- news.individual.net's free service to end
- Posted by David Buttery on February 15th, 2005
The free text Usenet service provided by n.i.n will cease at the end of
next month; it is now going to cost 10 euros per year. Details here:
http://news.individual.net
A shame, that; it was a very good free service indeed.
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- Posted by kim on February 15th, 2005
"David Buttery" <rabbiteer@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns95FEE6C9756Frabbiteergmail@130.133.1.4...
Announced in the very same week as AOL desubscribed from Usenet, what a
coincidence! If I have to pay for to access newsgroups I would as soon pay
for one which allows binaries as one that doesn't.
(kim)
- Posted by Bob Eager on February 15th, 2005
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:41:14 UTC, David Buttery
<rabbiteer@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Shock! Horror! 10 euro a year! That's nearly 2 pence a DAY...!
- Posted by Dutch on February 15th, 2005
"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message
news:37fceiF5bv0fiU1@individual.net...
None are as cheap as that, you whinging cunt
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on February 15th, 2005
"Dutch" <dutchess@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:vnvQd.81$166.75@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
You really are a bright spark, they don't call you the village idiot for
nothing then, think about it...
- Posted by Ian Stirling on February 15th, 2005
Dutch <dutchess@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Actually, I believe you're wrong.
Some binary newservers offer non-expiring quotas, at under $10 for 1GB.
Buy one, and 3MB of news/day will keep most people happy.
- Posted by Simon Ough on February 15th, 2005
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-d6xGt9br2Jw2@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
Yep. 2 pence a day in my pocket per day rather than in the pockets of
individual.net
1 year = £7
Now, I am 30, let's assume I live to 80.
50 years at £7 a year = £350.
That's not including inflation and the annual increases..... 
More like over £3,000 in real terms inc. rises obver that period.
No thanks.
Simon
PS: And no, I'm not going to subscribe. They can go to HELL.
- Posted by Bob Eager on February 15th, 2005
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:43:02 UTC, "Simon Ough"
<simon@NOSPAMmedia247.co.uk> wrote:
They're not a charity, are they?
Bloody freeloaders expecting something for nothing all the time..
(pictures elderly miser hobbling round)
Fine. What are you going to do instead?
- Posted by Simon Ough on February 15th, 2005
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-gqReuZwTKDVd@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
Not use the *one* newsgroup that I subscribe to on it, and just use my ISP
newsgroups listings instead? (I'll live)
- Posted by Ivor Jones on February 15th, 2005
"Simon Ough" <simon@NOSPAMmedia247.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cuu1e6$lgf$2@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
Well at least this may have the useful side effect of clearing out the
morons from posting on usenet.
I'm quite happy to pay if I don't have to wade through rants like that.
Ivor
- Posted by David Buttery on February 16th, 2005
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote here on 15 Feb 2005:
Hey, I said it was a shame; not that they had no right to charge.
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- Posted by Bob Eager on February 16th, 2005
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:34:48 UTC, David Buttery
<rabbiteer@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Fair enough. You sort of implied that made it unusable...!
I am happy to pay for it; it was either that, or one day it was bound to
disappear. The number of recommendations I've seen for it meant that its
user base must have been growing and growing. I've managed news servers,
and I know how resource intensive they can be.
I hope that people DO subscribe, and they can continue to offer the
service.
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on February 16th, 2005
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
news:37fignF5999ceU1@individual.net...
Trouble is I don't think it will, in fact I think it might even increase
such posting, there are still insecure 'open' servers around, and don't
forget the biggest insecure 'news' server of all - Google groups...
The way Google groups 'backend' software has been messaging up the NNTP
treading of late we could be about to see the crippling of the NNTP system
as ex AOL and others move over to it. :~(
- Posted by Ivor Jones on February 16th, 2005
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-Q5sYUstbH5Nk@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
Perhaps more news servers should charge. It might have the useful side
effect of clearing out the morons.
Ivor
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on February 16th, 2005
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
news:37go7uF5d7p8vU1@individual.net...
Only to move on to Google groups no doubt, it won't make the problem less,
it will make the problems worse IMO.
- Posted by Andrew Norman on February 16th, 2005
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:46:41 -0000, "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote:
Apparently it had nothing to do with AOL:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...28de2bc2b27852
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- Posted by Gordon on February 16th, 2005
Dave Mason wrote:
Not to mention the *20* million that Stalin killed.......
- Posted by Shevek on February 16th, 2005
On 15 Feb 2005 23:42:33 GMT, Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
You are talking about $10 a month. NIN will be €10 a year.
No binaries server would be as cheap as that.
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- Posted by Andrew Norman on February 16th, 2005
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:07:54 +0000, Shevek <drshevek@gmail.com> wrote:
No, but you can get 5 gigabytes a month for tweleve months, for about
€27 a year ($2.95 a month), from Forte Inc.
https://www.forteinc.com/apn/subscribe.php
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- Posted by Alec McKenzie on February 16th, 2005
Shevek <drshevek@gmail.com> wrote:
You'd be surprised. Have a look at:
http://teranews.com/
I am getting 50MB per day for a one time setup fee of $3.50, and
no monthly charges.
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