Usenet provided with ISPs

I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).

How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
Virgin cable.


Thanks

Noon

"Noon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>
> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
> something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
> Virgin cable.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Noon

Service varies from ISP to ISP.
Check the homepages of every ISP that takes your fancy.

George

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:46:59 +0100, "George Weston"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Noon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
>> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>>
>> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
>> something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
>> Virgin cable.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Noon
>
>Service varies from ISP to ISP.
>Check the homepages of every ISP that takes your fancy.
>
>George
>
Well, I haven't found any mention yet of usenet on the sites I've been
to so far. Could be my fault, of course, but that why I was asking.

On 30/09/2007 21:33, Noon wrote:

> I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>
> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc?

plusnet outsource usenet to supernews, service has been good since they
switched, no binaries though.

Noon used his keyboard to write :

> Well, I haven't found any mention yet of usenet on the sites I've been
> to so far. Could be my fault, of course, but that why I was asking.

FYI

Pinging news.bt.com [208.69.32.139] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 208.69.32.139:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 109ms, Maximum = 116ms, Average = 112ms

Pinging news.gignews.com [208.69.32.139] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=45
Reply from 208.69.32.139: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 208.69.32.139:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 109ms, Maximum = 115ms, Average = 111ms

Noon wrote:

> I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>
> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
> something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
> Virgin cable.

You should NEVER let such a trivial matter affect your choice of ISP.

There are many low cost news providers. Don't lock yourself into a deal with a
shitty ISP for something worth no more than £1 pcm.


Graham

"George Weston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Noon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
>> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>>
>> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
>> something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
>> Virgin cable.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Noon
>
> Service varies from ISP to ISP.
> Check the homepages of every ISP that takes your fancy.
>
> George

Hey George, are you the same George Weston as in the latest edition of BT
Today? If so, good article mate.

Dave (31-year service jointer in Lancashire)

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "George Weston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Noon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
>>> giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>>>
>>> How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
>>> something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
>>> Virgin cable.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Noon
>>
>> Service varies from ISP to ISP.
>> Check the homepages of every ISP that takes your fancy.
>>
>> George
>
> Hey George, are you the same George Weston as in the latest edition of BT
> Today? If so, good article mate.
>
> Dave (31-year service jointer in Lancashire)

The very same!
Ta

George

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 00:14:20 +0100, "George Weston"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The very same!
>Ta

Ooooh. Now I'm going to have to take the wrapper off and read it -
something I very rarely bother to do :-)
--
Ian

The from address is (currently) valid

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:33:42 GMT, Noon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I know that Virgin provide binary Usenet and I've read that BT include
>giganews (though I haven't found where on their site they say that).
>
>How about Be (soon to be O2 it seems), PlusNet, Tiscali etc? It's
>something that would affect my decision if I wanted to change from
>Virgin cable.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Noon

Even if an ISP currently supports binary newsgroups there is a good
chance that the service will not be 100% or it is likely that support
would be removed at some point. I moved twice in the past to ISPs who
initially had full newsgroup support and eventually withdrew.

The best answer is to buy in a Newsgroup service such as Astraweb. $10
for a block of 25GB (check website to confirm) or subscribe to a
monthly amount if you are a heavy user. There are plenty of other News
Servers.

This way you avoid incomplete headers and short retention term.

km