On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:46:12 -0600, somebody wrote:

> I'm pretty sure providing NNTP a sever service, especially with the
> volume of binary postings, isn't all that cheap either.

And many providers don't provide NNTP service as a result.

I don't know of any in the US who explicitly block port 119 to prevent 
the customer from accessing a third party server, though.

Or who charge a premium to open those ports rather than use their own 
hosted service.

*That's* the topic under discussion.

Jim

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