Is it possible to use quality Usenet service for free?

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Originally Posted by fred861

yeah well my ISP has free binarie newsgroups access.
the speed are like 2mbit but i can never find any files. i go in the group with the most articles and there's really anything interesting ohwell

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Trying using NZBs - they're basically a XML file for the newsreader that tell it where to find specific files. NZBsrus.com is probably the easiest to use. Download the NZB and open it with your reader - not all readers support NZB, but most do.

Grabit is a nice free newsreader and has NZB functions aswell.

I don't think there are any free usenet services that are as robust as the pay services, but then again you may luck out and have an isp that has a decent service that you don't have to pay extra for.

because paying 7,50 for a legal service is something different than paying for paysite acces

hey noob fred861 :P
for me, yes, YottaNews, maximum speed is 16kB/s retention is about 90 days, sign-up 4 free, it's a quality UseNet for Dial-up and ISDN :D.
It's good enough to download eBooks, text...but not good to download DVDs

my isp actually gives me free giganews access, although the speeds are capped at about 70kBps over 3 connections.

I am confused...so can I use newsgroups for free or not...if so, how?

Yes, if you want to spend a lot of time learning how to do it.

my isp, btyahoo (UK), gives me free usenet access (provided by giganews!!) and they have recently uncapped the download rate.