Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> writes: > On 06/05/10 04:19, John Bokma wrote: >> Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: >> >>> But the really sad thing is that you think that "bigger" automatically >>> equals "better". >> >> I don't think that was the point. >> >> Anyway, not everbody can pick a provider, there are plenty of places >> that have only one or maybe two. And if that's the choice and neither >> carries Usenet you have to pay for Usenet like I do. Note that I >> consider it well worth the 10 euros I pay for it. > > Isn't gmane available where you live? I've used gmane for newsgroups > that my local server doesn't carry. The only problem is that there's a > slight delay in opening new posts (0.5 seconds or so).
I am aware of Gmane [1] but in their own words: "Gmane is a mailing list archive.", so it's not Usenet. It's a Usenet server which provides access to mailing lists. (A very cool idea). But I am with Individual.net and IMO very great service for just 10 euro. [1] http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2005/01/14/gmane-mail-to-news.html -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
