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From: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Newsfeeds:  How to get one?
Keywords: newsfeed private public access suggestions
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Date: 12 Feb 90 22:02:48 GMT
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Reply-To: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
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A thousand pardons if this is not the right group for this
question, or if it's already been hacked out.

Right now I have a great way to access news and 'net mail,
via my account here at UF.  Eventually, though, I'll be leaving
the wonderful comforting environment of the university, and
the place I end up at may not have net access.  So, my question:
What options, if any, do I have for maintaing net access?
I'd like to keep a news feed, as full as possible, and be able
to send and receive mail.

Options I can think of:

	o Portal, or other "public access Unix" systems

	o get a feed from a nearby .com or .edu site

	o start my own .com site (Hmmm...bob.com !)

Any other suggestions?  Any book I should read?  I'll
eventually be upgrading my home system, almost certainly
to a Unix box of some sort (Sun is high on the list).
Cost is a consideration, but if higher cost will bring
wider net access or faster access (eg, getting news
six times a day vs. every two days), it would be worth it.

Email or post suggestions, and thanks for any help you
can provide.  I'm not in any hurry to get a "private"
feed, but I want to be ready for if and when I do need one.

Thanks a bunch, y'all!
Bob