On 07 Jul 2009 in soc.genealogy.misc, Henry Brownlee wrote: > Our dear AT&T, in its infinite wisdom, has determined that usenet is > not its cuppa tea, so it will eliminate that service sometime in > the middle of July. Since bellsouth.net is part and parcel of ATT, > that means me. <snip> > Until then, I will continue to check out the usenet groups. Unless there are other reasons, please don't drop out. There are a number of free providers of Usenet access. The one I use is Eternal September (http://www.eternal-september.org/), which requires a signup but is otherwise free. There are also a number of pay services, though they tend to be quite reasonable. Frequently recommended in that category is News.Individual.Net (http://news.individual.net/), which runs €10 (ten euros) per year. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org/

In article <[email protected]>, Joe Makowiec <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07 Jul 2009 in soc.genealogy.misc, Henry Brownlee wrote: > > > Our dear AT&T, in its infinite wisdom, has determined that usenet is > > not its cuppa tea, so it will eliminate that service sometime in > > the middle of July. Since bellsouth.net is part and parcel of ATT, > > that means me. > <snip> > > Until then, I will continue to check out the usenet groups. > > Unless there are other reasons, please don't drop out. There are a > number of free providers of Usenet access. The one I use is Eternal > September (http://www.eternal-september.org/), which requires a signup > but is otherwise free. There are also a number of pay services, though > they tend to be quite reasonable. Frequently recommended in that > category is News.Individual.Net (http://news.individual.net/), which > runs €10 (ten euros) per year. I've been using Individual.net since before it became a pay service, and I must say I recommend it highly and find the price to be more than reasonable. -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama