On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:47:28 -0500, mapdude
wrote:

Just got the notice today.

So, what are the alternatives to get the newsgroups?

There are plenty of both free, and low cost news servers.

There are some pretty good plans for about $3 a month, like
newsguy.com

If you want to download porno movies, you'll need a more expensive
plan with greater bandwidth allowances. For text groups like this, you
only need the minimum sized plans.