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junglebook
06-19-2012, 09:15 PM
Im assuming considering FST is promting the company Newsdemon are a consistant top notch newsgroup provider. Anyone use them ?
Hole69
06-19-2012, 11:50 PM
They are Highwinds, so that automatically knocks them out for choosing if you want a decent provider. I'd go for Astraweb's $96 yearly offer. Right now, Astraweb is it as the best all rounder. This may change in the future. I have heard Newsdemon throttling its customers a few years back if they download too much. For that I'd avoid them on principle.
junglebook
06-20-2012, 01:26 AM
Prince what lol
res0r9lm
07-25-2012, 08:15 PM
I used newsdemon for a month their speeds are good. I didn't download too much though so I can't commit on any throttling but their retention is BS. Just trying to download a tv show from last season files are gone.
unoriginal
07-26-2012, 05:31 PM
Was it an HBO show, or UFC content? If that's the case you will run into DMCA issues with just about any usenet provider. Look in the forum here at a few past topics and you will see that its been happening for quite a while.
greyskull
07-30-2012, 08:24 AM
I signed up for a block account on february and their service is perfect, I can't complain at all. No issues on retention or bandwidth whatsoever.
nntpjunkie
07-31-2012, 06:11 PM
Any of you guys see this... https://twitter.com/newsdemon/status/229208797493743616

The truth shall set you free! :-)
Hole69
07-31-2012, 09:17 PM
A "bug"? Well at least they were upfront about it. Still, I don't trust them from what I've read.
hdjunky
08-05-2012, 02:36 AM
A "bug"? Well at least they were upfront about it. Still, I don't trust them from what I've read.

No kidding. How many years of not caring did it take them to fix it? Lol at the end of the day they are still highwinds and they still suck. Wonder if they will fix there throttling bug? Lol