Re: usenet access and the future of comp.sys.apple2

[marx2k@news.astraweb.com]

On 2010-10-27, Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us> wrote:
> Simon D. Williams <email@ld8.org> wrote:
>>On Oct 26, 12:10 am, Jerry <a2tinke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My ISP (Telus), one of the biggest in Canada, recently turned off
>>> their USENET feed to the rest of the net...
>>
>>> So perhaps it's just my problem...
>>
>>Not just your problem... I also got left out in the cold by Telus and
>>so far haven't found a workable (ie: free) alternative.
>
> freenews.netfront.net works for me...read/write access, open to anybody with
> a newsreader.  There was a period of a few days a little while back where it
> wasn't working (crash?), but I'm not going to gripe when a free service has
> a glitch or two.
>
>   _/_
>  / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail)
> (IIGS( http://alfter.us/            Top-posting!
>  \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden            >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
>
>
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Looks like they're down again?