OT: Usenet service help

[Bob La Londe <alarm_wizard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, my last two ISPs have not included Usenet service.  Beamsnail
said they would set me up with a Supernews account as part of my
service, but never did over the course of two years.  An on-line
search shows Qwest offering Usenet in many areas, but when I contacted
them to see about setting it up on my high speed DSL account they said
I can't get it on my account.

I just read a few (maybe a dozen) text groups like this one regularly,
and post a bit.

Tera News seems like a good deal with unlimited posting and 50 meg of
downloads per day for a $3.95 setup fee that lasts for 10,000 days
(27+ years), but as you can see (if you look at the headers) I am
posting from Google groups.  That's because in the last 6 months 95%
of my posts (that have actually appeared) have taken as much as a week
to show up, and most don't ever show up.

I'm looking for a decent inexpensive (text only is fine) low useage
Usenet news provider.  All I have seen so far cost as much as a dial
up ISP.  Suggestions?