The Cox nntp groups are also what I would consider poor. they are fine for
smaller downloads and news, but not the larger files. Go with a premium
service. I pay $10/month for mine and jsut consider it part of my internet
cost.



On 7/2/07, Jim <arizona.anorak@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Matt Graham wrote:
> > Recent discussion on this mailing list (as well as scuttlebutt from
> > cow-orkers) has made it obvious that Cox is a terrible choice as far as
> > ISPs go.  So, how does Qwest stack up?  Obviously, they use PPPoE, but
> > that's not a huge deal so long as all it requires is editing rp-pppoe's
> > config file appropriately.
> >
> > There was nothing in their FAQ about NNTP/newsgroups/Usenet, which
> > probably means I'll have to obtain an account with news.individual.net
> > or something.  Can any Qwest users confirm or deny that they have or
> > don't have an NNTP server?  Thanks,
> >
> They have one, but it's crap.  Go with one of the premium usenet
> services such as easynews.
>
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