On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:45:20 -0700, Bob F wrote:
> technomaNge wrote:
>> Ivan Vegvary wrote:
>>>
>>> Those groups are not available with my Verizon connection. BTW,
>>> Verizon just notified me that as of Sept. 30 they will not support
>>> USENET. I did post to rec.autos.tech initially but have had no
>>> replies. This group has always been kind and has given sage replies.
>>
>> I'm happy with the text only groups and my Motzarella account.
>>
>> Looks like the name has changed, try http://www.eternal-september.org to
>> get started. You must register, but it is free.
>
> And they filter a lot of the trash.

I was pleased that they carry a couple of pertinent alt.* groups, notably
alt.os.linux.slackware, and alt.binaries.schematics.electronic, which kind
of surprised me because it's a real, live binaries group. :-)

No 'pr0n', but I'm pretty satisfied with my existing 'pr0n' collection. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich