Do you use? Which is best and free?

On 2006-04-06, Nowhere <Nowhere@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
Check the headers; the server at the far right of the Path: header is the
one the article was posted to. Google for the name if you don't recognise
it already. I'm using Individual.net, which appears in Path: headers as
"uni-berlin".

Individual.net used to be best and free; now it's best and ten Euros a
year.

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You get what you pay for... you can connect to some rinky-dinky NNTP
server in rural Germany that is bogged down with students dl'ing porn
for free or for $12 per month, you can have an easynews account. I
suggest the latter.

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Nowhere wrote:

1. http://news.individual.net

2. To do what? Discuss? Download binaries?


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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:32:57 -0700, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>
wrote:

individual.net isn't free anymore, anyway.

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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:20:26 -0700, Evan Platt wrote:

I use Verizon's (my ISP) for text and posting, and Usenetserver
(http://www.usenetserver.com) for downloading binaries. UNS is
$14.95/month, all you can eat, with excellent retention and completion,
and it maxes my connection bandwidth out.

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Mara wrote:

I know. I use it.

My number 1 response corresponds to his first question. Only.

My number 2 response corresponds to his second question. Only. And I
asked "To do what?" because that's going to make a difference in any
case, even though I can't advise WRT a freebie.

That's why I numbered my responses; to relate each clearly to his two
questions.


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On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:01:36 GMT, "Gary G. Taylor"
<notgary@notdonavan.org> wrote:

and lots of good stuff. I have tried usenetserver in the past and
found it inferior.
What does usenetserver have that is worthwhile that Verizon groups
don't have. An inquiring mind would like to know.
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Gary G. Taylor wrote:

I need an alternative news server as my ISP one is unusably slow during
evenings and weekends. If you email me your usenetserver id (leave off
the .invalid) I'll stick you down as the referer, if you want. I haven't
worked out what it gets you - but apparently it gets you something..

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Nowhere wrote:
The best ones are NOT free. Use:

http://www.newscene.com/


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On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:44:05 +0000, joevan wrote:

Much better completion and retention than Verizon; and maximum connection
speed rather than ~50K.

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--Robert A. Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Frank Zappa, and many others
"Living free is the best revenge." --GT

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:07:35 +0100, Palindr0me wrote:

Sue--
Done and did. Cept I had trouble figuring out your munge. Let me know if
you don't receive those (or an) email within a few hours. (At least you
can figure out mine, just remove the nots.) And thanks for whatever
rewaard it is I get. If any. (If you live nearby you could always stop by
with some Scotch.... )

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"The two most abundant things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
--Robert A. Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Frank Zappa, and many others
"Living free is the best revenge." --GT

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:01:09 GMT, "Gary G. Taylor"
<notgary@notdonavan.org> wrote:

meg or better per minute when using Verizon's news. Not interested in
bites or bytes per sec. I think that is perty good from any news
server. Tera news gives me about the same. Sometimes it goes to 12 or
so meg a minute.
I used to use 4 or five copies of agent 1.93 working on different
parts of downloads to give me something similar but it was a bit of
work. Now it is much easier.
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