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"Mark Morrison" <blank@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:22:03 -0400, Folk <Folk@folk.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:45:34 GMT, john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Verizon provides me a near fault-free service with no bandwidth caps
>>>or erratic upload bandwidth, so I have no real inclination to change
>>>ISP providers [...] So, I say farewell to a couple of my favorite alt.
>>>groups..
>>
>>I never understood people who based their ISP decisions on the quality
>>of their Usenet service. Most folks long ago wised up and went with a
>>third-party email service so that changing ISP's or crappy ISP related
>>mail service wasn't a big issue, so why don't they do the same with
>>Usenet? If all you're interested in is text based groups, then there
>>are scores of independent Usenet providers who can hook you up for
>>next to nothing. Even premium Usenet provider who offer all the
>>groups and no download limits (or at least reasonable download limits)
>>can be had for around $10/month.
>
> I switched to Giganews years ago, but I also use it for binaries.
The danger is that giganews is becoming the usenet and in the end the only
provider.
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