From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 1 15:47:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA13060 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 15:47:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from tombstone.sunrem.com (tombstone.sunrem.com [199.104.90.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA13055 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 15:47:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brandon@localhost) by tombstone.sunrem.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA12081; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:46:24 -0700 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:46:24 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie To: Steve Reid cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone willing to provide remote news access? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Steve Reid wrote: > Is anyone out there willing to provide remote Usenet access to a handful of > people at our site? > > We are NOT an ISP.. We are exclusively a web site, and only want news > access for our staff. We can't justify running our own news server just > to service half a dozen people. > > If anyone is willing to provide news access to us for free or on a > per-person basis, Please let me know. I've been considering setting up a newserver here, and allowing restricted NNTP connections from specific hosts, for a minimal cost (the numbers bouncing around in my head are $9.95/month per connection). The company I work for is established, so it would be on the professional level. I am not familiar with common charges in this respect.