On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:57:26 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:42:55 -0700, Lin >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>What I've discovered with our ISPs is they don't advertise they have a
>>>news server, but they have one. Doing a quick search at said ISPs
>>>website and it's there.
>>
>> Many major ISPs have it cut off completely. I can't get usenet
>> through comcast anymore.
>>
>
>The ISP connects you to the internet. A newsserver is a completely
>different animal. I still connect via Comcast (and before that, Bellsouth).
>I've been using NIN as my newsserver for years.
>
Comcast used to run their own news servers. After that, they
contracted with giganews and the cost was included in the price we
paid for internet access. Maybe you're too new to Comcast to remember
that.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West