[Nottingham] USENET news servers

[Tim Emanuel]

On 3/1/06, Ted <ted at nowtsfree.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks, sorry its such a long time since I last posted, but I
> do still lurk here :-).

Probably about as long as since I posted.

> My ISP (freeserve) recently announced its no longer offering
> an NNTP service. Can anyone recommend a FREE news server?
> Slow modem connection. Not interested in binary groups.
> Just a few comp, uk, sci, and a couple of alt groups.

DFN NetNews offer a free service which I've used in the past and it
was fine. They are at http://news.cis.dfn.de/ which is all in German.
I'm pretty sure there was an English version when I signed up, but I
can't find it now.

Tim.