[SunRescue] Re: Router vs. PC with router/firewall software...

[Mike Hebel]

>>> 1 personal news server, maybe.  Specific groups only to keep the drive
size
>>> down.  alt.comp, etc.  (I wonder what it costs to subscribe to a news
feed?)
>>
>>I'll give you a newsfeed, no charge. My feed exchanger was ranked #73
>>worldwide, before the freenix stats went belly-up last august... So long
as
>>it's not high maintenance (frequent changes to the subscription), it's no
>>problem. Full newsfeed volume is pushing 200gig a day these days, but
>>without the binaries groups, it's something like five or six gigs a day.
if
>>you were to take just comp.* though for example, you could keep well more
>>than a month worth of articles on a 2gig drive.

Thanks!  I'll certainly consider it.  Can it be selected down to the
newsgroup or is that too fine a granularity?

Mike Hebel