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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2005The "German" server?
http://news.individual.net/ Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free (effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 Euros (approx $13 USD) a year? Someone (Gino) on alt.gossip.celebrities has posted this today, and is blaming AOHell for it (not being very good about follow up TOS complaints, etc....). >From Gino: BTW you can blame AOL for this fee. $13 a year will make abusers at least think twice about posting shite. Right now AOLERs have an IP that makes it impossible for Individual.net to track those signing up. Complaining to AOL is pointless. Smokie Darling (Annie) > http://news.individual.net/ > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) Oh, sorry, nevermind... It's showing up on the "home page" now. >Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free >(effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 >Euros (approx $13 USD) a year? Thanks for posting this and unfortunately it is true! I copied the notice below: Effective from April 1th, 2005, use of News.Individual.NET will not be free of charge anymore. The news service will continue as a fee-based service. The fee for an account for News.Individual.NET is 10 EUR per year (annual payment), that converts to only 0.84 EUR per month. Effective immediately, registration for our news service is only possible through our web site (Registration). Registration by e-mail (as hitherto) is no longer possible. Holders of existing accounts who want to continue using their account need to convert it into a pay account. This is also only possible through our web site (Registration). You will also find all details on payment options, terms of use, and terms of contract on the web site. For more information (especially on transitional periods and background), please also check our public announcement. Crappy news but it is still much cheaper than other services. I checked the web and, indeed, it is about $13 per year. -- MZ http://news.individual.net/ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com Well, it's really only about $1 a month and it's worth it since they remove the SPAM before you read the messages. Carole >>Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free >>(effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com Well, I use the german news server. I'm glad this was posted. debbie m. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/angels1/ > >Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free > >(effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com >Crappy news but it is still much cheaper than other services. I >checked the web and, indeed, it is about $13 per year. -- MZ I registered and looked at my cost it was $13.55 for a year subscription. I like the spam filtering. You have to sign up for this click and buy thing. At first it looked like 10,000 euro but it turned out to be ok they charged me $13.55. Geez all the good bargains on the Internet are gone. ;-( Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com > >Crappy news but it is still much cheaper than other services. I > >checked the web and, indeed, it is about $13 per year. -- MZ [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > like 10,000 euro but it turned out to be ok they charged me $13.55. > Geez all the good bargains on the Internet are gone. ;-( Oh, it was that European thing of using commas for decimal points!  SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball Mary, I signed up cause I like it so much but had to register as a new user cause I couldn't remember the email address I first registered with -- it has long ago been bought by first one company and then another. My guess is that I am going to have to reset my stuff so I can post by April 1. Is that your guess as well? And do I have to use the password they gave me -- no way I will remember that one. Duckie >>Crappy news but it is still much cheaper than other services. I >>checked the web and, indeed, it is about $13 per year. -- MZ [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) Duckie, you'd better make a note of it. Before they cut me off, they had before that asked for my password. Gwen > Mary, I signed up cause I like it so much but had to > register as a new user cause I couldn't remember the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Visit my website: > > http://www.mzuschlag.com printed it out. Guess I am going to have to dredge up the memory and set the thing up. When I signed up, it was with an email that has long since died buy out deaths.. Duckie > Duckie, you'd better make a note of it. Before they cut me off, they had > before that asked for my password. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>>Visit my website: >>>http://www.mzuschlag.com Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) >Mary, I signed up cause I like it so much but had to >register as a new user cause I couldn't remember the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >And do I have to use the password they gave me -- no >way I will remember that one. Yes I am still using my old account but it sounds like that will end in April. Luckily I used my Hotmail account to sign up and kept the e-mail in a registration folder. I've had my hotmail account for years, old friends have been able to contact me via hotmail. I copied the sign up page e-mail and password and stored on my computer. I also have roboform on my computer it stores all my passwords credit card, bank information. I put in there as well. Roboform works better than windows or the Google tool bar and I can keep safe notes about sites (e-mail info etc). -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com > Yes I am still using my old account but it sounds like that will end > in April. Luckily I used my Hotmail account to sign up and kept the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > better than windows or the Google tool bar and I can keep safe notes > about sites (e-mail info etc). -- MZ Of course, now that you've advertised the fact you keep stuff like this on your HDD, its only a matter of time before it gets scanned/cracked/whatever. Sad/annoying/predictable but all too true I'm afraid. Now watch someone post up about how they've "never had a problem" with M$ "security". ;\ There are many who drive without a seatbelt too, and, given the inverted logic that only those who survive can testify to the safety of this practice... If you trust your privacy to a computer, especially one running software that TO DATE has never been proven to be securable, but oh so often proven otherwise, then its only a matter of time before the obvious happens. DO remember that you do these things at your own risk, and that risk is already well documented to be a reality. P.S. Can't beat a notepad and pencil y'know! ;) Signature--------------------------- http://tinyurl.com/4872c Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) It seems to me I heard somewhere that Mary Z wrote in article <5uga11pa0rcg0fp9etfmnc0cd6viicnik7@4ax.com>: >>Mary, I signed up cause I like it so much but had to >>register as a new user cause I couldn't remember the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>And do I have to use the password they gave me -- no >>way I will remember that one. >Yes I am still using my old account but it sounds like that will end >in April. Luckily I used my Hotmail account to sign up and kept the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >better than windows or the Google tool bar and I can keep safe notes >about sites (e-mail info etc). -- MZ IF you have a current account and IF you have your user ID and password they continue to be valid; you need them to move your account into the "pay for" column. I just did that a couple days ago; no changes at all on my end, only with my credit card. And registering early set the clock to run a full year from April 1, meaning the time between now and then is still free. The biggest hassle, not a big one, was setting up for the company that collects payments for them. I was robotically directed to the company's German site, filled out forms, and then was told that in the US payment is through their US subsidiary and was led through most of the same dialog again. I don't know how Canada fares in this. SignatureDon Old age is when you start saying "I wish I knew now what I knew then." >My guess is that I am going to have to reset my stuff >so I can post by April 1. I just reset the password and I am posting out of the new account. Pretty easy just the password. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com well, rats... I love my completely made up email address... Duckie >>Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free >>(effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) >>Apparently, there was a notice that this would no longer be free >>(effective April 1)? Has anyone heard that? It's supposed to cost 10 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com I got the email but decided that since Comcast did us a favor by adding another gig to our Giganews that comes with our service, I figure I'll just stick with Giganews. I was using the German server as a backup in case I went over the limit with Giganews. BTW I love the April 1th (oneth). Here's a free news server (that has a one time setup fee of $3.95) that someone posted in another newsgroup: http://www.teranews.com/ Nell |
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