Why is my usenet not maxing my Internet.

[Bpear96]

I'm a torrent user who recently switched to usenet and I really like usenet better but I always heard usenet always maxed out your connection but I'm only get 1 - 2 mbps my internet connection is 20 mbps. I'm using newshosting.com as my provider. Why are my downloads slow (well I wouldnt call it slow(: ) is there something I should do to make them faster.? I'm using sabnzbd as my client.

[Hypatia]

1)how many connections are u using? try setting 10-15 + try europe or us servers and see for yourself which one is better for you
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/configure-servers-v2

2) Almost no one here would recommend you newshosting due to many incompletes..
i'd suggest you to get astraweb (http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html) next time =)

[anon]

Increase the number of connections, pick a server that's geographically close to you, and make sure your ISP doesn't shape Usenet traffic (although this is unlikely to be the case if they didn't shape torrents).

[Bpear96]

I'm in the us so how do I pick the u.s server right now I'm using news.newshosting.com on port 563 with ssl ..I might sign up for the 1 year $95 from usenetserver.com are they good?

[Cabalo]

I've been on UNS for the past 6 months, and I have only good things to say about them.

[Hypatia]

2 Cabalo
usenetserver.com is a highwinds reseller...that says it all, really

Bpear96

.I might sign up for the 1 year $95 from usenetserver.com are they good?
there is no point in switching between resellers of the same company

you can sign up for one year at astraweb (http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/voucher.cgi?t=zgufplhxfr2cwsw)
but first i'd recommend to try them for a month..
they dont have a trial but if im not mistaken you can ask for refund within 24 hours if you didnt like the service

[zot]

Newshosting and Usenetserver (both Highwinds), Astraweb, and UsenetNow (Readnews) all offer a yearly plan (discount special) for about the same price ($95-$100) but I would strongly recommend NOT getting a yearly plan until you gain some experience first. All these companies offer 'special' rates of $10/month to $11/month for unlimited w/SSL.

Every provider has its strengths and weaknesses. There is no "best" for everyone; it comes down to what things are important to YOU.

Newshosting, UsenetServer, and other Highwinds resellers have poor completion, especially in the 450-900 day range, compared to Astraweb and Readnews.

At $10/month and $100/year, both Usenetserver and Newshosting are as good a deal as you will find. However, their current retention problems prevents me from recommending them over other companies such as Astraweb, Usenetnow/Ngroups, or Supernews, which have similar prices but substantially better completion.

[nntpjunkie]

@Bpear96 - Are you sure you are not getting 2+Megabytes/sec with Sabnzbd - you should get 2.5MB/s with a 20Mbit connection with Newshosting, that's what I get at home, I get 98MBit at the office...as others suggest you may want to change ports and use SSL, also tweak the number of connections

[Bpear96]

@Bpear96 - Are you sure you are not getting 2+Megabytes/sec with Sabnzbd - you should get 2.5MB/s with a 20Mbit connection with Newshosting, that's what I get at home, I get 98MBit at the office...as others suggest you may want to change ports and use SSL, also tweak the number of connections

Yea I'm sure I'm getting 1.6 Mbps right now I tried changing the ports and connections didn't make much a difference

[Hypatia]

whats your ISP?

[Bpear96]

whats your ISP?

Cox

Ok so next month I'm thinking of going with astraweb. Using this link http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/voucher.cgi?t=zgufplhxfr2cwsw it seems I can get it for $96 a year which is basically the same as usenetnow.com( who I was going to get. )Astrawebs is much better that usenetnow right?

[Hypatia]

dont get a year right away... first, test it.routes between your ISP and NNTP ISP are relevant

[zot]

Ok so next month I'm thinking of going with astraweb. Using this link http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/voucher.cgi?t=zgufplhxfr2cwsw it seems I can get it for $96 a year which is basically the same as usenetnow.com( who I was going to get. )Astrawebs is much better that usenetnow right?

I think you are confusing UsenetNow.net with UsenetServer.com - they are completely different.

If I had to choose between Astraweb and UsenetServer(Highwinds), I personally would pick Astraweb -- hands down -- because Astraweb has a lot of posts that are missing from Usenetserver/Highwinds (resulting either from copyright takedowns or failed hard drives). I can get faster speeds using fewer connections to Astraweb's US server compared to Highwind's, but that's predictable since I'm a short distance from Astraweb's California server.

I strongly suggest trying Astraweb for a month first before committing to a yearly account. Astraweb is $11/month (@ news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html) - a dollar more than UsenetServer's and Newshosting's monthly [special] price but I think well worth that trivial price difference.

UsenetNow.net is a Readnews reseller (as is Ngroups.net) that compares similarly to Astraweb in completion, and also offers a special of $10.xx/month or $96/year or $48/6months. Last year's occasional speed problems on old files appear to have been fixed. The owner hangs out on DSLreports forum, and a lot of users reportedly give the service high marks.