On Thu, 18 May 2006 19:37:37 -0700, Mark & Juanita wrote:

How about an anti-testimonial?
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I first tried the "free" service (initial setup cost is something like
$3.95). I had continual problems accessing the server, often not being
able to get updates to the group for days at a time, binaries didn't load
well -- I often was unable to download pictures from abpw. There were some
picture files that would literally hang my news reader and require having
to restart the newsreader. For some reason I can't explain, I thought
maybe the subscription Teranews service would be better. It wasn't. I
switched to Supernews before my Teranews subscription had even expired and
have never looked back. I can now see all binary files from abpw and abpf
and have never suffered any downtime being able to access the servers.

Mirrors my experience exactly. I signed up for Supernews within a few days of
signing up for Teranews. It was _that_ bad.

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Art