was thinking of changing my broadband over to someone a bit cheaper and have a been giving a few to try, trouble is most offer no newsgroup access. whats a good cheap alternative server to use anyone know?
newsgroup servers
Jun 15, 2008
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Assuming you're not looking for binaries,
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are free but probably have posting limits.http://news.individual.net/ is 10 EUR a year if you need something more reliable.
How much posting do you do? If it's not too heavy, and you are looking to save money, give google groups a whirl for a couple of weeks. It's free, and not as bad as most people think.
individual.net Only a couple of euros a year, but no binary groups. Very reliable though.
Albasani = free; text only, no binaries
Most of the free or cheap servers (ie, motzarella.org and individual.net) don't do binaries because of the cost involved. For a binary feed you're pretty much looking at the more expensive providers like Supernews or Giganews.
Wot he said
Mike P
Adding to those already mentioned.
freetext.usenetserver.com Text only. Mike.
I've been using Google Groups for ages now. There are disadvantages but for the amount I use it, it's fine really.
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