From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 16 07:00:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA04196 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:00:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rk.ios.com (rk.ios.com [198.4.75.55]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA04184 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rashid@localhost) by rk.ios.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA02165; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:59:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Rashid Karimov Message-Id: <199608161359.JAA02165@rk.ios.com> Subject: Re: News provider feeback To: joe@gaia.gol.com (Joe Kelly) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:59:15 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, joe@gaia.gol.com In-Reply-To: from "Joe Kelly" at Aug 16, 96 05:44:15 pm Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Hello, > > I'm interested in hearing opinions on which is the best top level news > provider, sprint, mci, uunet, cable & wire and/or netcom. If they're are > others please add them in. UUnet = BAD BAD BAD MCI - OK SPRINT - OK others- dunno > > Basically I'm interested in getting only a news feed(s) without > getting a leased line from them. But I've been told by most of the > above that they won't just sell a newsfeed. YOu can always get a newsfeed from a smaller company, just make sure they sit (newsfeed -wise) close enough to MCI/Sprint > > Does anyone know differently and by the way what are the > reliability/stability of mci and uunet feeds like? > > Can please reply to me directly since I'm not on this > list. > > Thanks in advance...Joe Kelly. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Global OnLine Japan. Dial-Up, Leased-Line, ISDN, Web Services & More. > URL: > ______________________________________________________________________ > "Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave" > > > > >