On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:38:18 -0500, Dave Moorman
wrote:

In article ,
Peter Hucker wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:22:30 -0500, Dave Moorman
wrote:

In article ,
Peter Hucker wrote:

Whatever is wrong with snow?

It's cold, wet, and sometimes slippery. Not my favorite stuff. It can
be beautiful to look at if you don't have to go out in it.

I checked out Altopia, Peter, but it seemed to be expensive and slow -
speeds were about one fifth of my present Usenet servers. What's been
your experience with it?

I'm only on a 0.5Mbit line, so I wouldn't know how fast it is. 6 quid
a month doesn't sound like much to me, especially as it's the only
server I've ever seen that doesn't lose posts. I never miss bits of
multipart binaries. And I never see replies to images that aren't
there. Oh and there is absolutely no censorship or restrictions on
what you can post.

I see. The downloads here go at usually from 500 to 1,000 KB/second.
Assuming that KB = kilobits, then 0.5 MB = 500 KB. I'll look at
Altopia's prices again. I occasionally miss a post, but it's rare.
Thanks for the info.

I've just checked - I bought the slowest/cheapest option they do -
256kbits/sec. This is the same as my upload speed and half my
download speed, so is plentiful for me. It always acheives exactly
the speed it says on the tin.