I would be happy with a bare-bones service as long as it was rock solid. I already have a cheap-o web hosting service that also includes POP/SMTP. Usenet isn't that big a deal to me any more so I don't really want to pay for it if I never use it. As long as I can surf and upload/download, and I can configure the rest myself, it would be worth a look. But of course, I'm a techno-weenie. -- "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
I'd even be willing to pay the same price (50 USD) if in place of the RR junk content and services, the pipe is a 10/1 Mbps or let's be humble and reasonable, a 2/2 Mbps