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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