Verizon to drop Newsgroup Services

I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
....Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups,
on September 30, 2009, Verizon will discontinue
its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

In article ,
JCarnaghie wrote:

I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
...Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups,
on September 30, 2009, Verizon will discontinue
its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Friends don't let friends use Google. Many, including myself,
filter EVERYTHING that comes out of Google since they haven't even
attempted to prevent their servers from becoming Spam conduits.
There are a number of free or very cheap servers, especially if you
don't do binaries. I'll try get a couple suggestions to you.
Kurt

--
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought
of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Jimmy Buffett

In article
,
Kurt Ullman wrote:

In article ,
JCarnaghie wrote:

I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
...Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups,
on September 30, 2009, Verizon will discontinue
its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Friends don't let friends use Google. Many, including myself,
filter EVERYTHING that comes out of Google since they haven't even
attempted to prevent their servers from becoming Spam conduits.
There are a number of free or very cheap servers, especially if you
don't do binaries. I'll try get a couple suggestions to you.
Kurt

http://www.eternal-september.org/ (free)

http://www.individual.net/ (10 Euros/year)

--
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought
of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Jimmy Buffett

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:58:12 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

http://www.eternal-september.org/ (free)

http://www.individual.net/ (10 Euros/year)

Hi John & Kurt,

FWIW I have used Newsguy for many years and been most satisfied. They
have a new low cost option of $12 per 6 months. They can be found
surprisingly enough at http://newsguy.com/
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Try Thundernews.com They are reasonable to start off with, and they offer a
discount to verizon internet customers. I had free usenet with optimum on
line, and when I switched to verizon fios I did not like their news server
which basically cut out usenet coverage. I then tried thundernews taking
advantage of their discount to verizon customers, and am very happy with the
price and service at thundernews for the usenat.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article
,
Kurt Ullman wrote:

In article ,
JCarnaghie wrote:

I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
...Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups,
on September 30, 2009, Verizon will discontinue
its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Friends don't let friends use Google. Many, including myself,
filter EVERYTHING that comes out of Google since they haven't even
attempted to prevent their servers from becoming Spam conduits.
There are a number of free or very cheap servers, especially if you
don't do binaries. I'll try get a couple suggestions to you.
Kurt

http://www.eternal-september.org/ (free)

http://www.individual.net/ (10 Euros/year)

I have been using individual.net for a long time, going back to when it
was free and when we all called it the German Server. It is very
reliable and rarely has a problem.

sue

"JCarnaghie" wrote in message
...
I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
...Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups, on September 30, 2009,
Verizon will discontinue its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

John, I switched to eternal-september when AT&T did the same to me and so
far have been satisfied with them. Google is not the best way to go.

--Jean


http://www.eternal-september.org/

Sue Mullen wrote:


http://www.individual.net/ (10 Euros/year)

I have been using individual.net for a long time, going back to when
it was free and when we all called it the German Server. It is very
reliable and rarely has a problem.

sue

individual.net has a good spam filter.


Becca

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:18:06 -0500, Becca wrote:

Sue Mullen wrote:


http://www.individual.net/ (10 Euros/year)

I have been using individual.net for a long time, going back to when
it was free and when we all called it the German Server. It is very
reliable and rarely has a problem.

sue

individual.net has a good spam filter.

Becca

Thanks, Becca! I will use it, how are you and Georgie Porkie doing thses
days?

sue

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:48:31 -0500, Jean O'Boyle wrote:

"JCarnaghie" wrote in message
...
I received the following from my ISP - Verison:
...Because of the reduced demand for newsgroups, on September 30, 2009,
Verizon will discontinue its USENET newsgroup service....
Fortunately there is still Google.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

John, I switched to eternal-september when AT&T did the same to me and so
far have been satisfied with them. Google is not the best way to go.

--Jean

http://www.eternal-september.org/

Well said, Jean. I use x-privat which John Sisker is too stupid to
notece.
--
sue