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Troy,
I have indeed heard of these folks. Giganews and Newsfeeds.com are 
outstanding choices for outsourcing Usenet.

I have also used their software. It is indeed first rate. But given 
price, scalability, performance, ease of administration and support 
(especially for FreeBSD), I'll stand behind my endorsement of DNews.

Bob Martin

Troy Settle wrote:
> Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net> wrote:
> 
>>IMHO DNews is without peer. I base this on personal
>>experience, and on
>>the fact that all of the giant news services that I know of use it.
>>
>>Bob Martin
>>
>>Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Admins (I think we all are at some point),
>>>
>>>I am considering running a news server, and I see there are several
>>>options out there. 
>>>
>>>Can someone recommend what they are running and why they chose it.
>>>I am particularly looking for one that doesn't suck alot ;-)
>>>I hear they all suck, no?
>>>
>>>
>>>-Wash
> 
> 
> Ever hear of giganews.com?  Last I heard, they were using server software
> from http://www.highwinds-software.com/.
> 
> As a testament to both Giganews and Highwinds Software, I /never/ hear
> complaints from my customers regarding news access.
>