What about google groups?
Haven't used Usenet in nearly 10 years, it was a complete cesspool before I "discovered" web based subject forums like TFL (to name one we'd all know).
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Google provides indirect access to usenet. I haven't used google in a while for that because it's a real hassle but it is doable if your ISP doesn't provide usenet service.
Better have a thick skin and a tolerance for stupidity if you add usenet to your reading list, though. Usenet can be useful but one has to know how to quickly filter out the drek for it to be so.
Yea, I've been on it for a while. The metalworking group has some really sharp people in it.
I'm not really a fan of using google groups because I know that most worthwhile posters (myself included) filter google groups posts out, since 98 out of 100 are spam.