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[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: Yzzim

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: Yzzim

Originally posted by: Pepsei
Why not switch to Verizon DSL? free unlimited use of their usenet servers.

It maybe a little slow, but who cares when you can download everything when you go to bed?

maybe because not everyone has Verizon in their community....?

I feel sorry for you. 😛

Any other options? Before Verizon, I used terranews, you can even sign up to their free server ($3.95 one time fee I think).

Qwest came in here about 3 months ago and setup dsl. No other options yet. 🙁

Thanks for the info about terranews, I'll check them out.

Anythings you don't like about them?

I don't like limits. and most paid newservers have them. When I was with comcast cable, they offered free giganews server account, but I hit the limit of 1 gig/month in one day.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I think as long as they have DSL-capable phone lines in your area you can use Earthlink DSL, which should be a better service.

 

[Yzzim]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I think as long as they have DSL-capable phone lines in your area you can use Earthlink DSL, which should be a better service.

Just checked and Earthlink isn't available.

My community is actually working on setting up their own Telecom system. Fiber to the home, hopefully they'll give it generous bandwidth.

 

[hahher]

how "safe" are newsgroups?

compared to other typical places like p2p or chat

 

[xXped0thugXx]

netnews.msn.com


use grabit thats the ish

screw p2p its crap compared to newsgroups,,, especially cause its much to slow compared to newgroups...they run at your ISP's caps (usually)

 

[Aves]

/waves hand like a Jedi

"There are no such thing as newsgroups."

 

[0roo0roo]

eh, most newsgroups dumped by isps now. sbc used to have em, then the binaries got dumped.