On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:45:11 -0700, "John B" wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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JR wrote:
Verizon is dumping Usenet at the end of this month. Last time I tried to
renew with news.individual.de, they asked for more information than I
wanted to give them.

Other alternatives?

When ameritech dropped Usenet I started using eternal-september.org

It's free, it's a real nntp feed (not a web page) and it works well
enough for me and did I mention it's free ?

I sometimes get a "Too many connections" error message during
European prime time (eternal-september is based in Germany) but
there are times when being unable to read or write to roff is a
feature not a bug. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

that's what I'm using, Rdean turned me on to it....seems to work pretty good
for me...I use outlook express because I am accustomed to it and set up was
a breeze...

john

Glad to hear it. For those that care, "eternal-september" is the "new"
Motzarella.org...fortunately or unfortunately for USENET, I don't think the name
change was warranted...

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

TC,
R