Comcast

[Jacques & Laurie[_2_]]

Hi there:

Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to carry all
and any of the newsgroups.

They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for this, is
unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will not reduce it's
bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this valuable service.

I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this group.

Until that time, take care all

Jacques Guay

[Jacques & Laurie[_2_]]

Thank you for your help. I shall look into it.

Jacques


"Sj" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:17:13 -0400, "Jacques & Laurie"
> > wrote:
>
>>Hi there:
>>
>>Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to carry
>>all
>>and any of the newsgroups.
>>
>>They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for this,
>>is
>>unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will not reduce it's
>>bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this valuable service.
>>
>>I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this group.
>>
>>Until that time, take care all
>>
>>Jacques Guay
>
> I went w/ APN for 12 gigs/month for $2.95 ...
>
> Headers count toward the monthly quota ...
>
> Support has been good the few times I had questions ...
>
> http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php
>
> Lots of other options available, depending on how much you
> d/l on average each month ... I'm sure there are more sites
> than the ones I'm going to list:
>
> http://www.newsgroupservers.net/
>
> http://www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html
>
> http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Usenet:ISP_Providers
>
> http://www.newsgroup-binaries.com/
>
> https://www.supernews.com/signup/ - shows the
> various packages and pricing.
>
> If you need LOTS of retention, you'll most likely pay
> more ... if not, you should be able to find a relatively
> inexpensive news service ...
>
> Check home pages for up-to-date pricing, some give a free
> trial, ask in alt.binaries.news-server-comparison ... just
> ignore the garbage that you might see there ...
>
> Sj
>

[James R. Jones]

Sj wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:17:13 -0400, "Jacques & Laurie"
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi there:
>>
>> Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to carry all
>> and any of the newsgroups.
>>
>> They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for this, is
>> unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will not reduce it's
>> bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this valuable service.
>>
>> I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this group.
>>
>> Until that time, take care all
>>
>> Jacques Guay
>
> I went w/ APN for 12 gigs/month for $2.95 ...
>
> Headers count toward the monthly quota ...
>
> Support has been good the few times I had questions ...
>
> http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php
>
> Lots of other options available, depending on how much you
> d/l on average each month ... I'm sure there are more sites
> than the ones I'm going to list:
>
> http://www.newsgroupservers.net/
>
> http://www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html
>
> http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Usenet:ISP_Providers
>
> http://www.newsgroup-binaries.com/
>
> https://www.supernews.com/signup/ - shows the
> various packages and pricing.
>
> If you need LOTS of retention, you'll most likely pay
> more ... if not, you should be able to find a relatively
> inexpensive news service ...
>
> Check home pages for up-to-date pricing, some give a free
> trial, ask in alt.binaries.news-server-comparison ... just
> ignore the garbage that you might see there ...
>
> Sj
>

I have the 5.95/5GB/Month package from Supernews. Have had it for
several months now, and have not experienced any downtime or lag at all.
Seems to be a pretty decent service.

--
Our website is http://myweb.cableone.net/okieman7

[Kahuna[_2_]]

Jacques & Laurie wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to carry all
> and any of the newsgroups.
>
> They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for this, is
> unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will not reduce it's
> bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this valuable service.
>
> I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this group.
>
> Until that time, take care all
>
> Jacques Guay
>
>
Astraweb
have 110 gig for $US25 No time limit.
http://www.news.astraweb.com/signup.html

Cheers

[M. W. Maddocks]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:17:13 -0400, "Jacques & Laurie"
> wrote:

>Hi there:
>
>Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to carry all
>and any of the newsgroups.
>
>They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for this, is
>unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will not reduce it's
>bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this valuable service.
>
>I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this group.
>
>Until that time, take care all
>
>Jacques Guay
>

Terra news. 60 meg/day plus one time set up charge of $3.95 US..Fine
for just reading a few groups. I've had no troubles.

http://www.teranews.com/

Maddie
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

[David Hartung[_5_]]

James R. Jones wrote:
> Sj wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:17:13 -0400, "Jacques & Laurie"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there:
>>>
>>> Comcast has notified me that they will cease as of Oct 25, 2008 to
>>> carry all and any of the newsgroups.
>>>
>>> They have offered a continuation via a third party. The price for
>>> this, is unknown to me at this time. I also know that Comcast will
>>> not reduce it's bill for me due to it's discontinuation of this
>>> valuable service.
>>>
>>> I will miss all the posts, the photos, the comments, etc from this
>>> group.
>>>
>>> Until that time, take care all
>>>
>>> Jacques Guay
>>
>> I went w/ APN for 12 gigs/month for $2.95 ...
>>
>> Headers count toward the monthly quota ...
>>
>> Support has been good the few times I had questions ...
>>
>> http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php
>>
>> Lots of other options available, depending on how much you
>> d/l on average each month ... I'm sure there are more sites
>> than the ones I'm going to list:
>>
>> http://www.newsgroupservers.net/
>>
>> http://www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html
>>
>> http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Usenet:ISP_Providers
>>
>> http://www.newsgroup-binaries.com/
>>
>> https://www.supernews.com/signup/ - shows the
>> various packages and pricing.
>>
>> If you need LOTS of retention, you'll most likely pay
>> more ... if not, you should be able to find a relatively
>> inexpensive news service ...
>>
>> Check home pages for up-to-date pricing, some give a free
>> trial, ask in alt.binaries.news-server-comparison ... just
>> ignore the garbage that you might see there ...
>>
>> Sj
>>
>
> I have the 5.95/5GB/Month package from Supernews. Have had it for
> several months now, and have not experienced any downtime or lag at all.
> Seems to be a pretty decent service.

I just signed up for the free.terranews.com service. had some issue the
first several days, but they seem to have settled down.

http://www.teranews.com/


** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

[The Good Poster[_2_]]

"Kahuna" > wrote in message
...
>> Astraweb
> have 110 gig for $US25 No time limit.
> http://www.news.astraweb.com/signup.html
>
> Cheers

Astraweb, with its "block pricing", is working well for me. Up until about
five days ago, I was supplementing it with the (almost) free Teranews, but
there have been no headers added lately. Hope it's just temporary.