>Couple of days back, my (former) ISP's news server appeared to be punting
>me, so I called Tech Support, left voicemail, also left Email.. nothing..
>the next day, I call back, talk to somebody, they say "oh we are looking
>into it", the next day (still no news server) I call again, they have a tech
>call me back.. he says "oh we are having issues with the company that
>provides that service, and so we are just dropping it" says I.. "well, um..
>er.. newsgroup access is 97.4%% of the reason I subscribe to an ISP" says the
>tech, "well, you will probably have to go to somebody else who does provide
>it" ..

>So I did :) and at about 1/2 the price..