Question: How can I access the Karoo news service?

Answer: Access to the Karoo news service is via usenet.karoo.co.uk, news.karoo.co.uk or nntp.karoo.co.uk.

Question: How many simultaneous connections can you have to the Karoo news service?

Answer: There is a maximum of two simultaneous connections for each user of the Karoo news service.

Question: Is there a monthly download/upload limit on the Karoo news service?

Answer: There is no download/upload limit on the Karoo news service.

Question: How fast is the Karoo news service?

Answer: Each connection to the Karoo news service is restricted to 128kbit/sec; i.e. 16kbytes/sec.

Question: How long is the retention on the Karoo news service?

Answer: The retention on the Karoo news service is upto 70 days on binary newsgroups, and upto 1150 days on text newsgroups.

Question: How good is the completion on the Karoo news service?

Answer: The Karoo news service has extremely high completion rates; i.e. over 99%.

Question: How many newsgroups are available on the Karoo news service?

Answer: There are over 110,000 newsgroups on the Karoo news service.

Question: How do I get a newsgroup added to the Karoo news service?

Answer: Please Contact Us with the name and a brief description of the newsgroup.

Question: How long do posts take to appear on a newsgroup?

Answer: It can take upto 5-10 minutes for a post to appear on a newsgroup.

Question: Do Karoo have any of their own newsgroups?

Answer: Yes, the Karoo newsgroups are in the karoo.* hierarchy.

Question: Do the Karoo newsgroups have their own charter?

Answer: Yes. Please see the Karoo Newsgroups Charter.