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DrSteve
05-01-2006, 03:33 PM
Anyway to get free access? I have a "limited" account through Adelphia. Only 4-5 gigs/month. Anyway to get more without them knowing about it? Anyway to get free access any other way.

I can't belive how fast newsgroup downloads can be. I downloaded 4 gigs in about an hour! I am sooooo hooked now!

H E L P ME!!! :stars: :shutup: :stars:
4play
05-01-2006, 05:28 PM
there are free ones but they are normally shit.

might be worth looking around at other isp's some actually have unlimited newsgroup access with half decent retention.
DrSteve
05-01-2006, 05:36 PM
Adelphia, which is currently going out of business, soon to be bought by Time Warner (maybe), is my ISP. The other most likel;y one to use around here is a DSL (SBC/YAHOO) which I believe has unlimited newsgroups.
4play
05-01-2006, 07:10 PM
you have to check binary retention and completion as well. there is not much point having unlimited downloads if they dont bother caching anything decent for you to download.
DrSteve
05-01-2006, 07:19 PM
I understand. Just feel that all ISP's should allow unlimited newsgroup downloads. But then again, what do I know!
Peerzy
05-01-2006, 09:28 PM
It would cost them billions for a service only 1% would use and those people would be using it to leech hundreds of gigabytes (which would cost the ISP even more) of illigal stuff.
DrSteve
05-01-2006, 10:23 PM
Yeah, but they use P2P to do the same thing.
MultiForce
05-01-2006, 11:11 PM
Shouldn't it be more expensive for the ISP's to have P2P like BT and edonkey etc. P2P involve a bigger part of the infrastructure other than a 1 on 1 connection with a newsserver.

Dunno know but I just started thinking when reading this post....
erRor67
05-01-2006, 11:19 PM
Adelphia, which is currently going out of business, soon to be bought by Time Warner (maybe), is my ISP. The other most likel;y one to use around here is a DSL (SBC/YAHOO) which I believe has unlimited newsgroups.
SBC/Yahoo/ATT have shitty retention and completion rates. And max # of connections is like 3. :dry:
DrSteve
05-04-2006, 04:25 AM
DSL Extreme uses Super News, but not sure about the details. Yeah others told me that SBC/YAHOO/AT7T sucks (their customer service also sucked when I called and tried to get more info as well).
krapper
05-04-2006, 07:00 AM
I think SBC doesn't carry large binaries (at least I haven't seen any multipart)
1882
05-13-2006, 07:30 PM
freeloader :D
DrSteve
05-15-2006, 03:13 PM
freeloader :D

yep. That's me. Kinda like most who visit this forum!
:stars:
erRor67
05-18-2006, 01:06 AM
I think SBC doesn't carry large binaries (at least I haven't seen any multipart)
Yeah, they also filter out most of the binary groups. :dry:
MADxMAX
07-22-2006, 04:11 AM
you could try this free newsserver i have been using it for over 9months ( even though i have a giganews account aswell )

Newsserver address:freebin.readnews.com
Server Login:Any ( it does not require a login as such just put anything )
Server Password Any ( Again anything will do )

you can get about 4 concurrent connections and download speed is good,retention is about 4-5days but hey its free ,i have given this server to a number of my friends and they have not had a problem using it,it seems to support a fair few newsgroups,not sure how many but not had a problem with getting things from them so dont seem like a problem

ENJOY!
yahoo12
07-23-2006, 01:16 PM
hey guys i've always wondered this. I use my isp's newsserver and I get unlimited downloads,, 20-25 day retention with 2 connections. Should I be satisfied with that or go out and get a giganews account?
RealitY
07-23-2006, 05:30 PM
Thats the best Ive heard and doubt it would be worth it.
Just wondering what provider you have...
mesaman
07-24-2006, 08:06 AM
20-25 day retention with 2 connections sounds like the ISP outsources their news service to a provider like Supernews. Outsourced news service is often speed limited according to the contract the ISP has with the provider.
Nickthestick91
07-24-2006, 06:27 PM
I dunno if Verizon DSL/FiOS is available in your area, but it's what I use (DSL), and I have unlimited downloads, uncapped speeds, 8 max connections, with around 7 days retention. It's great if you're only going to get new stuff, which it is my case. :)
cochie
12-01-2006, 11:07 PM
hello foum, i am a new member
Murphy71984
12-11-2006, 01:03 PM
I use my ISP and get 4 connections with 60 Day retention. It caps me at 35k/connection (140 Kb/s all)but hell, that's still good enough for me. I can still access sites with speed.

*I'm not sure how it happened but one time I clicked more than 4 connections and it actually gave me up to four more. I'm not sure what I did but wish I could get that back.