Hi Ben: I also switched to Motzarella. Had to since Comcast dumped
newsgroup service and kept it a secret until almost the last minute. So
far Motzarella is fine, but it takes a few seconds to poll for headers.
No big deal.
Daddy
Ben Myers wrote:
> Daddy wrote:
>> My ISP - Comcast - is following the lead of other ISPs and
>> discontinuing newsgroup service. I can continue to access this
>> newsgroup until some time in October, then I have to find another
>> usenet provider.
>>
>> It's not like there aren't other providers, both free and paid. (I
>> follow this newsgroup at work through a free provider.) Free providers
>> are fine, but you can't always count on them being around when they're
>> not making any money. And as much as I enjoy your company, in a
>> perverse sort of way, I'm not prepared to pay for the privilege.
>>
>> Given the dwindling support for usenet, are there any plans to host
>> this group on something other than usenet?
>>
>> Daddy
>
> After ceaseless problems with nntp.charter.net, I switched to
> news.motzarella.org yesterday, and also ditched the old and unsupported
> Free Agent in favor of Thunderbird as a news reader. The last 18 hours
> have been first rate with quick responses, no hangs, and no flaky
> messages... Ben Myers
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