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news1.news.adelphia.net

news2.news.adelphia.net

news2.news.adelphia.net

Adelphia Home

Uses Giganews

news.alltel.net
news.windstream.net

Alltel Home (Now Windstream.net)

Uses Usenetserver

BellSouth Newsgroups

Uses Highwinds

Discontinued news service access on December 31, 2007

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Charter Support

Uses Highwinds

Comcast Newsgroup FAQ

Use your Comcast email address as your news server Username and your email password for the news server Password.

Uses Giganews

2GB/month download limit.

news.cox.net

Cox Newsgroup FAQ - select "Newsgroups"

Outsourced to Highwinds

Capped to 500kbps per connection.

news.west.earthlink.net

news.east.earthlink.net

Earthink Newsgroups FAQ

Applies bandwidth throttle of 64KB if more than 5GB is downloaded during any 30 day period.

Knology Support

Uses Usenetserver. Users report 6 connections, and no limits on downloads or speeds.

Optimum
Online

news.rr.com

babylon5.tampabay.rr.com

xxx.yyy.rr.com (location dependant)

Roadrunner Home

Outsourced to Highwinds since December, 2006

Speakeasy Home

Requires same login you use to log in to their website. Outsourced to Giganews.

1GB per month download limit.

SureWest Website
Allows up to 4 connections, each capped at 128 Kbps. Header download is (apparently) uncapped.

news.xxx.sbcglobal.net

(where "xxx" is your local area. Check this link for your address)

news.alltel.net
news.windstream.net

Windstream.net (Formally Alltell.net)

Uses Usenetserver

news.tpg.com.au
news.sydney.pipenetworks.com

newsbin.telenet.be (binaries groups)

news.telenet.be (text groups)

none

betuwenet home

Uses Giganews

news.euronet.nl
maya.euronet.nl
news.wanadoo.nl

news.orange.nl

binaries.news.planet.nl
news.planet.nl

news.wanadoo.nl
news.euronet.nl
maya.euronet.nl

news.nildram.co.uk
mercury.nildram.co.uk