Big 8 Newsgroups

[Whatsits Galore]

I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to receive
messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've never heard of
any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of them. There is no mention
of "alt." in the list they sent me.

I think it will take a brain of Jeeves' calibre to extract me from this
scrape.

Brainy Cove

[Ian Michaud, TWS]

A stiffish email to the suits running verizon.net reminding them that
they're not the only ISP in the world might have the desired effect.

The Mixer, who most fortuitously proof-read the above message before
pressing 'send' because the 'u' in 'suits' was originally a letter found
one row below the 'u' and slightly to its left on most keyboards.

Post by Whatsits Galore
I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to receive
messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've never heard of
any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of them. There is no mention
of "alt." in the list they sent me.
I think it will take a brain of Jeeves' calibre to extract me from this
scrape.
Brainy Cove

[Mike Schilling]

Post by Whatsits Galore
I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to
receive messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've
never heard of any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of them.
There is no mention of "alt." in the list they sent me.

Alt is not one of the big 8. Fortunately, the situation not as dire as it
sounds. Verizon's NNTP server may no longer carry the alt.* groups, but
there are lots of other NNTP servers you can use, and switching is as easy
as telling your newsreader where to look. I've heard good things about
news.individual.net, but googling for "usenet server" will show many more.
You're likely to find a tradeoff between

* which newsgroups are supported
* how much bandwidth you receive
* cost

Good luck!

[Bream Rockmetteller]

On 2008-06-18 16:08:11 -0700, "Mike Schilling"

Post by Mike Schilling

Post by Whatsits Galore
I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to
receive messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've
never heard of any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of them.
There is no mention of "alt." in the list they sent me.

Alt is not one of the big 8. Fortunately, the situation not as dire as it
sounds. Verizon's NNTP server may no longer carry the alt.* groups, but
there are lots of other NNTP servers you can use, and switching is as easy
as telling your newsreader where to look. I've heard good things about
news.individual.net, but googling for "usenet server" will show many more.
You're likely to find a tradeoff between
* which newsgroups are supported
* how much bandwidth you receive
* cost
Good luck!

Indeed there are a plethora of choices! I recently subscribed to
Supernews at $4/month.

[David M. Harris]

Post by Bream Rockmetteller
On 2008-06-18 16:08:11 -0700, "Mike Schilling"

Post by Mike Schilling

Post by Whatsits Galore
I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to
receive messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've
never heard of any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of them.
There is no mention of "alt." in the list they sent me.

Alt is not one of the big 8. Fortunately, the situation not as dire as it
sounds. Verizon's NNTP server may no longer carry the alt.* groups, but
there are lots of other NNTP servers you can use, and switching is as easy
as telling your newsreader where to look. I've heard good things about
news.individual.net, but googling for "usenet server" will show many more.
You're likely to find a tradeoff between
* which newsgroups are supported
* how much bandwidth you receive
* cost
Good luck!

Indeed there are a plethora of choices! I recently subscribed to
Supernews at $4/month.

And Google News is, I believe, free.

[Mike Schilling]

Post by David M. Harris

Post by Bream Rockmetteller
On 2008-06-18 16:08:11 -0700, "Mike Schilling"

Post by Mike Schilling

Post by Whatsits Galore
I just received a notice that my ISP will no longer allow me to
receive messages from newsgroups that are not in the "Big 8." I've
never heard of any Big 8, but I assume this group is not one of
them. There is no mention of "alt." in the list they sent me.

Alt is not one of the big 8. Fortunately, the situation not as
dire
as it
sounds. Verizon's NNTP server may no longer carry the alt.*
groups, but there are lots of other NNTP servers you can use, and
switching is as easy
as telling your newsreader where to look. I've heard good things
about news.individual.net, but googling for "usenet server" will
show many more.
You're likely to find a tradeoff between
* which newsgroups are supported
* how much bandwidth you receive
* cost
Good luck!

Indeed there are a plethora of choices! I recently subscribed to
Supernews at $4/month.

And Google News is, I believe, free.

And almost worth that.

[Whatsits Galore]

For some of us, free is the only option.

But thank you one and all for the suggestions. All may not be lost.

Brainy Cove

[Brainy Cove]

Here's my first try using Google to access the Usenet. Let's see how
it works.

[charles stone-Tolcher]

Looks fine from here old man.

Pillingshot

Post by Brainy Cove
Here's my first try using Google to access the Usenet. Let's see how
it works.