Re: ISP vs "newsgroup server provider": [was: Re: Question for Agent (and other news reader) users]

Bob Cunningham wrote:


> Please give examples showing the distinction between an
> Internet service provider and a newsgroup server provider. I
> have an ISP (Earthlink) who provide me with newsgroups,
> e-mail service, and World Wide Web access. If I have a
> "newsgroup server provider" separate from my ISP, how would
> I go about identifying it?

I used to have an ISP, PeoplePC, that provide web and email access, but
did not provide newsgroup access. I had to use a separate newsgroup
server provider. One of the big recent events was AOL dropping their
news server access. Is this really news to you?



Brian

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