Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: What's wrong with "Usenet-News.NET" ? Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 00:59:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <66525db7$0$7162$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6654a2e7$0$6426$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6654d419$2$2363146$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 02:59:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5560b9cb0e227d243149f5aa8d018d30"; logging-data="304597"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/0djulX6GzhrodsgOn4zFN" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vHSXktBW3b5WbB/JEitJj+D6Sm4= Bytes: 2368 On 2024-05-27, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-05-27 3:25 p.m., Relf wrote: >> DFS: ES is lesser because it[...] has shorter retention/fewer messages. >> >> Ditto. It's free for the same reason a worm dangling on a hook is free. >> >> I have no connection or speed problems that wouldn't be easily fixed >> by restarting the download ( with the same or a different server ). >> I switch servers on the fly. >> >>> Have you tried fastusenet ? >> >> No, I don't want a monthly/yearly payment plan. >> What's wrong with "Usenet-News.NET" ? >> https://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get >> >>> I have to restart the newsreader. >> >> I can't imagine that. > > I just signed up with them. For $2, I don't mind paying for something > faster than what Eternal September has to offer. It's too bad that > Blocknews dropped the ball. So you're now at usenet-news? Never heard of them until now. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine