OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from 3rd
December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much longer unless
I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.

--
Dan Espen

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.


But I thought eternal-september didn't do binaries at all? Or is this Ng an
exception?
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:04:38 -0000, Bob Hobden wrote:

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.


But I thought eternal-september didn't do binaries at all? Or is this Ng an
exception?

E-S has a bunch of newsgroups that don't work or partially work (like the
outdated Microsoft hierarchy and a bunch of non-functioning RSS-based
groups).

E-S also have a bizarre spam filter which breaks threads Of the binary
groups that *do* work, you can't post to them or have to knock off
nonexistent or excessive groups from the original thread, causing all the
posts to split in different directions.

E-S also has a secondary spam filter which refuses posts if you reply to a
thread that includes a certain blacklist of groups. It then gives an error
"Too many newsgroups (meow)" (???) They told me once it has something to do
with a flame war from the mid 90s.

I got tired of this nonsense and signed up with Supernews last month
($11.95/mo). While 3-yr-old binaries are often broken, for everything
else, so far so good.

My ISP still has free newsgroups, but they bend over to random "harassment"
complaints from people in the text groups, so I seek newsgroup access
somewhere else.

E-S has always been tolerant of political speech (when the thread works)
and so far no problems with Supernews.

--
b.f.

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"Bob Hobden" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.

But I thought eternal-september didn't do binaries at all? Or is this
Ng an exception?

This NG is an exception.

If there are other exceptions, I don't know about them,
but there could be.

If you know of other binary groups that aren't full of
copyrighted stuff, ES might be willing to handle them if asked.

--
Dan Espen

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.

But I thought eternal-september didn't do binaries at all? Or is this
Ng an exception?

This NG is an exception.

If there are other exceptions, I don't know about them,
but there could be.

If you know of other binary groups that aren't full of
copyrighted stuff, ES might be willing to handle them if asked.


Thanks Dan, looks like I will be using E-S if only for this Ng.
I already use news.individual.net for non-binary (text only) Ngs (at Euro10
per year) as they are superb at cutting out the rubbish.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

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On 10/28/2014 2:44 PM, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote

"Bob Hobden" writes:

My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.

You are in luck, eternal-september carries _this_ binary news group.
(Not those other binary groups.)

Sign of the times?

You are late to the party, other ISPs did that years ago.

But I thought eternal-september didn't do binaries at all? Or is this
Ng an exception?

This NG is an exception.

If there are other exceptions, I don't know about them,
but there could be.

If you know of other binary groups that aren't full of
copyrighted stuff, ES might be willing to handle them if asked.


Thanks Dan, looks like I will be using E-S if only for this Ng.
I already use news.individual.net for non-binary (text only) Ngs (at
Euro10 per year) as they are superb at cutting out the rubbish.

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:46:27 +1000, BarbaraH
wrote:

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much
longer unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/

I think it is still $3.95 us and I have been using it for years.
There is a limit of 60 meg a day but whats it matter.

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"BarbaraH" wrote

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from 3rd
December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much longer
unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/




After a lot of research I have gone down the route you suggested Barbara, a
one off payment and as you will see I'm using Teranews. I shall continue to
use news.individual.net as my text only Ng server as they are superb at
cutting out rubbish.
Thanks for your suggestion.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

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In article , Bob Hobden
writes
"BarbaraH" wrote

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from 3rd
December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much longer
unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/


After a lot of research I have gone down the route you suggested Barbara, a
one off payment and as you will see I'm using Teranews. I shall continue to
use news.individual.net as my text only Ng server as they are superb at
cutting out rubbish.

There isn't the rubbish there used to be. Even spammers hardly bother
with Usenet now!
--
Sue ]:(:)

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On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 08:04:31 +0000, Mad Cow
wrote:

In article , Bob Hobden
writes
"BarbaraH" wrote

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from 3rd
December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much longer
unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/


After a lot of research I have gone down the route you suggested Barbara, a
one off payment and as you will see I'm using Teranews. I shall continue to
use news.individual.net as my text only Ng server as they are superb at
cutting out rubbish.

There isn't the rubbish there used to be. Even spammers hardly bother
with Usenet now!

That's my impression too.

Guy Gorton

OT. My ISP is giving up on Usenet
 

"Mad Cow" wrote

Bob Hobden writes
"BarbaraH" wrote

After serious thinking Bob Hobden wrote :
My ISP (BT) is to give up giving us access to Usenet newsgroups from
3rd
December so for now it looks like I won't be around here much longer
unless I find a cheap alternative binaries news server.
Sign of the times?

Try Terranews, there's a small one off payment, then it's free

http://www.teranews.com/


After a lot of research I have gone down the route you suggested Barbara,
a
one off payment and as you will see I'm using Teranews. I shall continue
to
use news.individual.net as my text only Ng server as they are superb at
cutting out rubbish.

There isn't the rubbish there used to be. Even spammers hardly bother
with Usenet now!

There aren't the people on Usenet these days. Few youngsters and recent
computer converts even know of Usenet let alone Newsgroups and as for how
you get here it's impossible for them as they use Web based mail and don't
use an email program/newsreader. We had to when we started.
That and Microsoft's Windows Live Mail that most have already on their PCs
doesn't treat Newsgroups properly, and they won't fix it, so you have to use
add-on programs to get it to work in accordance with convention.
It's easier for them to use Twitter or Facebook, not that I think they are a
substitute.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK