Jay -

If Qwest doesn't let you get to their news servers from outside their
network, then you could set your PC at home so you could access ir from
the hotel, thus using the same newsfeed and avoiding the problem of
having to keep two machines in sync with each other ("now, is this the
message I read at home or a new one?"

Remember, the Internet and the subset that is "Usenet" are nothing but
a bunch of computers connected to a common network.

With some exceptions, like only allowing certain IP addresses access
from/ to certain resources, which is something that the owner of the
"resource" or the ISP you are accessing the Internet from, controls
(like only giving out a room key to a paying guest - anybody can walk
down the hall or watch your lobby TV, but only those you allow, can get
into a room,) if you have access to the Internet, you can likely get
anywhere else that for which you have an address.

Randy