OT - So this news server won't be free anymore...

But E10 a year still seems reasonable. Domestic commercial news servers
are running about $15/ month I think. Anyone else know of a good,
free, reliable news server?
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On 2005-02-15, Chester Bullock penned:
But E10 a year still seems reasonable. Domestic commercial news servers
are running about $15/ month I think. Anyone else know of a good,
free, reliable news server?

Well, I get a decent news server for free through my ISP. I know that it's
not actually my ISP's server, though, but rather some third party's.

A quick search on google turns up this promising-looking service:
http://www.teranews.com/

I've heard good things about a particular server, but can't recall the exact
name. individ-something.

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monique
Longmont, CO

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

A quick search on google turns up this promising-looking service:
http://www.teranews.com/

I'll take a look.

I've heard good things about a particular server, but can't recall the exact
name. individ-something.

That's the one that is not going to be free for much longer, and the one
a lot of us use.


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Chester

5 out of 4 people don't understand fractions.

Chester Bullock wrote:

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

A quick search on google turns up this promising-looking service:
http://www.teranews.com/

I'll take a look.

I've heard good things about a particular server, but can't recall the exact
name. individ-something.

That's the one that is not going to be free for much longer, and the one
a lot of us use.

That sucks. Like giving out free dope the first year... Still,
$10/year (that's about right, isn't it?) isn't all that bad...

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Cheers,
Bev
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They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy,
they'd have indoor plumbing by now." -- Ann Coulter

On 2005-02-15, The Real Bev penned:
Chester Bullock wrote:

That's the one that is not going to be free for much longer, and the one a
lot of us use.

That sucks. Like giving out free dope the first year... Still, $10/year
(that's about right, isn't it?) isn't all that bad...

I figure, if it's something worth having, it's something worth paying for. If
it's really $10 a year, I don't think that's such a big deal. After all, news
servers cost real money to providers.

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monique
Longmont, CO

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2005-02-15, The Real Bev penned:

Chester Bullock wrote:

That's the one that is not going to be free for much longer, and the one a
lot of us use.

That sucks. Like giving out free dope the first year... Still, $10/year
(that's about right, isn't it?) isn't all that bad...


I figure, if it's something worth having, it's something worth paying for. If
it's really $10 a year, I don't think that's such a big deal. After all, news
servers cost real money to providers.


So why did you pick it over a pay service in the first place?

Ternews - I used that a couple of years ago but I thought they started
charging too.

bubbanews - still free ( 50m/day). I'll probably switch to that. I
liked the fact that news.individual.net didn't carry binary NG's and
bubba does, but beggars can't be choosers.
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On 2005-02-16, Chuck penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

I figure, if it's something worth having, it's something worth paying for.
If it's really $10 a year, I don't think that's such a big deal. After
all, news servers cost real money to providers.


So why did you pick it over a pay service in the first place?

Huh? I never did use it. I use my ISP's news server.

I would use a free service if it met my needs, but I wouldn't be surprised if
they eventually started charging. At that point, I would have to decide if I
cared for the service enough to pay for it.

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monique
Longmont, CO

Monique said:
I use my ISP's news server.

Or you could be like me and have an ISP with a crappy newsfeed and a
non-existant one at work. That leaves me using Google for usenet.
Then again, if I really cared about it, I'd upgrade my ISP...

TexasSkiNut wrote:
Monique said:

I use my ISP's news server.


Or you could be like me and have an ISP with a crappy newsfeed and a
non-existant one at work. That leaves me using Google for usenet.
Then again, if I really cared about it, I'd upgrade my ISP...


Uhm, your news server can be independent of your ISP.
Go shopping, sign on and enjoy. This Google stuff for
USENET it a little ungainly at best.

"VtSkier" wrote in message
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TexasSkiNut wrote:
Monique said:

I use my ISP's news server.


Or you could be like me and have an ISP with a crappy newsfeed and a
non-existant one at work. That leaves me using Google for usenet.
Then again, if I really cared about it, I'd upgrade my ISP...


Uhm, your news server can be independent of your ISP.
Go shopping, sign on and enjoy. This Google stuff for
USENET it a little ungainly at best.


Well, here's a warning to those of you shopping around. I use giganews but
for some reason, they dropped rsa about six months ago. I've been using
individual.net since then.

snoig