Ping Adrian re Wanadoo

You were quite right. Here I was thinking that if Wanadoo (my ISP) were
going to stop their newsfeed they would at least have the grace to let me
know.
I read news almost exclusively on news individual net, but have the
wan/server as a backup.
I thought I'd better check today. Clicked on rpca on the Wanadoo server and
got "server cannot be found." Phoned wan/helpline and was instructed to
send a complaint mail, which I did. I asked the helpline if it was true
that Wanadoo were dropping their news service and the person said absolutely
not but there were a huge number of calls coming in about non-access to
usenet and ngs.

I got a mail back after a couple of hours saying they were no longer
providing a news service after 17/3/06 and recommended a couple of
newsreaders - I think giganews was one.

I am now looking around for a new ISP. They didn't even tell me!! What if
I hadn't got n.i.n.? Suddenly, with no explanation, I would have found no
newsgroups available without knowing why, and I only knew anyway because you
mentioned it. Thank you.
Pffff. They don't deserve my custom and when I unsubscribe I shall tell
them why.

Tweed
(annoyed, can you tell? ;-) )