If all else fails, you may have to resort to paying someone to
provide you with a feed.


For more information about many network service providers, see the
anonymous ftp file /dirofdirs/provider on ftp.internic.net.  Also, the
book "Connecting to the Internet" (see the "Bibliography" section
below) contains a list of Internet service providers and instructions
for getting an updated version of the list.

Some regional network service providers, especially in large urban
areas, offer both UUCP and TCP/IP service via modem or leased line.
If you can find such a company, the cost of a dedicated (leased
line) Internet connection will often be cheaper and more desirable
than a UUCP connection, if you plan on using it for a full newsfeed
or for frequent downloading.  Some companies can offer combined
voice and data connections using T1 links, for large-scale users
seeking both Internet access and low-cost toll telephone service.
For more information about the possibility of hooking up to the
network, see the "How to Get Information about Networks" posting in
news.announce.newusers.

d. Special information for European users

(This section discusses the various big European networks.  There
are also smaller service providers, such as ExNet Systems (see
above), in Europe.)

In Europe, you can get a feed from one of EUNet's national networks.
EUNet has recently gone commercial, though particular national
networks may still be not-for-profit.  Most provide help on getting
started, can provide source for the mail and news software and lists
of sites who have indicated they will provide feeds.  They also act
as Internet forwarders (see below for more information on this).  To
contact them, try sending mail to postmaster@country.eu.net or
newsmaster@country.eu.net.  The "country" in this case should be
whatever country you're in.  See http://www.eunet.ch for more
information on EUNet.

Note that the national networks have a "no redistribution" policy
and have the option to cut off sites which break this rule.  There
are other groups (such as sublink); see (a) and (b) above for
suggestions on how to contact them.

News can be had by satellite feed from Pagesat in Europe beginning 4Q
1995 or 1Q 1996.  contact:  Duane J. Dubay at the address given for
Pagesat Inc. in the section on Satellite links.

Subscribing to EUNet or to one of the NALnets (National Networks)
currently requires to be member of EurOpen either directly or
indirectly by being member of a NALUUG (National Unix User Group)
affiliated to EurOpen.

In the UK, smaller scale users and individuals can also get news
access via Demon Internet Systems. They provide very cheap dialup
Internet access, SLIP, PPP and name service entries.  Contact them
(contact information is given above) for more information.

There are also several other network services providers, already
operational (or to become soon available for some of them).
Contrary to EUNet which generally accepts any organization as
customer, those networks may have restrictions and accept only some
kind of customers (generally academic and/or research) as they are
sometimes government funded.

Some of these networks are NORDunet (northern Europe), FUNET
(Finland), SWITCH (Switzerland), EASInet (European Academic
Supercomputing Initiative, mainly if not totally funded by IBM), DFN
(Germany), PIPEX(UK) and RENATER (France).

There are several anonymous ftp sites from which information about
all of these networks and about networking in Europe in general
might be obtained. They are ftp.switch.ch, ftp.easi.net,
ftp.ripe.net, ftp.eu.net, corton.inria.fr and nic.nordu.net.

Note that it is to your advantage to try to find a feed site that is
directly on the Internet, if you are not going to be.  Getting a feed
from a site on the Internet will allow that site to act as your MX
forwarder (see section 5 below), and the fact that you are only one
hop off of the Internet will make both mail and news delivery fast
(assuming that the feed you get from the Internet site is for both
mail and news; of course, if you can only find someone willing to
forward mail to you but not to traffic with you the heavier load of a
news feed, then your mail delivery will still be fast).

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