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> On Feb 18, 5:47 pm, "Nunya Bidnits" > wrote:
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>> My AT&T news server performs much better than what you describe. Try
>> news.kc.sbcglobal.net. If you are an ATT subscriber you may be able
>> to hook up.

robert att / sbc for newsgroups isn't worth a darn in my area either
and hasn't been for years. osts are pretty much wiped off after a few
days in a busy group, they carry no binaries to speak of, They don't care
about newsgroups I guess. I use xnews as a reader and use
News.astraweb.com as a provider. Using the pay by download plan costs 25
dollars for 90 gigs of download. Theres no time limit on it or speed cap
I download binaries also but if you are just reading text 90 gigs is
almost unusable, they also have a 10 dollar scheme for like 25 gigs,
Still a whole lot of text. They have great retention and completion of
groups as well. and No I don't work for them just have used them for
several years and been pretty satisfied.