And when you've had enough of the serious stuff, you can turn to the lighter side and read syndicated features such as Joe Bob Briggs and Miss Manners. An average day's haul is 12 megabytes. If you have a C compiler and the willingness to do a little scripting, ClariNet will provide a programming language that lets you filter out newsgroups you don't want. You can't subscribe to ClariNews directly as an individual. So if you have a single dial-up account, call your ISP to see if it offers the subscription, or check out ClariNet's Web site.
Subscriptions are available on a per-networker basis.
If your ISP does not subscribe to ClariNet, but you still want to get an idea of what the service provides, ClariNet provides you with several options. ClariNet's Web site is slick. You can browse through information about the service and read sample news stories. A support section contains both troubleshooting and informational documents. If your ISP is one of the many that supports this service, or you're an organization in need of frequent, voluminous news updates, ClariNet is definitely worth exploring.