On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:26:17 GMT, Joe AutoDrill wrote:
(I wrote)

Subscribe to an NNTP server that is independant of your ISP.
news.individual.net is a great option.

I used them for years. When they went to the "pay for" structure, I sought
out a free alternative. ...Which works wonderfully for now.

Ah. I've used them for years, and when they went to the "pay for"
structure, I kicked in 13 bucks for the year. So far, works out to
about $2.50 per year of news service, averaged out.

If newsgroups
ever go the way of "access via web or pay more", I'll just quit reading
them. I have plenty of other areas that could use my time and/or money more
efficiently regardless of how nice and smart people are on the groups I
visit.

Fair enough. For me, a few cents a day is worth it for a reliable
newsfeed, and to not have to deal with some random ISP's clueless
support folks not knowing what usenet is, let alone how to support it.