Re: Newsfeed/NNTP access [was Re: SETI sci.astro.seti newsgroup created]

Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:32:48 -0500

Try airnews.net, cheap feed you can access no matter where you take your 'puter.

hal@finney.org wrote:
>
> Robert J. Bradbury, <bradbury@www.aeiveos.com>, writes:
> > > Subject: SETI sci.astro.seti newsgroup created
>
> > The problem is that Deja is slow (and who wants the ads).
> > I'd prefer a standard news feed but my ISP (being a big
> > bureacratic telcom company) doesn't seem to have the newsgroup,
> > might not grant me access to their news server and will be
> > wonderfully slow (and probably ill-informed) in responding
> > to my queries on this topic.
>
> I would imagine that your ISP (US West?) will carry this news group
> since it is in the sci hierarchy, but it might take a few days for it
> to appear, if it was just created today. However if their coverage is
> generally slow and spotty then you should complain. I am sure they have
> many subscribers who use newsgroups and your voice will join theirs.
>
> > The question is what to do?
> >
> > Does anyone know of public/free NNTP servers that are relatively fast?
>
> Unfortunately, I do not, and I imagine that these characteristics are
> somewhat contradictory.
>
> Hal

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