On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Alastair Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> As you may or may not know, Telus has dropped their news.telus.com server and >> will no longer be offering usenet access. Can anyone recommend an alternate >> provider? >> >> Al Preston > > Depends on what you need... > - Price range > - Binary retention > - Text retention > - Speed / reliability > - SSL > > I use Giganews and am quite impressed with everything except the price > (which I don't find unreasonable, but YMMV.)
I also use Giganews. Not the cheapest but they work reliably and are very fast. Their top package also offers VPN access for when you are out and about using insecure APs. It is also pretty handy for watching Hulu since the endpoint is in the US. Of course if SSL and VPN do not matter to you, there are probably providers better suited for you. I have friends who are reasonably happy with news demon (http://www.newsdemon.com) > > Many Usenet providers try to undercut Giganews' price, and you can > sometimes find really good deals. Like any other hosted service, you get what you pay for. > > If it's free text groups you're after... there's always Google Groups > (shudder.) > I think there are still some free servers for text only content. YMMV. Hth _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
