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OT: Free usenet providers?

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RobF

Flightless Bird
"Motor T" <noway@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:i0fh0j$5ff$1@speranza.aioe.org...
| RobF wrote:
| > "Arthur Shapiro" <art.shapiro@unisys.com> wrote in message
| > news:i0deg5$seg$1@USTR-NEWS.TR.UNISYS.COM...
| > | In article <O$4rDx5FLHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, "RobF"
| > <none@invalid.invalid> wrote:
| > | >Cox high speed is switching to Gigagnews, with a range of fees. Are
there
| > | >still free providers?
| > |
| > | I'm in the same boat, and signed up with Eternal-September a week ago.
| > I'm
| > | running it in parallel with Cox's server, using different newsreaders
| > | (Thunderbird for E-S and NewsXpress for Cox) so they can be run
| > | simultaneously. So far I don't perceive any problems with the new
| > service,
| > | and figure it can't be any worse than Cox's often-slow connection to
| > Usenet.
| > |
| > | Art
| >
| > Aer, I saw, on eternal sept, the letters you used above: E-S. Maybe
the're
| > explained at eternal, if so, don't find it. Is E-S one of the functions
of
| > eternal? I have the basic Eternal running now. Am looking for FireFox,
not
| > in the list of groups, nor is Thunderbird.
|
| Firefox and Thunderbird are on Mozilla.org server: news.mozilla.org
| They are subgroups listed under: Mozilla.support.

Right you are, Motor T. Another dumb case of overlookin the obvious for me.
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RobF
 
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RobF

Flightless Bird
Re: Free usenet providers?

Good info again, Daave. Binaries not much of a loss for me. Thanks.
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RobF

"Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
news:uVzpUN$FLHA.5668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| RobF wrote:
| >
| > "Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
| > news:eUgfuF6FLHA.5736@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| >> RobF wrote:
| >>> Cox high speed is switching to Gigagnews, with a range of fees. Are
| >>> there still free providers?
| >>
| >> Text only or binaries, too?
|
| > Once in a blue moon, Daave, binaries too. Know any?
|
| Not really. You would need to Google for open servers; I see some have
| already posted links. But for binaries, you would more than likely need
| to pay for that service. Eternal September is great for text only,
| though.
|
|
 
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Daave

Flightless Bird
Re: Free usenet providers?

YW.

RobF wrote:
> Good info again, Daave. Binaries not much of a loss for me. Thanks.
>
> "Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
> news:uVzpUN$FLHA.5668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> RobF wrote:
>>>
>>> "Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eUgfuF6FLHA.5736@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> RobF wrote:
>>>>> Cox high speed is switching to Gigagnews, with a range of fees.
>>>>> Are there still free providers?
>>>>
>>>> Text only or binaries, too?
>>
>>> Once in a blue moon, Daave, binaries too. Know any?
>>
>> Not really. You would need to Google for open servers; I see some
>> have already posted links. But for binaries, you would more than
>> likely need to pay for that service. Eternal September is great for
>> text only, though.
 
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Billns

Flightless Bird
On 6/29/2010 11:29 AM, RobF wrote:
> I googled first.
>
> "Billns"<billns@nsverizon.net> wrote in message
> news:u3GTwT6FLHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> | On 6/29/2010 8:03 AM, RobF wrote:
> |> Cox high speed is switching to Gigagnews, with a range of fees. Are
> there
> |> still free providers?
> |
> | Short answer is Yes. Google is your friend.
> |
> | Bill
>
>
I've been using Teranews, already mentioned in this thread, for several
years now with no problems. There's a one-time signup fee and a stated
50 mb per day limit on the free server -- certainly not a problem for
non-binaries. They won't cut you off if you go over the limit a bit, but
you may not be able to access the service for a couple of days depending
on how much over you are.

I haven't noticed any inconsistencies in service with Teranews other
than an occasional connection dropout with automatic resumption a few
seconds later.

http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/teranews.html gives a Teranews profile.

Bill
 
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RobF

Flightless Bird
"Billns" <billns@nsverizon.net> wrote in message
news:%23oCvTCHGLHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| On 6/29/2010 11:29 AM, RobF wrote:
| > I googled first.
| >
| > "Billns"<billns@nsverizon.net> wrote in message
| > news:u3GTwT6FLHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| > | On 6/29/2010 8:03 AM, RobF wrote:
| > |> Cox high speed is switching to Gigagnews, with a range of fees. Are
| > there
| > |> still free providers?
| > |
| > | Short answer is Yes. Google is your friend.
| > |
| > | Bill
| >
| >
| I've been using Teranews, already mentioned in this thread, for several
| years now with no problems. There's a one-time signup fee and a stated
| 50 mb per day limit on the free server -- certainly not a problem for
| non-binaries. They won't cut you off if you go over the limit a bit, but
| you may not be able to access the service for a couple of days depending
| on how much over you are.
|
| I haven't noticed any inconsistencies in service with Teranews other
| than an occasional connection dropout with automatic resumption a few
| seconds later.
|
| http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/teranews.html gives a Teranews profile.
|
| Bill

OK, Bill. I'm set now with Eternal September - just liked the name.
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RobF
 
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Bert Hyman

Flightless Bird
In news:ejmy#vSGLHA.5668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl "RobF"
<none@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> OK, Bill. I'm set now with Eternal September - just liked the name.

Maybe if you knew the origin of the name, you'd actually be insulted.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
 
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