On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:51:04 GMT, Jack > wrote:
>
>So it's more like a steel then. I didn't know either way. Thanks for the
>info. BTW - saw your sig about isp's dropping usenet - Verizon hasn't
>dropped usenet per se, they eliminated a bunch of hierarchies, going
>with what is called the 'Big 8'. Amongst the hierarchies that got
>dropped was alt. which not only had porn but a bunch of useful groups
>like alt.binaries.pictures.rail which had pics people around the world
>have taken of full-size trains. And Google doesn't do binary groups.

i just switched from the verizon news feed to teranews:

<http://www.teranews.com>

....for that very reason. for the low-end service (limited downloads -
to 50 mb a day, which is not very limited) for a one-time fee of, i
think, $3.95. so far (a couple days), no problem. it has all the
newsgroups.

your pal,
blake
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