LB

Larry Blanchard

15/02/2005 10:09 AM

n.i.n free no more

There was a post in alt.free.newsservers this nmorning from the folks at
news.individual.net. Seems they can no longer aford to keep it going
for free. It was a university project which was completed in 2002 and
they've been keeping it going on the cuff ever since while looking for
new funding.

So they are instituting a fee of 10 Euros a year. Not a lot :-).

So for those of us using it, we have till the end of March to pay up or
find another server. Go to their website for details.

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description


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Sd

Silvan

in reply to Larry Blanchard on 15/02/2005 10:09 AM

16/02/2005 9:59 AM

Richard Cline wrote:

> I would much rather be billed 2 cents per submission. It might cost me
> $20 bucks a year but it would but a serious dent in some of the mass
> mailings.

Crikey. That would cost me $160 a year.

(Or would have in my heyday anyway. I'm less prolific these days.)

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DH

Dave Hinz

in reply to Larry Blanchard on 15/02/2005 10:09 AM

15/02/2005 5:12 PM

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:09:25 -0800, Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> There was a post in alt.free.newsservers this nmorning from the folks at
> news.individual.net. Seems they can no longer aford to keep it going
> for free. It was a university project which was completed in 2002 and
> they've been keeping it going on the cuff ever since while looking for
> new funding.

Ah well. I'll have to do something, then.

> So they are instituting a fee of 10 Euros a year. Not a lot :-).

If they take paypal, that's simple. If they want a check, not so much.

> So for those of us using it, we have till the end of March to pay up or
> find another server. Go to their website for details.

Thanks for the heads-up, Larry. Their service is excellent, so I have
no problem dropping 15 bucks a year on it.

Dave Hinz

MW

"Marc Wolfe"

in reply to Larry Blanchard on 15/02/2005 10:09 AM

18/02/2005 6:20 AM

"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> There was a post in alt.free.newsservers this nmorning from the folks at
> news.individual.net. Seems they can no longer aford to keep it going
> for free. It was a university project which was completed in 2002 and
> they've been keeping it going on the cuff ever since while looking for
> new funding.
>
> So they are instituting a fee of 10 Euros a year. Not a lot :-).

Nope. I just switched to n.i.n about 3 weeks ago after AOHell dropped its
newsfeed.

I'm pretty much leaning toward ponying up for n.i.n but if anyone's got
another suggestion I'd be interested in hearing it.

Marc
>
> So for those of us using it, we have till the end of March to pay up or
> find another server. Go to their website for details.
>
> --
> Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

RC

Richard Cline

in reply to Larry Blanchard on 15/02/2005 10:09 AM

15/02/2005 6:12 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:

I would much rather be billed 2 cents per submission. It might cost me
$20 bucks a year but it would but a serious dent in some of the mass
mailings.

Dick


> There was a post in alt.free.newsservers this nmorning from the folks at
> news.individual.net. Seems they can no longer aford to keep it going
> for free. It was a university project which was completed in 2002 and
> they've been keeping it going on the cuff ever since while looking for
> new funding.
>
> So they are instituting a fee of 10 Euros a year. Not a lot :-).
>
> So for those of us using it, we have till the end of March to pay up or
> find another server. Go to their website for details.


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