In article <1j8lndj.60r5bli09g1bN%snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>,
 Sn!pe  writes:
>I have a stable of eleven good, free, text newsservers, collected over
>the years. Of those at least half offer a perceived service every bit as
>good as e.g. NIN; several run Cleanfeed. Nobody need pay for text Usenet
>service these days.

Eleven! That seems somewhat excessive. If they are so good, then why do
you need so many?

(Hi, BTW. Was it on alue that we "met" previously?)
-- 
John Hall  "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
            like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
            its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
                                      Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"