Yeah, right. Part of the last sentence of their announcment reads, "there will not be any change to the price you pay for your Verizon High Speed Internet or Verizon FiOS Internet service." :-(
Seconded.
I'm becoming swayed...
I'd recommend Agent Premium News (APN) which is the creator of Forte Agent newsreader. I'm a heavy user, so I subscribe to their unlimited plan to cover all contingencies, but they do have an array of smaller plan options available. As to functionality, message retention times are excellent on APN. They have a 30 day no risk trial period.
I use the 4.99 per month and never run out of bytes.
Nova wrote in news:lvcnm.655$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrddc01.gnilink.net:
I've read thousands of messages, loaded a couple dozen pictures, and have only scratched the surface of my 25 gig. Last I checked, it was
0.16 gig.If you primarily read and reply to text-based groups, and don't do more than A.B.P.W. for binaries, it'll take you forever to use a gig of bandwidth.
Puckdropper
Supernews = Giganews they merged sometime ago.
Mark
Only 0.16 GB? I take it you've skipped the "Edward" threads. (R,D&H)
With Astroweb there is no usage for the headers in a thread, only for the message you click on and download to your computer.
I signed on to this group a week ago after a long absent and lost no band width catching up.
Tom J
Not really necessary to skip the Edward thread to save bandwidth. All you have to do is filter Daneliuk's name and you'd never have a bandwidth issue, at least not in rec.woodworking.
The problem with filters is they don't work on the "fish".
With the refund you can go to
And mine from AT&T. :-)
Bellsouth did the same in June. I found the following server will serve most, if not all, text-based Usenet needs.
news.eternal-september.org
It is free and you can use any newsgroup reader application.
"Tom J" wrote in news:kJSdneCj0Z- HFQDXnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:
I also signed with astraweb, after ATT dumped the newsgroups....25$ gets you 180 gigs of transfers, and they never expire....and they claim to keep everything anonymous, unlike other servers...they have complete uncensored content with almost 365 day retention.....
Hope this helps.....
DCH
I'll second that. Server is at news.aioe.org. I've been happy with them, but no binaries.
Tanus
There have been 12 responses.
AstraWeb received 4 votes.
Nothing else received more than 2 votes.
Since for $25, I probably get a lifetime supply (180 Gig) ands includes binaries, looks like a winner.
Thanks for the help.
Lew
"Lew Hodgett" wrote
Welcome to the club.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:Irlnm.758$Jd7.694 @nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
Don't forget the 25GB for $10. More per gig, but less outlay at first.
Actually, news.eternal-september.org got three, but I don't blame you for picking AstraWeb. I went there myself last night and decided to go ahead and plunk down the $10 (had some surplus in my PayPal account) for the 25 gigs. That should last me quite a while, but I figure I can still use news.eternal-september.org (free!) for the text-only groups and AstraWeb for binaries, so as not to unnecessarily eat away at my 25 gigs.
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