On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:25:37 -0600, Alex Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I was hoping for completely free - teranews wants $3.95 to set up an
> account. Maybe I'll make do with Google Groups :-/
> I'm not a heavy user but I do have a group that I read daily and when I
> want to get an answer on a programming issue I'm fighting with then
> usenet can be >very useful.
Also not free is AstraWeb <http://www.news.astraweb.com/> but they do have
a plan that is only $10 & allows one to download at unlimited speed up 25g
& you can take as long or little time as you like to down all of that &
downloading headers doesn't count. If it takes you 2 weeks or 6 months it
doesn't matter which makes it nice for those that have either hispeed or
dialup connections. I guess you could call it pay as you go usenet. If one
does strictly textural stuff via dialup then it may take a year or if one
has a fast cable connection & are downloading binaries they may be able to
download all that in less than a week.
Since I'm beta testing Forte's Agent 3.0 I've decided to use their service
as a backup server to what Verizon already offers which is very good
considering what other ISPs offer in the way of Usenet. Verizon carries
many groups & has high retention of articles. Sorry but as far as I know
the Verizon News Groups are only available to their subscribers. Still $10
for 25g & you can take as long or as little time as you like is a great
deal these days.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
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