- News Server For Sky?
- Posted by Martin on June 14th, 2008
On dialup at present, with an isp that has a news server which I access via
Outlook Express.
What happens if I move to Sky broadband, do Sky have a news server, if not
how are newsgroup messages accessed ?
Thanks.
Martin
- Posted by kraftee on June 14th, 2008
Martin wrote:
Sky does not have news servers so you'll have to look around for either a
free service or one which requires you to effectly pay subs. I'm still
using Datemas.de (a free server) for a few groups which don't appear to be
carried by BT Internet, but I do know there a couple more so do a 'google' &
you won't go far wrong..
- Posted by Colin Wilson on June 15th, 2008
They don't have one themselves, but I use motzarella.org - it seems to
carry pretty much everything that individual.net do, but for free.
If you're after binaries, there are a couple of larger news hosts such
as Astraweb, who do a 90Gb package for a one-off $25 fee
- Posted by Steve Terry on June 15th, 2008
"Martin" <happyguy65@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1213478059.2205.0@proxy00.news.clara.net...
and much better than any of the NTL newservers.
Steve Terry
- Posted by Doc Holliday on June 15th, 2008
I use motzarella.org as well, but I'm not interested in binaries. I think if
you want really good binary access, you will need to pay for it. Even ISPs
who do have their own news server generally don't do good binaries.
"Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.uk> wrote
in message news:MPG.22be65386079d0e798981e@news.motzarella.or g...
- Posted by Eeyore on June 15th, 2008
Colin Wilson wrote:
Which is almost a lifetime's worth of text use and worth it just for that !
Graham
- Posted by Bill Ridgeway on June 15th, 2008
"Martin" <happyguy65@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1213478059.2205.0@proxy00.news.clara.net...
Suggest you try (all free) -
aioe.org (preferred)
news.albasini.net
news.readfreenews.net
Bill Ridgeway
- Posted by Daniel James on June 15th, 2008
In article news:<wOudnchgs8ik0cnVnZ2dnUVZ8j6dnZ2d@bt.com>, Kraftee
wrote:
I gather from some recent discussion over on news.software.readers that
datemas is no longer completely free ...
Cheers,
Daniel.
- Posted by Phil McKerracher on June 15th, 2008
Also try teranews.com (free for light use) or giganews.com
--
Phil McKerracher
www.mckerracher.net
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
- Posted by Cork Soaker on June 15th, 2008
Martin wrote:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+news+servers
- Posted by George Weston on June 15th, 2008
"Phil McKerracher" <usenet@mckerracher.net> wrote in message
news:49f71$4855172e$14884@news.teranews.com...
Or, if you can find 10 Euros a *year*, there's http://news.individual.net/
Lightning-fast posting - new posts appear within seconds.
Also, virtually spam-free.
Works with Outlook Express too.
George
- Posted by Steve Terry on June 16th, 2008
"Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message
news:g32pp7$7uv$1@aioe.org...
complaint,
talk about shooting the messenger!
- Posted by Gizmo. on June 16th, 2008
"Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:g31nc8$nvd$1@news.albasani.net...
The clues are in the OPs headers
- Posted by Gizmo. on June 16th, 2008
"Martin" <happyguy65@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1213478059.2205.0@proxy00.news.clara.net...
Nope
Use a 3rd party usenet feed.
I use: http://usenet-news.net
Their service is text and binaries.
Long retention periods.
Fast and reliable
Very cheap block accounts.
Usage for *********** since 2006-11-13: 9.2257GB
That works out at £5USD for about 18months use.
Prices:
http://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get
- Posted by Doc Holliday on June 21st, 2008
I use Motzarella.org as well for text only service and have been really
pleased with it. If you want "really good" binary access, seldom does an ISP
provide it even if they are trying to. The trouble is that it takes a lot of
effort and out of an ISP's user base, 1 or 2% will use binary access, so
generally ISPs aren't going to put a lot of resources in to maintain a high
level of service.
"Doc Holliday" <docholliday@nomail.org> wrote in message
news:g32cc6$d0m$1@registered.motzarella.org...
