On 17 Oct 2003 05:24:06 GMT, One2Go wrote:

My inquiry was more like will PlusNet, Pipex or Demon be like this 3 to
4 days retention and a reasonable completion ratio. I don't want to be
stuck with few binary news groups and 5% completion ratio.

At present there are plenty moaning about the binaries on Claranet, but
you could get a trial account (0845) and see how many groups and what
numbers of posts they have (over the w/e at 1p a minute shouldn't be
too much to spend). FreeUK offers similar (22.99) pricing to the ones
you mention, the same news servers(but with a 10 GB cap each month),
or Clara at 29.99 offers no limit on quantity, but some limit in the
speed per thread. As I say, quite a lot of complaint at the moment,
but perhaps worth a look - also see http://www.claranews.com/

Yes, I know Clara wasn't among the ones mentioned, but was quite
surprised not to see anyone else mentioning it. PlusNet is putting
some extra resources into binaries, but at the moment, I'd be quite
dishonest to suggest they are worth looking at. Peter M.