Alright!  I'll give it my best shot!

"Miguel Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote:
> > Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in:
> >> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote:
> >>> Are you sure these newsgroup work?  I tried subscribing to it and got
a
> >>> response saying newsgroup server could not be found.  I didn't have
that
> >>> problem with PHP Newsgroup or mozilla.org Newsgroup.
> >>>
> >>> comp.os.linux.admin
> >>> comp.os.linux.misc
> >>> ...
> >>
> >> Yes, they all definitely work. Remember that different news servers
carry
> >> different newsgroups. Your ISP should be running a news server that
> >> carries all of the above-listed groups, though, as they're in the main
> >> hierarchy. Just ask your ISP for the name of its news server.
> >>
> >> Alternatively, you can read them all in groups.google.com, though
they're
> >> about 12 hours behind.
> >
> > I don't have ISP, I use T1, the local network I'm on is direct to the
> > internet.  I can type in www.cnn.com and it can go where it go quickly
> > without a problem.  The same goes for news.php.net Newsgroup.
>
> You still have an ISP. You can't peer using something as tiny as a T1.
> Just traceroute somewhere and you'll see what your ISP is. Then go
> to their web site, look for the customer support page, and they should
> list their NNTP server somewhere.
>
> Alternatively, there is a free server in Germany you can use if your ISP
> doesn't provide decent news service. Go to http://news.cis.dfn.de/ for
> more information.
>
> miguel
>



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