Re: [OT] seeking news server recommendations

On 31/07/2026 14:15, s|b wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:32:30 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-07-31 12:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> No one has ever made a profit out of usenet.
>   
>> Maybe the binary servers.
> 
> If they wouldn't make a profit they wouldn't exist anymore. 

You really dont know do you.
They wre sunbsidised by ISPs because people wanted them. Then they were 
farmed out to fewer bigger organisations where at best they broke even,. 
Most of what's left are university hosted and funded

> I think the
> little ones disappeared, but Astraweb is still here and so are Giganews
> and Eweka.
> 
They charge a fortune

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