https://accounts.usenetserver.com/special/
$10/mo for the life of your account, offer valid for new subscriptions only.
Does anyone have any recent experience with Usenetserver? The last time I think I used them was when Dwight Ringdahl was still running the place before he sold it to Highwinds.
The Lonely Wanderer
Highwinds sound like Astraweb at least so I've heard Astraweb stores data on Highwinds, I might be wrong. But Astraweb is only $1 more and are highly reguarded as the best, well tied with Giganews.
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I used usenetserver.com like 6 years ago. Back then, they had lots of issues with incompletes but that was 6 years ago at least. They have been around for a while. That's $10/mo with unlimited speed? It sounds like a deal depending on their retention. Remember that Astraweb has 270 days of retention already for $11/mo.
Poster
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im with astraweb
ill NEVER switch.
http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html
do your homework.
viva l'astraweb !
(thanks for letting us know though, srsly)
Last edited by ericab; 05-14-2009 at 03:58 AM.
An Excerpt from: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
by John Perry Barlow
Read more hereGovernments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather [...] I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us.
Im not advocating switching to UNS. Ive been with Astraweb for over a year now and have nothing but good things to say about them. Except for a couple small glitches getting the account set up I have been very happy with their service. Im not about to change for $1/mo. Also they are located on the West Coast like I am and that means several thousand fewer miles between me and the news server I am downloading from.
Last edited by unoriginal; 05-14-2009 at 09:18 AM.
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astraweb is their own entity, in no way associated with highwinds.Originally Posted by SonsOfLiberty
in other words.. astraweb is not a reseller, they sell themsevles and own their own network/fibre channel drives. (same with giganews....)
An Excerpt from: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
by John Perry Barlow
Read more hereGovernments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather [...] I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us.
The Lonely Wanderer
They are, they have data stored on their high winds server, it was mentioned in another thrad about batman, check the batman thread.
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Astraweb run their own backend, highwinds is an entirely seperate organization.
Last edited by UsenetGuy; 05-17-2009 at 03:33 PM.
The Lonely Wanderer
I'm quoting you here:
Were you just saying highwinds as in the "name of the server" or as in highwinds company.......?I think astraweb were probably asked to remove it for copyright infringement, seems to be there on a highwinds server.
https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-new...64-esir-348588
Last edited by SonsOfLiberty; 05-14-2009 at 03:59 PM.
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On that post what I meant was I think astraweb were asked to remove it for copyright infringement but I checked on highwinds-media and they still have it. I could have worded the post a bit better
Last edited by UsenetGuy; 05-17-2009 at 03:34 PM.
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