test server

[zot]

EDIT: the test period has ended, and the login no longer works.

This test server from News-Service.com allows up to 16 connections and apparently unlimited speed. Currently 375 days of retention and, it seems, excellent completion.

test.news-service.com
port 119
(no username/password)

For anyone thinking "It's useless to me, I already pay for an unlimited account at Giganews" - don't forget that in most newsreaders you can also set up backup servers to fill in missing articles or headers.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

[ericab]

i got about 1MB/s here on the west coast usa.

thanks for the heads up zot.

not bad.

[praxis]

many thanks for this Zot - I'm on a block account so this is very useful.

Cheers.

[Cabalo]

Thanks for sharing this one. It's working fine, and let's enjoy it while it lasts.

[anon]

I don't use newsgroups as much as I torrent, but from what you've posted, this looks amazing for a free service... thanks, zot! :)

[bijoy]

nice sharings...
thanks

[cooldude75ph]

Nice one! :D

[executioner]

This server has been around for ages, its never up for very long and then disapears for ages.

[N@LiM]

Let's enjoy while it lasts... Thanks for sharing Zot.

[zot]

Be warned - after downloading some perfect files, I discovered that this test server can have a LOT of incompletes on other files.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2ilefbd.jpg

By comparison, Blocknews had 100% completion on this particular month-old file. (So it might not be a bad idea to configure a backup server.)

I'm not complaining. Not at all. I believe that any test server THIS BAD will probably not be taken out of test status and put up for subscribers any time soon. So leech away. :)

[Disme]

(10061, "Failed to connect: (10060, 'timed out') [email protected]:119")

Is what I'm getting so I guess the fun is already over :(

Thx anyway for the info zot.

[Cabalo]

Was working for me a couple of hours ago...

[anon]

(10061, "Failed to connect: (10060, 'timed out') [email protected]:119")

Is what I'm getting so I guess the fun is already over :(

It still works for me at full speed!

[JustDOSE]

works, lets see if we can not let the p2p noobs find out about this, everyone SHhhhhh, lol

[zot]

Test servers typically go down from time to time anyway. If you can't connect, just try again later.

As I explained in my last post, I don't think this test server's run will be ending until they get their completion problems fixed, which I'm guessing could take anywhere from several days to a few weeks.

[Disme]

Still not working here. Good to see it's still up for you lot ;)

@ zot: I've put it with the rest of my freeservers and when I'll be able to connect to it I'll be using it anyway.

@ JustDose ... were you by any chance abused by P2P n00bs when you were a little kid??? There isn't an occasion when you seem not to be making fun of them or flaming them. You must have some kind of deep unconscious trauma :wacko:

[praxis]

Deleted

[JustDOSE]

@ JustDose ... were you by any chance abused by P2P n00bs when you were a little kid??? There isn't an occasion when you seem not to be making fun of them or flaming them. You must have some kind of deep unconscious trauma :wacko:

p2p is mostly kids and foreigners who don't give a fck what they post and download, its like an annoying little brother running around taking shlt and asking me to do shlt because he wont take the time to learn. I hate p2p just like I hate soggy cereal, warm beer, overcooked steak, and now u.

Dude don't get offended because i type p2p nubs all the time. I do it to weed out the leeches like yourself. Lets stay on topic shall we. ;)

[Cabalo]

You are a foreigner, you know that, right ?

[JustDOSE]

Im talking about noobs from Belgian, and afganistan, etc where the roads arent paved. LOL. I see what ur saying though..

[Disme]

Im talking about noobs from Belgian, and afganistan, etc where the roads arent paved. LOL. I see what ur saying though..

To summarize ... you are judgemental AND ignorant... passing judgement on people and places you clearly never visisted ... says more about you than about me.

If you ever come out of the cave you live in you're in for quite a surprise.

You might not be a n00b when it comes to newsgroups, but clearly you have serious maturity and intelligence-issues.

[brish]

Is this still working guys?

[anon]

Seems not. I get "500 Permission Denied".

[Cabalo]

Same here. Maybe the fun's over. :(

[8hobo8]

:shifty: um...bump! ;) :whistling

[Cabalo]

It is working now, as I type this! :)

[SonsOfLiberty]

Yeah just tested it and it is working, don't use it, but it is working.....

[PerMaFrOsT]

Great for new & fresh usenet content, nice speeds from Spain with 16 connections :cool:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6835/thankszotfst.png

Have a good day ;)

[JustDOSE]

its dead, no more leeching for the p2p noobs.

[Disme]

its dead, no more leeching for the p2p noobs.


http://oi56.tinypic.com/237gbl.jpg

:P

[zot]

This is a TEST SERVER. Expect it to be shut down on occasion.

It was down during the weekend. It was working yesterday, and is working today, but I don't know for how much longer until it gets shut down again.

There is really no need to bump this thread over and over again every single time the server goes up or down. If it's not working, then just try again another day. Until the server stays down for a solid few weeks, it's probably just another temporary shutdown.

[JustDOSE]

everyone should tell everyone about this sever so everyone can know

[SonsOfLiberty]

everyone should tell everyone about this sever so everyone can know

Yeah that's it get it shut down faster for everyone, it's nice to have a backup server to fill in missing blocks, people want good Usenet, then fucking pay for it, don't expect this to be around that especailly with noobs sapmming it. It will just get a server address change or password added, will do not good to tell a million people.

[Eaglenik]

Down since yesterday :(
Was nice while it lasted...

[Cabalo]

It comes and goes...

[JustDOSE]

its been down forever and my super secret server is dead also , woot =/

[Duron]

was good whilst it lasted

[esle]

yep the secret server now points too some other provider whos passwored it. incase you didnt know it was a readnews server and they are known for leaving some of their servers open by mistake

[zot]

It's been down the whole week, so for the first time since I first started this thread it's starting to look a bit doubtful that this free test server will return.

If it's finally over, just be glad that you got a month of use out of it. The company appears to use the same test.news-service.com address for all its test servers, so maybe another one will come around in time.

[dagaul101]

The speeds are very impressive for a free service I must say

[Arguti]

The speeds are very impressive for a free service I must say

For a moment i thought the server was back :P
But sadly is just another one to bury

[Cabalo]

Seems like this one is not returning, unfortunately.

[zot]

The speeds are very impressive for a free service I must say

For a moment i thought the server was back :P
But sadly is just another one to bury

This new member has been on a major thread-bumping mission ever since joining, and has not said one single intelligent thing. (Or maybe there is no rule against making bµllSHlT comments just to increase one's post count?)

Just like in the above post (complimenting a service that has not worked for weeks before he joined this forum) nothing this fool says is even worth reading.

Does Jelsoft forum software have an "ignore" function? I know who would be first on my list.

[anon]

Does Jelsoft forum software have an "ignore" function? I know who would be first on my list.

http://filesharingtalk.com/profile.php?do=ignorelist

Have fun :)

[zot]

Thanks for the tip, anon-sbi, but I might not even need it now. It looks like someone else has already been deleting a lot of those posts, as about half are now gone.