Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:44:38 +0100 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USENET? Message-ID: <20090309114438.GA1362@phenom.cordula.ws> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903091138110.1817@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20090308231643.GA35171@thought.org> <20090308195357.W95994@tripel.monochrome.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903091138110.1817@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:39:43AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > news/pan seems to work OK, if you want a GUI. But be aware that nowadays, > > you'll probably have to pay a monthly fee for usenet. ISPs don't seem to > > routinely offer it as part of the deal anymore like they > > used to. > > at least in Poland there are free. and for my clients i have nntpcache'd > news from Gda?sk University. Actually, in most parts of the world, news are still freely available with many ISPs (you may have to ask them explicitly), except for alt.binaries.* which are quite bandwidth intensive. Your typical small ISP would rather save the bandwidth it takes to transfer all articles, esp. if only a fraction of them are accessed by their customers. It simply doesn't make sense for them to host binaries, unlike dedicated news providers which have enough customers to justify the expenses. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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