> Usenet is free
Last time I checked it needed you to subscribe through some provider who charges money, ISPs used to offer it with the Internet access. Is it really possible to access for free?
Last time I checked it needed you to subscribe through some provider who charges money, ISPs used to offer it with the Internet access. Is it really possible to access for free?
I can't seem to remember or find the exact list or page I saw before, but for anyone interested here are a couple of sites with a few of the other servers I remember.
Note: I haven't tested these, some may not work, some may not be deliberately open (perhaps just misconfigured), some may not allow posting, some may require registration, some may carry only a few local groups, etc etc etc.
Also, this post is related to text usage; if any of the following servers carry binary groups it's unlikely they'll have complete files.
blaine.gmane.org freenews.netfront.net news2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
news-archive.icm.edu.pl news2.neva.ru gandalf.srv.welterde.de
And here:
news.tin.org news.prz.edu.pl gandalf.srv.welterde.de pb1.pair.com lugnet.com
ingebrigtsen.no freedommail.novaithelp.com news.alaska-software.com richelieu.ac-versailles.fr
news.cadsoft.de news.omnitel.net news.tugraz.at news.mt.net.mk news.man.rzeszow.pl
serv3.vsi.ru news.szaf.org pair1.php.net news.sotcom.ru news.mozilla.org x6.develooper.com
hq.tin.org news.grc.com iad.wholesalenewsinc.com news.math.ncu.edu.tw bbs.math.ncu.edu.tw
news.securecomp.org guest.dogagent.com ddt.demos.su news.dbase.com newsfeed.iif.hu
news.iif.hu vm-news.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de news.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de mx.sotcom.ru