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  • Re: I purchased a Giganews account

    From chrisv@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sat Nov 2 08:40:45 2024
    rbowman wrote:

    Joel wrote:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    I've used individual.net for years. It's from the Free University of >>>Berlin. Years ago it was free but then they started charging 10 Euros/ >>>year. That's within my budget. Besides, it keeps me up to date on the >>>exchange rate. It used to be around 15 USD but the last time it was 11 >>>and change. They now use PayPal so no hassles with international >>>transactions.

    Does that have the binary access, of GN, though?

    No it is non-binary. So to speak.

    *rimshot*

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Joel on Fri Nov 1 17:50:41 2024
    On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:54:38 -0400, Joel wrote:

    I think Eternal September is a terrific service, of course, they do a
    great job, but I really feel like I should make Usenet one of my monthly bills, again. It's faster, more complete (some posts in here are
    filtered by E-S). Usenet remains quality over quantity, compared to Twitter/X.

    I've used individual.net for years. It's from the Free University of
    Berlin. Years ago it was free but then they started charging 10 Euros/
    year. That's within my budget. Besides, it keeps me up to date on the
    exchange rate. It used to be around 15 USD but the last time it was 11 and change. They now use PayPal so no hassles with international transactions.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Joel on Sat Nov 2 01:38:56 2024
    On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:29:48 -0400, Joel wrote:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    I think Eternal September is a terrific service, of course, they do a
    great job, but I really feel like I should make Usenet one of my
    monthly bills, again. It's faster, more complete (some posts in here
    are filtered by E-S). Usenet remains quality over quantity, compared
    to Twitter/X.

    I've used individual.net for years. It's from the Free University of >>Berlin. Years ago it was free but then they started charging 10 Euros/ >>year. That's within my budget. Besides, it keeps me up to date on the >>exchange rate. It used to be around 15 USD but the last time it was 11
    and change. They now use PayPal so no hassles with international >>transactions.


    Does that have the binary access, of GN, though?

    No it is non-binary. So to speak.

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