[ale] OT: Speedfactory dropping USENET news

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Sat Sep 3 18:25:03 EDT 2005



I've been extremely pleased with Giganews unlimited myself.  At home I
can top out my cablemodem at 300K/s but at work I've easily gotten
4-5MB/sec.



Thus spake James Sumners (james.sumners at gmail.com):

> Sadly, their USENET support has been horrible for months. I bet a lot
> more ISPs are going to end up dropping the service as well; most
> people just don't even know what it is. I think Giganews is probably
> the best option -- http://www.giganews.com
> 
> On 9/3/05, Jim Philips <jimmyc at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> > I couldn't browse newsgroups this morning on my Speedfactory account. When I
> > opened a support ticket to ask them why, they informed me they would no
> > longer be offering news groups. So, anybody know a good ISP that has reliable
> > news service?
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> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> 
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
> 
> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> CH:D 59
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>  
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>  

:wq!
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