UsenetUser
@swbell.net | I use
iUsenet.com |
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graysonf
Premium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Altopia
I recommend Altopia »www.altopia.com
Us old timers know them as alt.net |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| Never used one....
In all honesty, I have never once used a newsgroup in all the (many) years I have been on the internet. I dont see what the big deal is anyway, because as far as I can tell all they do is offer a place to get pirated content or questionable image files. |
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Richard B
Fur It Up
join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR
·Comcast
| Horse and Buggy Technology
The explains use net to me.
I see this ISP using the crackdown as an excuse so they would not have to waste time on a vocal minority. The web a la Blogs, and Social networking killed USENET. I haven't installed a Usenet reader in two years. Today most groups I was involved with are unused or just spam. What next for you Karl, we bring back Gopher. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
2 edits |  Some links for those looking for best Newsgroup providers
A few links comparing the different newsgroup services, showing price, features, etc.:
»www.newsgroupservers.net/
»www.newsgroupreviews.com/
»www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=3&sort=all
The ones the editors like best:
»www.newsgroupreviews.com/Editors_Choice.html
»www.slyck.com/ngnew.php?page=3
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Ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk? |
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Halo5
join:2000-07-20
Dayton, OH
clubs:  | Newshosting
Been using them for years. The guys that started it also had an ISP here in Dayton for years that I worked at.
Probably assembled 1/2 their server farm over the years. |
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kenneth_banya
@bell.ca
| Couldnt be happier with »www.blocknews.net here. They have all the standard features like SSL and account types plus you can get weekly unlimited accounts for like 5 bucks. If you can save up your downloads, this is the way to go. |
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Dread
Macs suck
Premium
join:2005-02-28
Bronx, NY | Giganews
Well worth the premium |
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swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Some links for those looking for best Newsgroup providers
Slyck, in my opinion, is the best non-biased resource so far for comparing servers. Most of the other ones will play up whoever can give the best affiliate/referral payouts.
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sherman10570
join:2000-10-15
Pleasantville, NY | reply to Dread
Re: Giganews
Agreed. Sucking down @ 60 megabits/second here at school  |
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pathfinda
Premium
join:2002-09-11
Chicago, IL | NewsHosting...
..all the Way. Been with them for five years, no problems, love the support. |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering | The Atlanta Journal Constitution.....
All my news is grouped into one paper. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to wifi4milez
Re: Never used one....
said by wifi4milez  :as far as I can tell all they do is offer a place to get pirated content or questionable image files. You don't see the big deal in that  |
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FatalClaws
@impulse.net
|  Tera News
I have a free account (initial $3.95 set up fee) from »www.teranews.com/
The download limit is 50MB per day, but if you only want to read and post news you can't beat them. 50MB doesn't give much room for downloads, but music files would be fine if you kept an eye on the usage. |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
Premium
join:2002-09-28
Texas!
clubs: | Powerusenet
They're a Giganews reseller, with less retention but also a bit cheaper. They have the same speed and reliability of Giganews. |
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kenyg
join:2001-02-09
Hatboro, PA | Newshosting
Another thumbs up here.
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aye aye captain! |
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bobrk
You kids get offa my lawn
Premium
join:2000-02-02
San Jose, CA
·SONIC.NET
| You mean warezgroups?
I've walked away from USENET, although my ISP seems to have pretty good service. They're pretty good for getting filez I guess, but they suck for discussion now.
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Richard B
Re: Horse and Buggy Technology
said by Richard B :The explains use net to me. I see this ISP using the crackdown as an excuse so they would not have to waste time on a vocal minority. The web a la Blogs, and Social networking killed USENET. I haven't installed a Usenet reader in two years. Today most groups I was involved with are unused or just spam. What next for you Karl, we bring back Gopher. Seems you don't "get" usenet then. The problem with the web is that people don't want to go to a bunch of different forums to discuss X,Y,Z with other users. People don't want to browse long blog diatribes by self-important writers. Usenet provides perfect, centralized discussion for the entire planet. Instead of thousands of servers with millions of independent forums, you have thousands of servers mirroring the same discussions, making the same discussions available worldwide. If i'm on usenet and i'm curious about conservatism, i'll lurk the conservative groups. If i'm on the web, i'm FAAAR more likely to stick to websites i know or that i'm linked to, because there's too much hassle in browsing random forums looking for that one rare forum with good discussion, where people won't berate you your first 100 posts for being a newbie, etc.. etc..
Usenet aint perfect, but it aint obsolete either.
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Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA | reply to Dread
Re: Giganews
Have to agree, worth every penny. I can pull about 80mbps when my co-located server is pulling down files. |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | reply to Dread
Ditto...worth the dough |
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