I've been using AstraWeb for a couple years now. I've been satisfied with the service and value.
> 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. > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> > . -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
