Re: Notice to Comcast users!

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article <puWdnbDZDb7fokzVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
 Rich <nospam@saddam.net> wrote:

> Greg Buchner wrote:
> > Comcast (hereafter referred to as Com$haft) is dropping all newsgroup 
> > access as of 10/25/2008.
> > 
> > New customers who sign up now will not be able to access it all.
> > 
> > You can still do a 3rd party news server.
> > 
> > http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
> > 
> > Figured I'd post this being that I know there's some people who use 
> > Com$haft.
> 
> Well, that is disappointing...  I'm sure I won't get a price reduction 
> for their reduced services, either.
> 
> Next question... Who can recommend a free, or low cost news server?  
> I'm below 2gig a month of text only... whatever Comcast provided for 
> "free".

Time-Warner dropped nntp service and raised prices in June, 2008:

<http://slashdot.org/~TrashGod/journal/205677>

Free, text-only nntp service is widely available:

<http://groups.google.com/>

Others have drawbacks:

<http://www.newsgroupservers.net/usenet_groups/free_newsgroup_servers.htm>

Low-cost, ad-sponsored nntp service is anther option:

<http://www.teranews.com/>

There's no shortage of commercial providers.

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