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x wrote:
> Claranet were the dogs b*ll*cks back in the olden days of dial up and part
> of what made them special was the support provided by Steve. Sadly after the
> Claranews debacle (did they ever fix their news servers? Seemed to go on for
> ever!) they started to price themselves out of the consumer end of the
> market.

I've found Claranet's news servers to be very good. Unfortunately their
broadband prices were totally uncompetitive for consumers (last time I
looked)

Owain



Owain