Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:37:43 -0500 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: The future of USENET? Message-ID: <51535897.3000901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <kivkjp$hpg$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <CAD2Ti2-5GDjpOoue1gCb5ZJryT9b%2B1kEGkaehMkTk0CECxrr3w@mail.gmail.com> <kivkjp$hpg$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On 3/27/2013 3:25 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:06 -0400, grarpamp wrote: > >> Now there are very few, if any, free servers > > There are still free news servers available. My ISP bundles usenet, > nevertheless I prefer the free one as it's faster and more reliable. > The last ISP I knew had usenet complained about the bandwidth and storage required. They had a dedicated satellite instead of using their backbone, and only cached a couple days. All the porn and warez has the side affect of wiping out the cost benefit.
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