Subj : Re: Finding a USENET news server when my ISP doesn't provide it To : James M. Prange From : Steve Date : Mon Feb 25 2002 07:10 pm From: Steve@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Steve) Subject: Re: Finding a USENET news server when my ISP doesn't provide it From: "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" "James M. Prange" wrote: > > > > >On Feb. 28 my ISP will terminate access to USENET news. Any suggestions > > >how I can continue? > > Chuck Falconer's advice to find a new ISP sounds pretty reasonable too. > > My own ISP has been claiming hardware problems and I'm getting pretty > disgusted with that, but I'm already paid up for the next several > months, and using newsreader.mailgate.org seems to work better than > using my ISP's news server did anyway. Unfortunately, my ISP is COMCAST - the only broadband available at my location (cable). DSL is not available due to distance from telephone exchange. So ISP change would mean returning to dial-up service. I'll try the mailgate. -- E. S. "Steve" Fabian ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net POB 1540, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Telephone: 856-354-1752 EMPIRE Consultants, Inc. Director, Software Development ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- |Fidonet: Steve 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .