Hi FoulDragon (aka Stinky Lizard? or Sour Draco? or is it Petulant Scaled-One?), I'm a broad-band guy. I'm also a consultant and have had a number of clients ask for recommendations of a dialup service so they can travel and be connected. So far, none of them have gone screaming into the night when I've told them about EV1.net[1]. I just checked and they claim to have a large usenet server. Their dialup price is pretty good, too, at only $10.00 a month. Take a look at their dialup page[2]. I don't know if they "speak" linux, yet. But, since their connection method is fairly standard (PPP), so it should be easy for you. Oops! I stand corrected. I just browsed their support page and saw a RedHat connection tutorial[3]. Anyway, I think this would be a good choice for you. They've been around for a few years. Their "About Us" page[4] says they started operations in December 1998. Anyway, no complaints from my clients. [1] http://www.ev1.net/ [2] http://www.ev1.net/english/dialup/ [3] http://my.ev1.net/english/support/setup/linux.asp [4] http://www.ev1.net/english/about/ -- Ric Fischer On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:14:10 EST, FoulDragon@aol.com wrote: > > My *()#**%^ ISP has decided it no longer wants to carry Usenet at all. > Service HAD been spotty, now it's officially "to be cancelled early 2005" > (Gosh, we're only paying ten dollars more than we ned to, how dare we expect > service) > > I love this: They reccomend that their clients (20 million, many of which > can barely find the on switch) go hassle Google Groups instead. > > So I think they may have lost themselves a customer. > > I get the impression it's no longer a "sexy" feature for promotion, and that > some other providers either farm it out or don't offer it, so who can you > reccomend (ideally, platform agnostic) who will do the right thing. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss