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Old 14-11-2006, 14:23   #26
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Re: newsgroups completion rate

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Originally Posted by intoxik8 View Post
Many will argue with me no doubt, but I can’t access NTL’s newsgroup without being an NTL subscriber therefore I do pay for newsgroup access it‘d only be free if I could access it without being aligned to NTL in my mind. Although obviously I realise NTL has never promised to meet any strict guidelines, though it’s a service provided and surely they’re bound to some rule of ‘quality of service’?
if they allowed anyone to access it then you would have to pay for it, because you are on the ntl backbone you get it for nothing

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Originally Posted by tony View Post
When i signed up for broadband part of the deal as mentioned on the website was access to newsgroups, therefore i would concur that i pay for the newsgroups as part of the broadband package.

It is not free, ntl are a business and they would not spend money on upgrading the newserver (as they did some time ago) if it was free.
It is as you say "part of their service" therefore it follows that we pay for it.
their service is providing internet access, and then email, webspace and access to the newsgroups are free, they dont have to provide a news service or webspace or email

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