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Salmon Egg

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Jul 1, 2009, 10:40:15 AM7/1/09
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This is one of the newsgroups I really would like to continue to use,
Unfortunately, my ISP, ATT.Yahoo, with domain name sbcglobal, has
decided to terminate USENET service in about two weeks,

I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of this
group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they censor?

Bill

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Most people go to college to get their missing high school education.

dlzc

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Jul 1, 2009, 11:15:41 AM7/1/09
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Dear Salmon Egg:

On Jul 1, 7:40 am, Salmon Egg <Salmon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I would like to know what news servers are used
> by participants of this group. How is the service?
> How much do they charge? Do they censor?

I still get usenet service via my ISP, Cox. And of course I use
Google.Groups when I am not home.

There are a few threads on comp.lang.xharbour, and
sci.physics.relativity for example, that discuss this topic, if you
want to look for them. And I always get people started here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Public_USENET_Servers
... "free" means "slow to update", almost always.

David A. Smith

Martin Brown

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Jul 1, 2009, 11:46:06 AM7/1/09
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Salmon Egg wrote:
> This is one of the newsgroups I really would like to continue to use,
> Unfortunately, my ISP, ATT.Yahoo, with domain name sbcglobal, has
> decided to terminate USENET service in about two weeks,
>
> I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of this
> group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they censor?

I use Teranews and other recommend NIN. The Tera service for discussion
groups is a one time admin payment ~$5 to get a login account. If you
want binaries then they will charge you for a subscription.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Ron Jones

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Jul 1, 2009, 2:40:52 PM7/1/09
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Salmon Egg wrote:
> This is one of the newsgroups I really would like to continue to use,
> Unfortunately, my ISP, ATT.Yahoo, with domain name sbcglobal, has
> decided to terminate USENET service in about two weeks,
>
> I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of
> this group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they
> censor?
>
> Bill

http://www.news.astraweb.com 25GB is 10USD - NO time limit, if used only
on text groups, then 25GB should last for years. No censoring.

--
Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein


engineman

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Jul 2, 2009, 2:14:55 AM7/2/09
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How about Google-- free.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.chem/topics?lnk=rgr

Engineman


On Jul 1, 11:40�am, "Ron Jones" <r...@ronjones.org.uk> wrote:
> Salmon Egg wrote:
> > This is one of the newsgroups I really would like to continue to use,
> > Unfortunately, my ISP, ATT.Yahoo, with domain name sbcglobal, has
> > decided to terminate USENET service in about two weeks,
>
> > I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of
> > this group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they
> > censor?
>
> > Bill
>
> http://www.news.astraweb.com� 25GB is 10USD - NO time limit, if used only
> on text groups, then 25GB should last for years. �No censoring.
>
> --
> Ron Jones
> Process Safety & Development Specialist

> Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses athttp://www.crhf.org.ukOnly two things are certain: The universe and

Frederick Williams

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Jul 2, 2009, 8:28:51 AM7/2/09
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engineman wrote:
>
> How about Google-- free.
> http://groups.google.com/group/sci.chem/topics?lnk=rgr
>
> Engineman

Not only free but worth every penny :-(

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Which of the seven heavens / Was responsible her smile /
Wouldn't be sure but attested / That, whoever it was, a god /
Worth kneeling-to for a while / Had tabernacled and rested.

Frederick Williams

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Jul 2, 2009, 8:29:29 AM7/2/09
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Salmon Egg wrote:

> I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of this
> group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they censor?

Albasani, text only, free.

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax

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Jul 2, 2009, 8:39:11 AM7/2/09
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Frederick Williams wrote:
> Salmon Egg wrote:
>
>> I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of this
>> group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they censor?
>
> Albasani, text only, free.
>

www.individual.net
German, University Berlin, 10 Euros per year

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dlzc

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Jul 2, 2009, 11:41:37 AM7/2/09
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Dear Frederick Williams:

On Jul 2, 5:28 am, Frederick Williams <frederick.willia...@tesco.net>
wrote:


> engineman wrote:
>
> > How about Google-- free.
> >http://groups.google.com/group/sci.chem/topics?lnk=rgr
>

> Not only free but worth every penny :-(

I especially like how they keep "fixing" the search engine interface.

David A. Smith

Frank

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Jul 2, 2009, 4:11:25 PM7/2/09
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Free Motzarella now named something like eternal september (not on
home computer now and going through Google). No binaries. All the
big providers dropping usenet services to save money.

dlzc

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Jul 2, 2009, 5:21:41 PM7/2/09
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Dear Frank:

On Jul 2, 1:11 pm, Frank <frank.logu...@dol.net> wrote:
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> Free Motzarella now named something
> like eternal september

eternal-september.org

> No binaries.  All the big providers dropping
> usenet services to save money.

You can thank the spammers and sporgers for that. And the
accountants, of course.

David A. Smith

Michael Robinson

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Jul 3, 2009, 12:17:06 AM7/3/09
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"Salmon Egg" <Salm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:SalmonEgg-5BD52...@news.la.sbcglobal.net...

> This is one of the newsgroups I really would like to continue to use,
> Unfortunately, my ISP, ATT.Yahoo, with domain name sbcglobal, has
> decided to terminate USENET service in about two weeks,
>
> I would like to know what news servers are used by participants of this
> group. How is the service? How much do they charge? Do they censor?
>
> Bill

This one's good:
us.usenet-news.net

I gave up on free servers.


The Doctor

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Jul 3, 2009, 12:15:18 PM7/3/09
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