On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 2:30:39 +0000, Andrew-S wrote
(in message ):

regarding it). Unfortunately though the time has come for me to do a bit of
personal budget crunching and cancel my subscription to the Giganews news
service. In the distant future as my fortunes change, and shift I may make
return, but don't count on it, on the other hand count against it either....

Have a look at the free news servers listed at:

http://www.disenter.com/

I've used the Maxwell server in the past although I don't know if
it still carries abpa.

Alternatively try Teranews. For a one-off payment of $3.95, they
give you a daily download allowance of 50Mb. Unfortunately, you
won't be able to post but you can happily lurk for free after that.

I handed over my $3.95 to them three or four years ago when my ISP
was having serious problems with Usenet and I had no complaints
with the service. Although I no longer need it, I still have the
same account and use it fairly regularly - so I'm certainly getting
value for money (and still have no complaints).

For me, it's been $3.95 well spent (and, apart from being a
customer, I have no connection with Teranews).

http://www.teranews.com/

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