Re: Metronet/Plusnet alternatives

Elaine Jones wrote:

Going by comments in various newsgroups it looks as though the "free"
ISPs are gradually dropping newsgroup access as upstream providers are
starting to charge. Also ISPs are starting to drop or restrict binary
groups.

Zen still offer newsgroup access, including binaries. Their binary groups
are a lot more complete than Plusnet's ever were. How they compare to a
specialist news provider I don't know though.

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