John Pollard wrote:
> Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:
>
> Thanks for your observations about this problem. I have reported
> similar problems with my ISP (Mediacom) for several years
>
> When I first encountered the problem with them (they only carry
> posts for about 24 hours) - several years ags and mentioned it
> to them ... they said that every ISP was doing (or going to do)
> the same thing. Unfortunately, I had no way to verify - by
> experience - what they claimed: I can not get high-speed
> internet from any source but my cable company (or a satellite
> company, which I do not think will be an improvement): my local
> phone company monopoly does not offer DSL in my area.

There are more than a thousand usenet providers. Some of them are quite
good, some suck.

> I do not object to paying my way; it may be possible that there
> is no economic way to provide "free" newsgroup service. I
> suspect that we may need to give the issue greater thought.
>
> [By the way: to save me from having to research Bertrand
> Russell's writings; can you tell me if the "man" referred to in
> the quote in your signature refers to man, the homo-sapien, or
> to someone of the male gender?]

Mankind, male, female and indeterminate.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something
which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell