Sky News Server

Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange had a
news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now my daughter
has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do Sky have a news
server and, if so, what is it called?
--
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

In article <_(E-Mail Removed)>,
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> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange had a
> news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now my daughter
> has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do Sky have a news
> server and, if so, what is it called?
>

If I remember correctly, from reading one of the other Sky
posts/threads, then the answer is *no*.

Mind you there are many other usenet services available for some are
free, others require a one off small payment others charged monthly or
you can by a set amount of downloads (blocks)...

I will not name any, as it is horses for course and all depends on how
and what you use usenet for.

Keith Willcocks wrote:
> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange
> had a news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now
> my daughter has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question.
> Do Sky have a news server and, if so, what is it called?

I'm almost certain that they don't.

Keith Willcocks wrote:
> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange
> had a news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now
> my daughter has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do
> Sky have a news server and, if so, what is it called?

No

..... but you can get a 3rd party one for around £7/year - we use
http://news.individual.net/ which is run by the University of Berlin -
never yet let us down
Jon

"Jonathan Pearson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Keith Willcocks wrote:
>> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange
>> had a news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now
>> my daughter has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do
>> Sky have a news server and, if so, what is it called?
>
> No
>
> .... but you can get a 3rd party one for around £7/year - we use
> http://news.individual.net/ which is run by the University of Berlin -
> never yet let us down
> Jon

That is text only IIRC.
For ~£6 you can buy 25G from astraweb.
For text only that would probably last for years especially as headers are
free.

"Keith Willcocks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:_(E-Mail Removed)...
> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange had a
> news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now my daughter
> has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do Sky have a
> news server and, if so, what is it called?

Nope, no News Servers at $ky, 10 euros/year will get you access to
news.individual.net's text only servers though, and if she's into binaries,
I would recommend Astraweb's pay-as-you-go services.

P.

"Keith Willcocks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:_(E-Mail Removed)...
> Funny how things repeat themselves. I asked about whether Orange had a
> news server the other day and got a very quick response. Now my daughter
> has just gone onto Sky and is asking the same question. Do Sky have a
> news server and, if so, what is it called?

Thanks for the prompt responses. It is the same as Orange which I more or
less suspected would be the case.
--
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

On 01 Nov 2006, "dennis@home" wrote:

>For ~£6 you can buy 25G from astraweb. For text only that would
>probably last for years especially as headers are free.

Yes, I'd back that choice, and they currently charge $25 for 90 GB
in case anyone wants binaries as well... www.news.astraweb.com

"G a z ." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <_(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
<snip>
> Mind you there are many other usenet services available for some are
> free, others require a one off small payment others charged monthly or
> you can by a set amount of downloads (blocks)...
>
Are there any left that are free?

Steve Terry

Steve Terry wrote:
> "G a z ." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
>> In article <_(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> <snip>
>> Mind you there are many other usenet services available for some are
>> free, others require a one off small payment others charged monthly
>> or you can by a set amount of downloads (blocks)...
>>
> Are there any left that are free?
>

Yes but -
news.readfreenews.net (www.readfreenews.net) is still free but their sign-up
page has been unavailable for months now.

Mark BR