Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
you guys are using and if you like it.
Thanks,
Mike O.
"Matt" wrote:
> What about newsreaders? I'm currently using Thunderbird, and it
> meets my needs - can't find anything on astraweb about using T-bird.
> Giganews (which Cox is pushing) does work with the T-bird
> newsreader.
-------------------------------------
Take your choice, Thunderbird or OE6, they both work with astraweb.
I moved from Verizon to Astraweb with out a hitch once I figured out
how to do it.<G>
Lew
Lew
> TIA
>
> Matt
On 5/1/2010 6:42 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett"<[email protected]> wrote in news:4bdcd315$0$14782
> [email protected]:
>
>>
>> "Lee Michaels" wrote:
>>
>>> They got to you too!
>>>
>>> Check out astraweb at www.astraweb.com
>>>
>>> Buy the service by the gigabyte. That would either be $10 or $25.
>>> Either will last you a long time. At my present rate, many years.
>> --------------------------------------
>> Works for me.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
>
> I'll third it, and point out that you can get to
> alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking when you want to.
>
> Puckdropper
What about newsreaders? I'm currently using Thunderbird, and it meets
my needs - can't find anything on astraweb about using T-bird. Giganews
(which Cox is pushing) does work with the T-bird newsreader.
TIA
Matt
"Mike O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
They got to you too!
Check out astraweb at www.astraweb.com
Buy the service by the gigabyte. That would either be $10 or $25. Either
will last you a long time. At my present rate, many years.
The service is better than what I had before.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:4bdcd315$0$14782
[email protected]:
>
> "Lee Michaels" wrote:
>
>> They got to you too!
>>
>> Check out astraweb at www.astraweb.com
>>
>> Buy the service by the gigabyte. That would either be $10 or $25.
>> Either will last you a long time. At my present rate, many years.
> --------------------------------------
> Works for me.
>
> Lew
>
>
I'll third it, and point out that you can get to
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking when you want to.
Puckdropper
--
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On 5/1/2010 8:02 PM, Mike O. wrote:
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
http://www.usenetmonster.com
Been with them for ~ 22 months. $2.95/mo gets you 5.0 gb per month and
it ROLLS OVER. My account shows that I've purchased a total of 110.0 gb
and have used 63.6 gb and have a balance remaining of 46.4gb.
Carries everything I've looked for, I am pretty heavy on graphics, etc.
and I don't come anywhere near the allotted usage. Can't beat it for the $
"Mike O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
I'm using Giganews at 2.99 a month. I used eternal-september but found it
lacking at times, but it was free.
Try the free service from tera news. A small one time set up fee (was
3.95).
Mike in Ohio
Mike O. wrote:
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
I'm late here, but would recommend astraweb as a bunch did before me. $10
got me going on June 20 2008. I have used less than 1 GB of the 25 GB I
paid for, and that includes abpw.
--
Best regards
Han
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Han <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>> you guys are using and if you like it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike O.
>
> I'm late here, but would recommend astraweb as a bunch did before me.
> $10 got me going on June 20 2008. I have used less than 1 GB of the
> 25 GB I paid for, and that includes abpw.
And, oh yeah, I use X-news as a reader. For just about any newsreader,
the only thing you'd need to do is change the url, username and password
of the server. Was with Verizon before Andy Cuomo gave them the excuse
to unload their news service.
--
Best regards
Han
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Ralph E Lindberg <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>> I'm late here, but would recommend astraweb as a bunch did before me.
>> $10 got me going on June 20 2008. I have used less than 1 GB of the
>> 25 GB I paid for, and that includes abpw.
>
> While I endorse Astraweb, a couple things I noticed when I switched to
> them this year. They don't use the header I used to kill cross-posted
> trolls and they don't honor the SPAM-KiILL cancels (ie you get more
> SPAM)
>
I don't have Ralphs problems (AFAIK)
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Best regards
Han
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Mike O. wrote:
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
Or you could get another ISP. Cox can supply the cable, another ISP can
supply the internet connectivity.
I, for example, have Comcast supplying the wire and my ISP is Earthlink.
Earthlink provides Giganews as part of their service. For free.
In article <[email protected]>, Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>you guys are using and if you like it.
I've been using Eternal September (www.eternal-september.org) ever since AT&T
dropped Usenet (about a year now, I think). No complaints, really. Once in a
while (perhaps an hour at a time, four or five weeks apart) there are problems
connecting, but I can live with that. And they do a great job of filtering
spam. And it's free. No binaries, but, hey, you said you don't really need
that.
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Mike O.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>>service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>>another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>>random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>>you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> I've been using Eternal September (www.eternal-september.org) ever since
> AT&T
> dropped Usenet (about a year now, I think). No complaints, really. Once in
> a
> while (perhaps an hour at a time, four or five weeks apart) there are
> problems
> connecting, but I can live with that. And they do a great job of filtering
> spam. And it's free. No binaries, but, hey, you said you don't really need
> that.
Ditto. And free is a very good price.
Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Mike O.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>>service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>>another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>>random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>>you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> I've been using Eternal September (www.eternal-september.org) ever since
> AT&T dropped Usenet (about a year now, I think). No complaints, really.
> Once in a while (perhaps an hour at a time, four or five weeks apart)
> there are problems connecting, but I can live with that. And they do a
> great job of filtering spam. And it's free. No binaries, but, hey, you
> said you don't really need that.
I use it to and very happy with its service. Few down times but not for
long. Its free and for that price I have no complaints!
--
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but you can't make them THINK !
Mandriva 2010 using KDE 4.3
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On Sat, 01 May 2010 20:54:32 -0500, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>I use : www.forteinc.com
>they change me less than $3 a month for all of the text I want...
>
>I was paying the max - 12 or 13 USD but never got the byte count...
>backed all the way down - no issue.
Ditto, and I get ABPW via Teranews, which used to be a $2.99 one-time
fee.
--
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist
In article <[email protected]>,
Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> > service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> > another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> > random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> > you guys are using and if you like it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike O.
>
> I'm late here, but would recommend astraweb as a bunch did before me. $10
> got me going on June 20 2008. I have used less than 1 GB of the 25 GB I
> paid for, and that includes abpw.
While I endorse Astraweb, a couple things I noticed when I switched to
them this year. They don't use the header I used to kill cross-posted
trolls and they don't honor the SPAM-KiILL cancels (ie you get more SPAM)
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On Sat, 01 May 2010 20:02:35 -0500, Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>you guys are using and if you like it.
I've had Individual for a number of years and have been quite happy with it.
Their customer service is awesome. At $14/year (10EUR) it isn't bad. No
binaries, though.
I use : www.forteinc.com
they change me less than $3 a month for all of the text I want...
I was paying the max - 12 or 13 USD but never got the byte count...
backed all the way down - no issue.
Martin
Mike O. wrote:
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
I'm using the server at nntp.charter.net and it's working pretty well.
Doug
"Mike O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
> service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
> another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
> random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
> you guys are using and if you like it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike O.
On 5/1/2010 9:01 PM, Matt wrote:
> about using T-bird. Giganews
> (which Cox is pushing) does work with the T-bird newsreader.
Been using Thunderbird with giganews for years ... any newsreader should
be totally independent of the source of nntp.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
>Just got notice from Cox that they will be discontinuing Usenet
>service. Of course the price didn't go down but now I need to find
>another Usenet provider. I don't download binaries (other than a few
>random APBW pics) but need something affordable. Just wondering what
>you guys are using and if you like it.
>Thanks,
>Mike O.
Mike,
I use Easynews, for over 8 years now, which costs me $9.99 a month.
I've also used Forte's APN which starts at $2.95 a month for 12GB.
Both have worked great for me for years.
Good luck,
`Casper
On 5/1/2010 8:05 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Matt" wrote:
>
>> What about newsreaders? I'm currently using Thunderbird, and it
>> meets my needs - can't find anything on astraweb about using T-bird.
>> Giganews (which Cox is pushing) does work with the T-bird
>> newsreader.
> -------------------------------------
>
> Take your choice, Thunderbird or OE6, they both work with astraweb.
>
> I moved from Verizon to Astraweb with out a hitch once I figured out
> how to do it.<G>
>
> Lew
>
>
>
> Lew
>
>> TIA
>>
>> Matt
>
>
Thanks, Lew!
Matt