Alternative to Individual.NET

[Christo]

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is struggling
to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like
individual.NET was then try

http://x-privat.org

servers are alot slower than individual and a bit flakier, however, it's
free and it works, i know i'm a bit late but if anyone is on a really CRAP
provider and needs to shift then try x-privat.org

it took me about 24 hours after my registration before it was functioning
nicely but im here now posting with them and its not too bad

HTH

 

[Bobby]

I should point out the individual.net costs 60p per month (10 Euros per
year).

I paid. Fast, reliable service:

https://news.individual.net/register.php

No connection to this group.

Bobby

 

[David Chapman]

From the Collected Witterings of Bobby, volume 23:

I should point out the individual.net costs 60p per month (10 Euros per
year).

And cannot be paid for without PayThieves, a credit card or transfer fees
greater than the actual cost of the subscription. I moved to x-privat also.

 

[Nick the Greek]

From the Collected Witterings of Bobby, volume 23:

And cannot be paid for without PayThieves, a credit card or transfer fees
greater than the actual cost of the subscription. I moved to x-privat also.

How can you pay with a credit card ? I only got a bank transfer
option.

-Nick

 

[Toby Briggs]

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is struggling
to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like
individual.NET was then try

http://x-privat.org

servers are alot slower than individual and a bit flakier, however, it's
free and it works, i know i'm a bit late but if anyone is on a really CRAP
provider and needs to shift then try x-privat.org

Far too slow!

Try using http://cust.readfreenews.net/login.php and registering with
them. So far, just as quick as N.I.N.

Cheers,

Tobes

--
"Having seen Chelsea close up I am still 100% confident that we will go
through to the quarter-finals! We have a better team than Chelsea and
I'm certain that we will score at Stamford Bridge to take us through." -
Ronaldinho, March 2005

Chelsea 4 Barcelona 2 (5-4 on agg)

 

[Atlas Bugged]

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is
struggling
to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like
individual.NET was then try

http://x-privat.org

I've addressed this before, and I'd like to know why you wouldn't just go
with the totally-free, password-free, username-free, everything-free service
at Usnetserver. Here's the server name:

<free-text.usenetserver.com>

They're fast, reliable, and run by a for-pay server company. But there's no
charge for their text service.

 

[J. Yazel]

I've addressed this before, and I'd like to know why you wouldn't just go
with the totally-free, password-free, username-free, everything-free service
at Usnetserver. Here's the server name:

<free-text.usenetserver.com>

They're fast, reliable, and run by a for-pay server company. But there's no
charge for their text service.
=====================

Got an error "could not connect to remote server" on the above URL.

 

[Guest]

I've addressed this before, and I'd like to know why you wouldn't just
go
with the totally-free, password-free, username-free, everything-free
service
at Usnetserver. Here's the server name:

<free-text.usenetserver.com>

They're fast, reliable, and run by a for-pay server company. But
there's no
charge for their text service.

That only provides read-only access to text-only groups (i.e., you
cannot post, just read others' posts). According to
http://usenetserver.com/faq.html:

"free-text.usenetserver.com (text only groups, read only access, no
password required)"

Since the OP is looking for a replacement NNTP for individual.net, they
aren't looking for a read-only server.

 

[Guest]

Far too slow!

Try using http://cust.readfreenews.net/login.php and registering with
them. So far, just as quick as N.I.N.

Cheers,

Tobes

--
"Having seen Chelsea close up I am still 100% confident that we will
go through to the quarter-finals! We have a better team than Chelsea
and I'm certain that we will score at Stamford Bridge to take us
through." - Ronaldinho, March 2005

Chelsea 4 Barcelona 2 (5-4 on agg)

Webnews is not an alternative to a real NNTP server as is provided by
individual.net. There is so little info on that site that nothing can
be gleaned regarding if they also provide an NNTP server to which a
client can connect rather than use a webnews interface via browser. If
the OP wanted a webnews interface, I'm sure he already knew about Google
Groups.

 

[cluedweasel]

I've addressed this before, and I'd like to know why you wouldn't just go
with the totally-free, password-free, username-free, everything-free service
at Usnetserver. Here's the server name:

<free-text.usenetserver.com>

They're fast, reliable, and run by a for-pay server company. But there's no
charge for their text service.

Read only AFAIK. For a no registration, no password server yo could do
a lot worse than news.aioe.org

 

[Atlas Bugged]

I see I must concede my error - as wonderful as the free service at
USENETSERVER is, it is indeed for reading only, not posting.

(I suspect that was not so in the recent past, but it doesn't matter now,
and it is surely inconvenient to be unable to post, even if you only do so
occasionally.)

My next choice would be the limited free service at TERANEWS. You pay a
one-time charge of $4, but you not only get free service forever thereafter,
you also get binary service, which I think is relatively rare in the "free"
arena.

Free Usenet server (Max 50MB daily):
http://www.teranews.com
SERVER: free.teranews.com

I realize even a one-time charge of $4 isn't truly "free," but I've been
using the service as a back up for several years now, so as far as I'm
concerned, they've made more than good on their offer.

 

[Toby Briggs]

Webnews is not an alternative to a real NNTP server as is provided by
individual.net. There is so little info on that site that nothing can
be gleaned regarding if they also provide an NNTP server to which a
client can connect rather than use a webnews interface via browser. If
the OP wanted a webnews interface, I'm sure he already knew about Google
Groups.

It's not web-based is it? I use Mozilla Thunderbird, and it's just like
N.I.N.

Sorry if I've got it completely wrong - but hey ho - it's working for me!

--
"Having seen Chelsea close up I am still 100% confident that we will go
through to the quarter-finals! We have a better team than Chelsea and
I'm certain that we will score at Stamford Bridge to take us through." -
Ronaldinho, March 2005

Chelsea 4 Barcelona 2 (5-4 on agg)

 

[DevilsPGD]

Webnews is not an alternative to a real NNTP server as is provided by
individual.net. There is so little info on that site that nothing can
be gleaned regarding if they also provide an NNTP server to which a
client can connect rather than use a webnews interface via browser. If
the OP wanted a webnews interface, I'm sure he already knew about Google
Groups.

Check out http://www.readfreenews.com/ for details. Posting was just
recently enabled but requires an account, use the aforementioned website
http://cust.readfreenews.net/ to register for an account.

 

[Jon Danniken]

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is struggling
to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like
individual.NET was then try

http://x-privat.org

servers are alot slower than individual and a bit flakier, however, it's
free and it works, i know i'm a bit late but if anyone is on a really CRAP
provider and needs to shift then try x-privat.org

it took me about 24 hours after my registration before it was functioning
nicely but im here now posting with them and its not too bad

I moved to teranews; $3.95 one-time setup fee for their free account.
Similar performance to news.individual.net, and I can actually access binary
groups with a 50mb/day limit..

Jon

 

[David Chapman]

From the Collected Witterings of Jon Danniken, volume 23:

and I can actually access
binary groups with a 50mb/day limit..

Either that's a tyop for 500MB/day, or your binaries service is utterly
useless for anything except small quantities of pr0n. It'd take nine days
to DL one ep of a TV show.

 

[David Chapman]

From the Collected Witterings of Toby Briggs, volume 23:

Christo wrote:

Far too slow!

In truth, I'm just using them until my ISP adds ATS-A and ATL to their
newsfeed. After that I'll be using them exclusively; 10GB/month is enough
for my needs.

 

[Guest]

From the Collected Witterings of Jon Danniken, volume 23:


Either that's a tyop for 500MB/day, or your binaries service is
utterly
useless for anything except small quantities of pr0n. It'd take nine
days
to DL one ep of a TV show.

Nope, not a "tyop". 50mb/day quota for the FREE account. If you want a
higher quota, you have to pay for it. It's too bad that they don't
offer a separate server that permits only text-only posts (no HTML) with
no attachments that has an unlimited or huge per-day quota. 50mb/day is
still a huge quota if all you visit are the non-binary groups. Some
groups have such a huge number of posts that you could possibly consume
your daily quota just downloading all those text-only posts, so you
should configure your client to download only, say, 1,000 messages at a
time.

50MB/day isn't enough for the perverts wanting to download porn or for
music or graphic enthusiasts, ahem, that "share" their files but then
the free Teranews account really isn't catering to that audience.
Neither did individual.net which, when free, was a text-only NNTP
server. The OP was asking for a substitute to individual.net, not an
NNTP server that included binaries.

But then, the OP never really did ask for us to suggest alternatives but
was merely "promoting" his choice for an NNTP server.

 

[David B]

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is struggling
to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like
individual.NET was then try

http://x-privat.org

servers are alot slower than individual and a bit flakier, however, it's
free and it works, i know i'm a bit late but if anyone is on a really CRAP
provider and needs to shift then try x-privat.org

it took me about 24 hours after my registration before it was functioning
nicely but im here now posting with them and its not too bad

I couldn't get any messages the last few days but tonight it worked. It's just
real slow. Any idea why x-privat is so durn slow?

 

[David Chapman]

From the Collected Witterings of David Chapman, volume 23:

In truth, I'm just using them until my ISP adds ATS-A and ATL to their
newsfeed. After that I'll be using them exclusively; 10GB/month is enough
for my needs.

Wabble. The second "them" refers to my ISP.

 

[David Chapman]

From the Collected Witterings of David B, volume 23:

I couldn't get any messages the last few days but tonight it worked. It's
just real slow. Any idea why x-privat is so durn slow?

Less pipe. It's also been down for a few days.