usenet reading

Sat May 26 11:43:38 EDT 2012

In article <Vi6wr.735287$2R.344847 at fx19.am4>,
 duncan smith <buzzard at urubu.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On 25/05/12 23:38, Jon Clements wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Normally use Google Groups but it's becoming absolutely frustrating - not 
> > only has the interface changed to be frankly impractical, the posts are 
> > somewhat random of what appears, is posted and whatnot. (Ironically posted 
> > from GG)
> >
> > Is there a server out there where I can get my news groups?
>> If you don't mind paying a small fee there are several companies 
> providing usenet access such as http://www.newsdemon.com. (I didn't have 
> much joy trying to track down a reliable free service, so now I pay a 
> few pounds a year.)
>> Duncan

I use panix.com. For 100ドル/year, I get mail, news, and unix shell 
access. By some measures, it's an expensive way to get mail access, but 
I'd much rather give Panix 100ドル than take advantage of any of the free 
mail services who does who-knows-what with my mail. Not to mention that 
I get access to such private newsgroups as panix.nytel.abuse.