Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 7 months agoIt’s federated? Okay, that makes a lot more sense. I thought usenet providers were like isps, connecting to a single, central host or something. I didn’t realize they were federated systems.
If I recall correctly, ISPs were often running their own Usenet servers. This meant that traffic didn’t leave their networks and thus they paid less network interchange fees.
These days maybe only niche ISPs in some parts of the world might be running Usenet servers. Majority of them are run by specific companies created specifically for the purpose.
Heh. I used to run leafnode as my own, in house, single peerson server.
I'm quite surprised to find out it's still alive and maintained.
kender242@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s really neat to think of Usenet as ‘federated’ considering that’s a new term for most of us.
My preferred options are: Binsearch, astraweb, and newsbin
You get what you pay for, a bargain IMHO
TunaLobster@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Check out FidoNet for another example of federation.