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Bt are dropping Usenet
Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns
out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
Bob Hobden wrote:
Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. But still more expensive than Eternal September news.eternal-september.org Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
In message , Chris J Dixon
writes Bob Hobden wrote: Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. But still more expensive than Eternal September news.eternal-september.org Chris Well you can't get much cheaper than free. -- bert |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK -------- I have not received such a notification (been a BT customer for 14 years). Can't find anything on MyBT or with a Google search. Maybe yours was a spoof/scam perhaps, have you looked at (right-click) PropertiesDetailsMessage Source? I did receive email from BT today about paying the bill. so they know where to find me :-) Grenou |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
Well - this is the message URL -- http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/d..._FURL_giganews Seems genuine to me. |
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"Peter & Jeanne" wrote in message ... Well - this is the message URL -- http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/d..._FURL_giganews Seems genuine to me. ------ You're right, that has to be genuine. Oh dear, what a pain. I wonder why we haven't been notified, hmm. Thanks for the link, I will now have to make new plans for newsgroup access. Grenou |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Chris J Dixon" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote: Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. But still more expensive than Eternal September news.eternal-september.org Yes but NIN is only Euro10 per year. My problem is I do look/post on a binary Ng too and both NIN and ES don't do binaries. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. My ISP dropped Usenet years ago so I went to News individual.net which would be cheap at 5 times the price (10 euros/year) They provide a good service: they filter out almost all spam and there is always a real person on the end of the email if you need help. However, I understand Plusnet still support Usenet, you might consider swapping your ISP to them. I've considered it myself to get free Usenet access, but tbh, it's too much trouble to save 10 euros. I recommend NIN and it's not difficult to sign up with them. https://news.individual.net/ |
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"Christina Websell" wrote
"Bob Hobden" wrote Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. My ISP dropped Usenet years ago so I went to News individual.net which would be cheap at 5 times the price (10 euros/year) They provide a good service: they filter out almost all spam and there is always a real person on the end of the email if you need help. However, I understand Plusnet still support Usenet, you might consider swapping your ISP to them. I've considered it myself to get free Usenet access, but tbh, it's too much trouble to save 10 euros. I recommend NIN and it's not difficult to sign up with them. https://news.individual.net/ I already use NIN for non-binary Ngs (as well as BT) as they cut out all the rubbish but it's the binary one I'm interested in although it certainly isn't worth paying extra for. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote
"Christina Websell" wrote "Bob Hobden" wrote Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. My ISP dropped Usenet years ago so I went to News individual.net which would be cheap at 5 times the price (10 euros/year) They provide a good service: they filter out almost all spam and there is always a real person on the end of the email if you need help. However, I understand Plusnet still support Usenet, you might consider swapping your ISP to them. I've considered it myself to get free Usenet access, but tbh, it's too much trouble to save 10 euros. I recommend NIN and it's not difficult to sign up with them. https://news.individual.net/ I already use NIN for non-binary Ngs (as well as BT) as they cut out all the rubbish but it's the binary one I'm interested in although it certainly isn't worth paying extra for. Turns out, at least I'm told, Eternal-September carry the binary Ng I'm interested in despite them saying they don't do binary Ngs. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Chris J Dixon" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. But still more expensive than Eternal September news.eternal-september.org Yes but NIN is only Euro10 per year. My problem is I do look/post on a binary Ng too and both NIN and ES don't do binaries. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK The problem with Eternal September is that it is well known as the home of trolls (presumably because it's free?) and some people killfile the whole domain. I used to look at a binary group too, but I gave it up to have NIN. Which is worth every single euro, believe me. I see no spam on newsgroups. No anti-Jew posts, no buy my xxx, nothing because NIN filter it out before I see it and that's worth 10 euros a year itself. I leave it up to you. It's a no-brainer. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. My ISP dropped Usenet years ago so I went to News individual.net which would be cheap at 5 times the price (10 euros/year) They provide a good service: they filter out almost all spam and there is always a real person on the end of the email if you need help. However, I understand Plusnet still support Usenet, you might consider swapping your ISP to them. I've considered it myself to get free Usenet access, but tbh, it's too much trouble to save 10 euros. I recommend NIN and it's not difficult to sign up with them. https://news.individual.net/ --------- Isn't Plusnet also BT? Thanks for the recommendation :-) Grenou |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:11:05 -0000, "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Chris J Dixon" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. But still more expensive than Eternal September news.eternal-september.org Yes but NIN is only Euro10 per year. My problem is I do look/post on a binary Ng too and both NIN and ES don't do binaries. I use Forte's Agent Usenet USD2.95/month for 20 gigabytes. Forte use Easynews. The retention is up to 10 years https://www.forteinc.com/apn/subscri...%20Gigaby tes -- Martin in Zuid Holland ---- Bedankt Martin ;-) Grenou |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote "Bob Hobden" wrote Just had a mail to tell me BT are no longer providing Usenet access, turns out they had a tie up with Giganews which is finishing, and suggesting we all migrate to Giganews directly (from US$4.99 to US$29.99 per month!). Makes News.individual.net look cheap. My ISP dropped Usenet years ago so I went to News individual.net which would be cheap at 5 times the price (10 euros/year) They provide a good service: they filter out almost all spam and there is always a real person on the end of the email if you need help. However, I understand Plusnet still support Usenet, you might consider swapping your ISP to them. I've considered it myself to get free Usenet access, but tbh, it's too much trouble to save 10 euros. I recommend NIN and it's not difficult to sign up with them. https://news.individual.net/ I already use NIN for non-binary Ngs (as well as BT) as they cut out all the rubbish but it's the binary one I'm interested in although it certainly isn't worth paying extra for. -- Plusnet will probably do it all. I'm far too afraid to swap to them. |
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Bt are dropping Usenet
Christina Websell wrote:
Plusnet will probably do it all. I'm far too afraid to swap to them. Plusnet use giganews (same as BT currently) but they don't provide binary groups. |
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