[Access to Usenet]

I am accessing usenet, posting on and reading newsgroups since around
1996. Which does not mean a lot, as you can do an arbitrary amount of
bungling during your “35 years� of experience in any job. But I have
made observations and even got to understanding “technology�.

The (declared) ability and (declared) determination of any service to
render your experience with their use of a *well-defined technology*
more comfortable should not influence your decision to pay them or not.
The technology in this case is usenet or the uses of the nntp-protocol,
more exactly (anyone still on uucp ? Thanks. Thought so.)

I am using several open and free news-services (branching to an
arbitrary number of news-servers) simultaneously:

open-news-network
netfront
aioe
solani
eternal-september

Anything which is not open-news-network just adds content in case that
the previous cannot. If they work and provide me with news-articles, any
one of these services does the *same job*.

The fact that some more or less eagerly respond to complaints about
their users “spamming� or “trolling� decides about their position in my
list but not more.

If there still are trollposts to handle, filtering is done by me alone
as I deem nobody else capable to decide in my place what I consider spam
or trolling. I won't explain all of this in detail, as, in addition, I
am not familiar with Windows, these days and wishing to control your own
machine appears to become unpopular with today's Internet-users.

I only say, that the simple use of free and open news-services creates
no problem, nor does it AFAIS and a priori impose constraints for my
access to nntp-newsgroups.

My former internet access-providers gave me Usenet-access and all have
stopped to do so. All of these services were flawed in one way or other.
I appreciate, that nowadays, the best Usenet-services are offered by
people who really *want* to do the job rather than add Usenet as a
gimmick to their produce.

I cannot say all that in fewer words. Sorry.

;-) Michael (Kraut-Frog)

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"Michael Uplawski" wrote in message
ki.eu...

--I cannot say all that in fewer words. Sorry.

;-) Michael (Kraut-Frog)

--
Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France

----

Heh heh, that's an excellent listing (saved for further consultation).
I am building up quite a dossier on this ☺

Grenou

Location: West Sussex (mother Frog-father Cheesehead) !

Normandy, Upper or Lower, is great ☺

"Martin" wrote in message
...

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:02:23 -0000, "Grenou" iamhere@mostofthetime wrote:

Heh heh, that's an excellent listing (saved for further consultation).
I am building up quite a dossier on this ?

Grenou

Location: West Sussex (mother Frog-father Cheesehead) !

Not the original GWB cheese eating surrender monkey? :-)


Normandy, Upper or Lower, is great ?
--

Martin in Zuid Holland


---

Goodness, did I add those question marks? Hmm..

Nope, not a monkey but a KaasKop, a 'pet' name for the Dutch, or it used to
be when I lived there (centuries ago) ;-)

Grenou

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the next poster cannot respond directly to your posting, as it will get
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:57:28 -0000, Grenou iamhere@mostofthetime wrote:

[KaasKop]
It is still used in Germany, although many pronounce the cheese in
German: „Käskopp� for the singular and in northern Germany, they even
alter the �head� as in their local idiom, when referring to the Dutch in
plural: „Käsköpp�.


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I'll stay at the top this time..

Thanks for the explanation :-)
German was not my best subject at school, but even I can translate all that
;-)

Grenou
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"Michael Uplawski" wrote in message
ki.eu...

Attention. If you write your responses below the symbol
--[ ]
(dash dash space)

the next poster cannot respond directly to your posting, as it will get
cut right there. It is the purpose of these symbols to cut of the
signature in the responses.

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:57:28 -0000, Grenou iamhere@mostofthetime wrote:

[KaasKop]
It is still used in Germany, although many pronounce the cheese in
German: „Käskopp� for the singular and in northern Germany, they even
alter the �head� as in their local idiom, when referring to the Dutch in
plural: „Käsköpp�.


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Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France
GnuPG/OpenPGP 4096R/3216CF02 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]
sub 4096R/2751C550 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]

It's best to stay on top here

Mike

..................................................
advert soon, watch this space.





"Grenou" wrote in message ...

I'll stay at the top this time..

Thanks for the explanation :-)
German was not my best subject at school, but even I can translate all that
;-)

Grenou
--

"Michael Uplawski" wrote in message
ki.eu...

Attention. If you write your responses below the symbol
--[ ]
(dash dash space)

the next poster cannot respond directly to your posting, as it will get
cut right there. It is the purpose of these symbols to cut of the
signature in the responses.

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:57:28 -0000, Grenou iamhere@mostofthetime wrote:

[KaasKop]
It is still used in Germany, although many pronounce the cheese in
German: „Käskopp� for the singular and in northern Germany, they even
alter the �head� as in their local idiom, when referring to the Dutch in
plural: „Käsköpp�.


--
Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France
GnuPG/OpenPGP 4096R/3216CF02 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]
sub 4096R/2751C550 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]

*Attention*. If you write your responses *below* the symbol
--[ ]
(dash dash space)

the next poster cannot respond directly to your posting, as it will get
cut right there. It is the purpose of these symbols to cut off the
signature in the responses.

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:57:28 -0000, Grenou iamhere@mostofthetime wrote:

[KaasKop]
It is still used in Germany, although many pronounce the cheese in
German: „Käskopp� for the singular and in northern Germany, they even
alter the �head� as in their local idiom, when referring to the Dutch in
plural: „Käsköpp�.


--
Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France
GnuPG/OpenPGP 4096R/3216CF02 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]
sub 4096R/2751C550 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15]

"Michael Uplawski" wrote

[Access to Usenet]

I am accessing usenet, posting on and reading newsgroups since around
1996. Which does not mean a lot, as you can do an arbitrary amount of
bungling during your “35 years� of experience in any job. But I have
made observations and even got to understanding “technology�.

The (declared) ability and (declared) determination of any service to
render your experience with their use of a *well-defined technology*
more comfortable should not influence your decision to pay them or not.
The technology in this case is usenet or the uses of the nntp-protocol,
more exactly (anyone still on uucp ? Thanks. Thought so.)

I am using several open and free news-services (branching to an
arbitrary number of news-servers) simultaneously:

open-news-network
netfront
aioe
solani
eternal-september

Anything which is not open-news-network just adds content in case that
the previous cannot. If they work and provide me with news-articles, any
one of these services does the *same job*.

The fact that some more or less eagerly respond to complaints about
their users “spamming� or “trolling� decides about their position in my
list but not more.

If there still are trollposts to handle, filtering is done by me alone
as I deem nobody else capable to decide in my place what I consider spam
or trolling. I won't explain all of this in detail, as, in addition, I
am not familiar with Windows, these days and wishing to control your own
machine appears to become unpopular with today's Internet-users.

I only say, that the simple use of free and open news-services creates
no problem, nor does it AFAIS and a priori impose constraints for my
access to nntp-newsgroups.

My former internet access-providers gave me Usenet-access and all have
stopped to do so. All of these services were flawed in one way or other.
I appreciate, that nowadays, the best Usenet-services are offered by
people who really *want* to do the job rather than add Usenet as a
gimmick to their produce.

I cannot say all that in fewer words. Sorry.


Has anyone here tried these suggested on another Ng......
http://www.teranews.com/
It's a US$3.95 one off charge then free.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
"Michael Uplawski" wrote

[Access to Usenet]

I am accessing usenet, posting on and reading newsgroups since around
1996. Which does not mean a lot, as you can do an arbitrary amount of
bungling during your "35 years" of experience in any job. But I have
made observations and even got to understanding "technology".

The (declared) ability and (declared) determination of any service to
render your experience with their use of a *well-defined technology*
more comfortable should not influence your decision to pay them or not.
The technology in this case is usenet or the uses of the nntp-protocol,
more exactly (anyone still on uucp ? Thanks. Thought so.)

I am using several open and free news-services (branching to an
arbitrary number of news-servers) simultaneously:

open-news-network
netfront
aioe
solani
eternal-september

Anything which is not open-news-network just adds content in case that
the previous cannot. If they work and provide me with news-articles, any
one of these services does the *same job*.

The fact that some more or less eagerly respond to complaints about
their users "spamming" or "trolling" decides about their position in my
list but not more.

If there still are trollposts to handle, filtering is done by me alone
as I deem nobody else capable to decide in my place what I consider spam
or trolling. I won't explain all of this in detail, as, in addition, I
am not familiar with Windows, these days and wishing to control your own
machine appears to become unpopular with today's Internet-users.

I only say, that the simple use of free and open news-services creates
no problem, nor does it AFAIS and a priori impose constraints for my
access to nntp-newsgroups.

My former internet access-providers gave me Usenet-access and all have
stopped to do so. All of these services were flawed in one way or other.
I appreciate, that nowadays, the best Usenet-services are offered by
people who really *want* to do the job rather than add Usenet as a
gimmick to their produce.

I cannot say all that in fewer words. Sorry.


Has anyone here tried these suggested on another Ng......
http://www.teranews.com/
It's a US$3.95 one off charge then free.

Stop trying to avoid that small amount of 10 euros a year.
And use News.individual.net. You'll be glad if you do. Trust me on this.

Just bite the bullet and use NIN for Usenet access.

"Christina Websell" wrote

Has anyone here tried these suggested on another Ng......
http://www.teranews.com/
It's a US$3.95 one off charge then free.

Stop trying to avoid that small amount of 10 euros
a year.
And use News.individual.net. You'll be glad if you do. Trust me on this.

Just bite the bullet and use NIN for Usenet access.

Yes I already do, have done for years, but they don't do binary groups.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote
Has anyone here tried these suggested on another Ng......
http://www.teranews.com/
It's a US$3.95 one off charge then free.



After a lot of research I've decided to try Teranews at US $3.95 one off
payment and so far it's doing OK.
I shall continue to use NIN for non-binary Ngs.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

In message , Bob Hobden
writes
"Bob Hobden" wrote
Has anyone here tried these suggested on another Ng......
http://www.teranews.com/
It's a US$3.95 one off charge then free.



After a lot of research I've decided to try Teranews at US $3.95 one
off payment and so far it's doing OK.
I shall continue to use NIN for non-binary Ngs.

Presumably, there is some daily download limit on Teranews for that
price?

Typically news servers for binary groups charge a fee for a fixed time,
and/or for a certainly amount of download
--
Chris French