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Re: ** AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down ps56k 06-11-2009
Posted by ps56k on June 11, 2009, 6:46 pm

>
> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
> vendors.
>
> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.

wonder what other servers folks might be migrating to ?

here's some names I picked up from another group,
but have no experience with any of them...
--
>
tnx for the links -
We're not really interested in Binary or the issues of Censorship -
so... don't want to download pirated software, movies, etc -

just reading the group/news stuff -
a.. Giganews
b.. NewsDemon.com
c.. NewsgroupDirect
d.. Newsguy
e.. Supernews
f.. ThunderNews
g.. UseNeXT
h..
>


Posted by catalpa on June 11, 2009, 8:31 pm

>
>>
>> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
>> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
>> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
>> vendors.
>>
>> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
> wonder what other servers folks might be migrating to ?
>
> here's some names I picked up from another group,
> but have no experience with any of them...
> --
>>
> tnx for the links -
> We're not really interested in Binary or the issues of Censorship -
> so... don't want to download pirated software, movies, etc -
>
> just reading the group/news stuff -
> a.. Giganews
> b.. NewsDemon.com
> c.. NewsgroupDirect
> d.. Newsguy
> e.. Supernews
> f.. ThunderNews
> g.. UseNeXT
> h..
>>
>

If you only use text groups it is hard the beat the Astraweb block account -
only $10 for 25 GB with no time limit and free header download.


Posted by Elizabeth Richardson on June 11, 2009, 9:44 pm

>
>
> If you only use text groups it is hard the beat the Astraweb block
> account - only $10 for 25 GB with no time limit and free header download.

You actually *pay* for a news reader? I'm disappointed in this AT&T thing
because, of course, it was included with my monthly fee.

Elizabeth Richardson


Posted by Chip on June 11, 2009, 10:08 pm

>> If you only use text groups it is hard the beat the Astraweb block
>> account - only $10 for 25 GB with no time limit and free header download.
>
> You actually *pay* for a news reader? I'm disappointed in this AT&T thing
> because, of course, it was included with my monthly fee.

I've used two
> nntp.aioe.org
or
> free.teranews.com

The 1st has been rock solid for years and absolutely free, except for a
few months last year when it was DOWN for ???.

The 2nd has a $3.95 one time signup fee and tends to be a little
undependable.

I read both easily and efficiently on Thunderbird.

Chip


Posted by catalpa on June 12, 2009, 9:07 pm

>
>>
>>
>> If you only use text groups it is hard the beat the Astraweb block
>> account - only $10 for 25 GB with no time limit and free header download.
>
> You actually *pay* for a news reader? I'm disappointed in this AT&T thing
> because, of course, it was included with my monthly fee.
>

To have the proper terminology: Astraweb is a Usenet news service provider,
Outlook Express is a Usenet news reader, GrabIt is a Usenet binary
downloader.

Verizon is my ISP and they now only provide the Big 8 hierarchies and no
binaries. So for alt.* groups and binaries I have to pay or use unreliable
free servers.

The Astraweb block account is a great deal for text only users. Even if you
read many groups and download 1 GB a year of text the $10 gets you 25 years
of service.


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