Re: What happened to this grooup?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (solar) wrote:
> The way WebTv has it set up, this is the best and easiest way to post to
> a forum. When you log on at the home page there is a button that says
> "Discuss", just click and type Lego and im here. It's only one of the
> "few" perks of using WebTv. I would come here using my computer but i
> heared it costs money to use usenet and figured why pay when i can use
> it with my WebTv/MSN1 Plan subscription for free. How much does it cost
> to use usenet?  

It depends on your ISP (Internet Service Provider).  If you only want 
discussion groups like this one, most ISPs provide them for free.  If 
you want binary groups (downloadable pictures, music, movies, etc.) then 
often you will find that you need to pay extra (buy a 3rd party news 
service such as Supernews.com, etc.)

My experience that is local, smaller ISPs provide much better Usenet 
support than larger, national ISPs like Earthlink, etc.

One other note: Google provides complete access to discussion groups at 
http://groups.google.com/.  So, even if your ISP has poor Usenet 
support, with any ISP you can always access Usenet using Google.com.

Hope that helps,

Kevin "support your local ISP" Johnston