OT: Free usenet providers?

  • Thread starter Thread starter RobF
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| RobF wrote:
| > | > | In article <[email protected]>, "RobF"
| > | >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.
 
Good info again, Daave. Binaries not much of a loss for me. Thanks.
--
RobF

| RobF wrote:
| >
| > | >> 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.
|
|
 
I googled first.

| 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
Click to expand...
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
 
| On 6/29/2010 11:29 AM, RobF wrote:
| > I googled first.
| >
| > | > | 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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