OT: need new free news server

Aug 02, 2006 8 Replies
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G'day, this is only slightly off-topic...



After I finish this holiday, I've realised that I'm going to be in a bit of a fix because I won't have access to my ISP and therefore won't be able to log into their news server. For a year or so I will have to travel and will be getting net access from friend's networks or hacking wifi spots as I move with my nav computer in the Disco. Does anybody know of a news server that doesn't require direct access (ie, one that I can log into from various locations and internet providers). Oh, and did I mention that it needs to be free ...only the Disco is priveliged enough to get money spent on her (and the wife every now and then - otherwise life becomes really hard).



cheers, Craig.


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That will be tricky. Individual.net used to be free, but a while ago they had to introduct a token 10 euro fee.

I'd vote for news.individual.net E10 is roughly =A37 and well worth it. =

They actively support the service and are pretty quick at blocking floods. That could be quite important over bandwidth limited or pay per =

byte links... It's also a fast, reliable and well connected server.

Please don't encourage them.

err, yes, you've a point there

On or around Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:48:56 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:

I'll go along with that - it's so cheap as to be more or less irrelevant and better service than many ISPs.

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