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Any Other Verizon Users Here? Sharon 06-13-2008
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Posted by BEI Design on June 13, 2008, 4:17 pm
AK&DStrohl wrote:
>
> Gee, DH and I were just going to switch to Verizon. It's
> half the price at twice the speed of our local ISP.
>
> All I would need to do to avoid being cut off is to go
> through that website listed above?
>
> AK in PA

Another possibility is newsguy.com:
http://www.newsguy.com/
Fairly inexpensive, and I've heard good things about their
service, including spam-filtering.

Just please DO NOT use google-groups, I would miss seeing
your messages.

NAYY,

Beverly



Posted by Olwyn Mary on June 13, 2008, 9:00 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> AK&DStrohl wrote:
>
>>Gee, DH and I were just going to switch to Verizon. It's
>>half the price at twice the speed of our local ISP.
>>
>>All I would need to do to avoid being cut off is to go
>>through that website listed above?
>>
>>AK in PA
>
>
> Another possibility is newsguy.com:
> http://www.newsguy.com/
> Fairly inexpensive, and I've heard good things about their
> service, including spam-filtering.
>
> Just please DO NOT use google-groups, I would miss seeing
> your messages.
>
> NAYY,
>
> Beverly
>
>
I use free.teranews.com. and have done since AOL stopped carrying the
Usenet. Right now I have broadband through AT&T on a package with my
phone, but haven't heard anything about them stopping access. Teranews
comes out of a German university, used to be completely free until they
got overwhelmed, so now they ask for the princely sum of around $4 to
set it up. They also have a more expensive, commercial, faster one, but
I don't need that much speed. On the rare occasions when the site goes
down I just read the groups through (ugh) Google.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Posted by Phaedrine Stonebridge on June 13, 2008, 11:30 pm

> I use free.teranews.com. and have done since AOL stopped carrying the
> Usenet. Right now I have broadband through AT&T on a package with my
> phone, but haven't heard anything about them stopping access. Teranews
> comes out of a German university, used to be completely free until they
> got overwhelmed, so now they ask for the princely sum of around $4 to
> set it up. They also have a more expensive, commercial, faster one, but
> I don't need that much speed. On the rare occasions when the site goes
> down I just read the groups through (ugh) Google.

I have Supernews for slightly less *but* they were just absorbed by
Giganews which does a far inferior job of spam filtering. I immediately
had to set up more filters in my news client. Even with regular
expressions, it isn't easy getting rid of all the google group trash.
I'll probably be switching servers in the near future.

Phae
--
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson

Posted by Sparafucile on June 14, 2008, 1:49 pm
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:09 -0400, AK&DStrohl wrote:

>
> All I would need to do to avoid being cut off is to go through that website
> listed above?
>
> AK in PA

        Yup. But note that it doesn't carry binary newsgroups (i.e. photos,
music, movies etc.). This is not a binary group, so you're OK with
this one.
--
Ciao,

Serge

                ŽI love cats because I take pleasure in my home; and little by
little, the cats become its visible soul.¡
                                Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

        6/14/2008 1:47:54 PM        

Posted by IMS on June 14, 2008, 4:48 pm

>On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:09 -0400, AK&DStrohl wrote:
>
>>
>> All I would need to do to avoid being cut off is to go through that website
>> listed above?
>>
>> AK in PA
>
>        Yup. But note that it doesn't carry binary newsgroups (i.e. photos,
>music, movies etc.). This is not a binary group, so you're OK with
>this one.

...

Not necessarily. Depends on your ISP; looks like Time-Warner is going
to cut out access to newsgroups altogether.


"Time Warner Cable said it will cease to offer customers access to any
Usenet newsgroups, a decision that will affect customers nationwide.
Sprint said it would no longer offer any of the tens of thousands of
alt.* Usenet newsgroups. Verizon's plan is to eliminate some "fairly
broad newsgroup areas."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html

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