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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2005how is AOL like your Cable Company???!!!
Google News Sort by relevance Sorted by date AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access BizReport - 6 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access KFMB, CA - 7 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL to drop direct Usenet access Globetechnology.com, Canada - 9 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access Washington Post, DC - 13 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... India Business, AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access Keralanext, India - 15 hours ago Dropping Usenet will let AOL focus more on more popular community features such as message boards, chat rooms and online journals, said AOL spokeswoman Jay ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access The Porterville Recorder, CA - 15 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access Durant Daily Democrat, OK - 15 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL shutting down newsgroups ZDNetIndia, India - 19 hours ago ... Usenet newsgroups were once a primary destination for Internet users to chat about interests ... early days of the Internet before the Web took off, AOL and other ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA - 21 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access Rapid City Journal, SD - 22 hours ago ... AOL users still would be able to access Usenet groups from other providers, including Google Inc., which packages the newsgroups for free as "Google Groups.". ... New! Get the latest news on AOL Usenet newsgroups with Google Alerts. > Google News > [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > ??New! Get the latest news on AOL Usenet newsgroups with Google > Alerts. Ok, see all that repeating is just lame. I have a question for AOLers (or someone who knows): Does AOL give you their SMTP gateway address? Because even if you can access a newsreader and *get* news feed from other sources, it doesn't help if you can't *send*. Even 3rd party providers require (at least mine do!) that you have your own SMTP gateway to send through.  SignatureCheryl >From: Cheryl jlhshadow@nospamhotmail.com > I have a question for >AOLers (or someone who knows): Does AOL give you their SMTP gateway >address? Because even if you can access a newsreader and *get* news >feed from other sources, it doesn't help if you can't *send*. Even >3rd party providers require (at least mine do!) that you have your >own SMTP gateway to send through. I really know nothing about newsreaders. I did try one with my AOL and couldn't get it to work. I didn't know I had to have a gateway address though. I'm trying Google Groups but really don't like it much. AOHell sucks :( Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm "PawsForThought" <darnit7@aol.comnolitter> wrote > I really know nothing about newsreaders. I did try one with my AOL and > couldn't get it to work. I didn't know I had to have a gateway address though. > I'm trying Google Groups but really don't like it much. AOHell sucks :( Lauren, are you in an area offering cable broadband? Like Time Warner? I have had it since they introduced it here three years ago, and I think you' would like it. >From: "Mary" crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com >Lauren, are you in an area offering cable broadband? Like Time Warner? >I have had it since they introduced it here three years ago, and I think >you' >would like it. I'm not sure if we have Time Warner, but we do have SBC Yahoo DSL. We have it at work and I do love it. Been thinking about getting it for home now that I don't really need AOL anymore. Do you mind if I ask how much do you pay? ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm > >From: "Mary" crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > at work and I do love it. Been thinking about getting it for home now that I > don't really need AOL anymore. Do you mind if I ask how much do you pay? Not at all! Our cable TV service is $45 per month--high, I think, since we get no movie channels--and our broadband Internet (Time Warner Roadrunner) is about another $45, including taxes etc. So the total bill is $90 per month. This is for two computers on a wireless network. (Meaning that I had it first, then they hooked my husband up via wireless network connection.) It was $39.95 (aka $40, lol!) three years ago when I got it. Then there was a special for hooking up my husband, and somehow now it is $45 for both of us. THEN the cable company came out with digital telephone--and we signed up. That service is another $40 per month all taxes included--but here's the great thing: we get FREE long distance 24 hours, 7 days, to the US and Canada. Even intra-state is free. So we have NO long distance phone bill. Right now Time Warner is offering 6 months for $29.95 per month. The upshot: I was paying $20.00 per month for my ISP plus about $30 for the telephone line on dial-up. So when I switched to cable I actually saved money for a connection that is ten times faster. Instant image downloads, etc. I love it. (No, I don't work for them!) >From: "Mary" crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com >Not at all! Our cable TV service is $45 per month--high, I think, since we >get no movie channels--and our broadband Internet (Time Warner Roadrunner) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >a special for hooking up my husband, and somehow now it is $45 for both of >us. We have satellite tv and pay about $45 a month for that. No movie channels but I had to take the upgraded package so I could get Soapnet (I'm totally addicted to All My Children :) >THEN the cable company came out with digital telephone--and we signed >up. That service is another $40 per month all taxes included--but here's the >great thing: we get FREE long distance 24 hours, 7 days, to the US and >Canada. Even intra-state is free. So we have NO long distance phone bill. I haven't heard of digital telephone. Wow, that's great you get free long distance. >Right now Time Warner is offering 6 months for $29.95 per month. The upshot: >I was paying $20.00 per month for my ISP plus about $30 for the telephone >line on dial-up. So when I switched to cable I actually saved money for a >connection that is ten times faster. Instant image downloads, etc. I love >it. (No, I don't work for them!) I'm not sure if they offer cable here, or just the DSL. We have the dsl at work and I do love it. If I need to download a large file, I download it at work, then burn it to a cd to take home. But I am going to look into a faster connection at home and possibly dump the aol. Thanks, Mary! ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm > >From: "Mary" crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com > We have satellite tv and pay about $45 a month for that. No movie channels but > I had to take the upgraded package so I could get Soapnet (I'm totally addicted > to All My Children :) Ahh! For years I was a Guiding Light and Young and the Restless person ... I still peek at them. Used to be that AMC people were also General Hospital people. :) > >THEN the cable company came out with digital telephone--and we signed > >up. That service is another $40 per month all taxes included--but here's the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I haven't heard of digital telephone. Wow, that's great you get free long > distance. It was so new we must have been in the first batch to get it. It is very clear and the free LD helps with the budget. The only thing is: when the cable is out your phone is out. So I kept an MCI line. But anyone with a cell phone would be fine. (I have them but forget to charge them!) > I'm not sure if they offer cable here, or just the DSL. We have the dsl at > work and I do love it. If I need to download a large file, I download it at > work, then burn it to a cd to take home. But I am going to look into a faster > connection at home and possibly dump the aol. Thanks, Mary! Any time. Since you use satellite TV, DSL is probably the best for you. I have never used it but understand it is just as fast as cable. > >From: "Mary" crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > at work and I do love it. Been thinking about getting it for home now that I > don't really need AOL anymore. Do you mind if I ask how much do you pay? My answer is similar to Mary's. I signed up for broadband cable as soon as it became available here - in my case, Adelphia, & the cost is $40/month. IMO, well worth it. For ex., can actually peruse the binaries ngs easily, without any loss of patience! I don't know if there'd be a noticeable difference in connection speed between cable & DSL. Cathy >From: "Cathy Friedmann" clfr@adelphia.net >My answer is similar to Mary's. I signed up for broadband cable as soon as >it became available here - in my case, Adelphia, & the cost is $40/month. >IMO, well worth it. For ex., can actually peruse the binaries ngs easily, >without any loss of patience! I don't know if there'd be a noticeable >difference in connection speed between cable & DSL. Thanks, Cathy. I am going to see if we can get cable here, but I think it might just be dsl. I think I've heard that cable might be a bit faster than dsl. It sure would be nice getting away from dial up. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm The other alternative is satellite. It costs $60 a month, but you have to pay up front to buy the satellite receiver ($500). Speed is very good for most web sites. It suffers when you are using a secure website. I notice this when I do my online bill paying through my bank. This has something to do with waht is called satellite latency - the microsecond delay to send a signal up to the satellite and then back down again - that seems to annoy secure sites. Where I live there is no other high speed option. No cable, no DSL etc. For most web sites and for email it is every bit as fast as the T3 lines into the corporate office. It's an alternative when there are no other services available. If they string cable down here one of these days I would probably go back to cable - no interference with heavy weather. We lose connection in very heavy rain, snow and very high winds. Ice storms mean you have to go out an clean off the satellite dish to get reception back. > >From: "Cathy Friedmann" clfr@adelphia.net > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Lauren One away from dial-up, you'll never go back again. Cathy > ________ > See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe > Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html > http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html > Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm > Ok, see all that repeating is just lame. I have a question for > AOLers (or someone who knows): Does AOL give you their SMTP gateway > address? Because even if you can access a newsreader and *get* news > feed from other sources, it doesn't help if you can't *send*. Even > 3rd party providers require (at least mine do!) that you have your > own SMTP gateway to send through. SMTP is only used for email replies directly to a user. Posting messages in a newsgroup uses the NNTP server to which you are connecting with your newsreader. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." > SMTP is only used for email replies directly to a user. Posting > messages in a newsgroup uses the NNTP server to which you are > connecting with your newsreader. Well, yes, but I seemed to remember using OE years ago and it still required having all of the accounts filled in with valid server addresses before it would work. Email included. I just removed my SMTP address from Xnews and it is sending news articles fine, so I was incorrect. Thanks. It could be easier for AOL users to use a news reader with a separate news provider than I had thought. SignatureCheryl
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