is inexpensive or free??
>> They all seem to be at least $10/month and Rogers won't deduct that, of
>> course.
>
> searched my bookmarks and came up with this
> http://www.disenter.com/index.php
>
> and of course there's always google
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=free%20usenet%20servers
>
>> Kurt....has Sympatico made any rumbles about doing the same thing?
>
> not to my knowledge, but i really don't pay much attention to email from
> sympatico - it always seems to be some kind of advertisement for
> new/better services...
>
> it kinda doesn't surprise me that rogers would get rid of it, though... it
> is old technology and most of the internet users today seem to prefer web
> forums (never mind the fact that usenet is superior to web forums)...
>
> --
> "it's not the right time to be sober
> now the idiots have taken over
> spreading like a social cancer,
> is there an answer?"



Posted by James E. Morrow on December 16, 2005, 3:22 am
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says...
> Hey all.....Rogers has decided (in its infinite stupidity) to cancel Usenet
> access, stating that it is passe and not many people use it. Idiots!!
>
> I have kvetched a few times, but fully expect I will be accessing these 2
> groups via Google tomorrow.
>
> Any suggestions for a good news service that is inexpensive or free?? They
> all seem to be at least $10/month and Rogers won't deduct that, of course.
>
> Kurt....has Sympatico made any rumbles about doing the same thing? I may
> just change over, but that is my least favourite solution. Ted Rogers is
> such a jerk. I may just switch my cellphones over to Bell as well. Can't
> do much about the TV cable service....but for $50/month, I expect to be able
> to get news groups.
>
> Thanks....Heather
>
>
>

individual.net

http://news.individual.net/

Registration required. Price 10 euros a year. No binaries. No sex
groups. No nonsense. This is a very dependable
server for text.


newsgate. xprivat.org

http://www.x-privat.org/international.php

Registration required. Price 6 Euros a year. Text and some binaries.
This server is faster than individual.net but may
lack some groups. Its binary completion should not be depended upon.

sunsite.dk

http://dotsrc.org/usenet/

Free text only, registration required. This server now only carries the
comp groups.


news.aioe

http://news.aioe.org/

No registration required. Free server. Text only and it is slow as
molasses. You get what you pay for. Limit of 25 posts
per day.

If you want the level of service that comes with a paid service I would
recommend Octanews.

http://www.octanews.com/

BLOCK ACCOUNT PRICING

Size        Connections        Price        
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100 gigabytes        8        US $64.95        




--
James E. Morrow
Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com

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