I like news.motzarella.org much better already!
> USENET.COM was "recommended" by my ISP when they dropped their usenet
> support... but it's only "up" about 50% of the time over the past month or
> two since I signed up. I suppose I'll have to start looking for another
> provider... if the few groups I'm interested in ever get "busy" again.
>>> I try to check in every day... since around '95; but my ISP (and
>>> the one before it) dropped Usenet support and I had to switch to a
>>> "paid" service (even though I was paying for the old service that was
>>> supposed to include unlimited Usenet access).
>>> Most days, the response from Usenet.com is "unable to find
>>> server"... so I'm awol for days at a time now. >:-(
>> Have you tried news.motzarella.org?
>> * Completly free - no monthly and annual fee.
>> * Fast server access and message download.
>> * Carry about 32,000 newsgroups (text only groups).
>> * Message retention/history is approx. 3 months for all groups.
>> I've now used news.motzarella.org for several months and have so far not
>> experienced any problems related to the server itself.
>> Regards,
>> Stig Arne Bye
>> 92 Yamaha VT 480 TF/E (Venture)
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