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UsenetGuy
08-27-2006, 07:24 PM
Does anyone know of a good unlimited news server in the uk? Ive heard of LOTS of problems about bad routing to the USA on my isp (ntl) and I might buy a one month news accounts :unsure:

mesaman
08-27-2006, 09:29 PM
Giganews, Ngroups.net and Astraweb have a choice of using alternative news servers for their unlimited plans that are located in Amsterdam.

It would be cheaper to set up a block account server to automatically fill in holes in your NTL ISP news server. Better newsreader programs can do this.

UsenetGuy
08-27-2006, 10:06 PM
I think newshosting should be ok since you can choose to route through ServerCentral, Cogent or BtN but I hear about lots of problems with ntl users on newshosting (sometimes very slow speeds). Only problem is they stopped PayPal, anyone know if they are doing paypal again now?

I might get an account so I can get some xbox games, a.b.games.xbox is great on the ntl usenet but the retention is only 10 days (maybe a bit less or more than that)