Jules posted

Not the best place to ask, perhaps, but I think I've seen a few nntp
access discussions here in the past...

I've been a happy NiN user for several years. I'm still a happy NiN user,
but it's renewal time, and that shower of useless *******s called
ClickAndBuy are screwing me around, to the point where I don't think
anything will get resolved before the NiN account expires (and TBH I
don't think I trust an outfit such as C&B with any of my financial
details, given how bad their website is)

Quite. They are the reason I stopped using NiN.


So... I'm soliciting for useful alternatives to line up before my
NiN account keels over - any recommendations? I don't mind paying a small
amount per year if the service is as good as NiN's has been (it's just a
pity they use idiots for the payment side of things)

What I did was set up free accounts with TeraNews and Albasani. Both
work OK with the odd slow period or outage. So I set some of my
newsgroups to work on Tera and some on Albasani, ands thus there's
always stuff coming through. If one of them collapses for an extended
period, I can always switch the relevant newsgroups to collect from the
other. So far it's been successful. I believe Motzarella is good too.

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Les
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