wrote:
Can anyone recommend any other web-based newsgroup portals? I'm
growing weary of Google's eternal attempts at reinventing the wheel.

I have user a few GigaNews, Supernews, and now Newsreader.com

I am most happy with Newsreader.com and get 30Gb per month for
$9.95/mo

It has the ability to connect an external reader with 10 concurrent
connections for speedy binary downloads, as well as a handy web
interface for times when away from your Agent or Outlook.

And if you don't care about the bianary newsgroups you can get supernews
text only with a 3GB/month limit (which I have never hit) for $42.99/year.