I can set up a NNTP server for rec.crafts.metalworking and
sci.engr.joining.welding only. Accessible by anyone for free.

i

On 2010-04-20, Jon Elson wrote:
azotic wrote:
Dear Valued Customer:

Effective June 30, 2010, Cox Communications will discontinue Usenet service
to our subscribers.
Well, Charter did that a number of years ago. They paid an outside
service to provide it, and if it went down Friday night, it would not be
back up until Monday morning. Certain groups (like
rec.crafts.metalworking) would just disappear for a week at a time. So,
I finally gave up and bought a monthly subscription to giga-news. I get
the lowest tier at $6.95 a month. It galls me to have to pay twice for
the service, as Charter CLAIMS they provide the service, but it never
works. The only problem with Giga-News is they have all of R.C.M back
to June 2003, and it is over 500,000 messages, now. That kind of bogs
down my computer when I open the newsgroups.

Jon