Eeyore writes:

nospam wrote:

http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/

I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.

Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.

Go to astraweb. $10 non-expiring 25GB of downloads.

Graham

I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

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Per Samuel M. Goldwasser:
I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

Individual.net has been good to me for a few years now.

It's about $18 per year - close enough to free for me.
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per Samuel M. Goldwasser:
I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

Individual.net has been good to me for a few years now.

It's about $18 per year - close enough to free for me.

They also tolerate Usenet abusers. One reason I HATE them.

Graham

Samuel M. Goldwasser wrote:
Eeyore writes:

nospam wrote:

http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/

I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.

Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
Go to astraweb. $10 non-expiring 25GB of downloads.

Graham

I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

Thanks, that was just what I was looking for.



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| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.

Samuel M. Goldwasser wrote:

I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

And blocked by many users because of the amount of SPAM and troll messages
that originate from that site.

"Samuel M. Goldwasser" wrote:

Eeyore writes:
nospam wrote:

http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/

I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.

Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.

Go to astraweb. $10 non-expiring 25GB of downloads.

I did that when UPenn dropped USENET, but then someone suggested aioe
(nntp.aioe.org) which is currently free, and seems to be just about as good.
And no sign-in password.

OK for low volume users only.

I use it too sometimes.

Graham