[ale] OT: Speedfactory dropping USENET news

[Jonathan Chum]

I second GigaNews which has stretched with longer retention rate and 10
simultaneous connections. I max at around 260K/s on Speedfactory's DSL
though. 

There are some cheaper USENET providers that have been discussed on
newzbin.com's forums.

I've heard good results about newshosting.com too.

Regards,
Jonathan Chum
Senior Developer

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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Robert
To: ale at ale.org
L. Harris
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 6:25 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Speedfactory dropping USENET news



I've been extremely pleased with Giganews unlimited myself.  At home I
can top out my cablemodem at 300K/s but at work I've easily gotten
4-5MB/sec.



Thus spake James Sumners (james.sumners at gmail.com):

> Sadly, their USENET support has been horrible for months. I bet a lot
> more ISPs are going to end up dropping the service as well; most
> people just don't even know what it is. I think Giganews is probably
> the best option -- http://www.giganews.com
> 
> On 9/3/05, Jim Philips <jimmyc at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> > I couldn't browse newsgroups this morning on my Speedfactory account.
When I
> > opened a support ticket to ask them why, they informed me they would no
> > longer be offering news groups. So, anybody know a good ISP that has
reliable
> > news service?
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> 
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> 
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> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
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