![]() These providers specialize in Usenet and have the man-power and expertise to operate highly efficient/redundant newsgroup servers to guarantee long retention times, high-speed downloads and good completion rates. ![]() Many ISPs that provide you with free Usenet accounts actually purchase service from one of the Tier-1 providers in bulk, often blocking binary newsgroups to keep the cost of their blocks of data from getting too expensive.īecause of these issues, most people are now going directly to Usenet Service providers to get their newsgroup access. If you are lucky, your ISP may provide you with access to some of the Usenet Newsgroups, but this is often limited to text groups, and depending on the subject matter are often censored as well. Many of us thought we had it all nailed down 20 years ago and were set now we are going to the commercial Newsgroup providers because our university or corporate provider have stopped giving us access for free, due to increased cost and in some cases, legal concerns. After you have spent some time trying the various free servers on my newsgroup search site, it should be apparent that it is no longer possible to download from the alt.binaries newsgroups for free.
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