AnthonyG
12-11-2014, 11:29 PM
I just figured this was worth a warning. I am seriously annoyed by this.
The last week of August I signed to yearly NewsGroupDirect using their $65 per year deal. For the first two months I had it as my secondary usenet account as I already had a 3 month Thundernews account which I used as my main account just to get rid of it and then keep NGD as my main after that..
So probably I downloaded in my first month around 250GB at most. The same the second month. Then in November as Thundernews was gone I set this as my main account and downloaded around 1TB (but likely much less as NGD was terrible for incompletes and needed to use a whole load of my fill servers all the time as highwinds have automatic takedowns). This month so far downloaded around 200GB.
And as a result totally out of the blue I have got this message from them
Hi there -
I wanted to let you know that we have had to close your NewsgroupDirect account. The reason is simply that you have been using an extraordinary amount of bandwidth, which is costing us a significant amount of money. We're losing too much money on your account to be able to keep you on board. I hope you understand and I want you to know that we regret having to make this decision.
We will be refunding your last payment (or a pro-rated portion if you paid yearly), so at least you aren't out any money as a result of this action. Give us 2-3 business days to process the refund.
If you would like recommendations for another usenet provider then let us know and we'll be glad to help you out.
Again, I'm sorry for any trouble that this will cause you.
Best regards,
Ferdinand
NGD Support
My first thoughts were, you could have done this last week when I could of got a Black Friday deal with someone else. Idiots. Needless to say I am not happy about this in the slightest.
This is pathetic as I really did not use that much. Yes I have used a lot compared to a monk. But as I have absolutely slaughtered SunnyUsenet, Thundernews and Astraweb, which all were either on a par or cheaper and they never complained.
So I would say avoid Newsgroupdirect unless you want to have your account closed abruptly.
The last week of August I signed to yearly NewsGroupDirect using their $65 per year deal. For the first two months I had it as my secondary usenet account as I already had a 3 month Thundernews account which I used as my main account just to get rid of it and then keep NGD as my main after that..
So probably I downloaded in my first month around 250GB at most. The same the second month. Then in November as Thundernews was gone I set this as my main account and downloaded around 1TB (but likely much less as NGD was terrible for incompletes and needed to use a whole load of my fill servers all the time as highwinds have automatic takedowns). This month so far downloaded around 200GB.
And as a result totally out of the blue I have got this message from them
Hi there -
I wanted to let you know that we have had to close your NewsgroupDirect account. The reason is simply that you have been using an extraordinary amount of bandwidth, which is costing us a significant amount of money. We're losing too much money on your account to be able to keep you on board. I hope you understand and I want you to know that we regret having to make this decision.
We will be refunding your last payment (or a pro-rated portion if you paid yearly), so at least you aren't out any money as a result of this action. Give us 2-3 business days to process the refund.
If you would like recommendations for another usenet provider then let us know and we'll be glad to help you out.
Again, I'm sorry for any trouble that this will cause you.
Best regards,
Ferdinand
NGD Support
My first thoughts were, you could have done this last week when I could of got a Black Friday deal with someone else. Idiots. Needless to say I am not happy about this in the slightest.
This is pathetic as I really did not use that much. Yes I have used a lot compared to a monk. But as I have absolutely slaughtered SunnyUsenet, Thundernews and Astraweb, which all were either on a par or cheaper and they never complained.
So I would say avoid Newsgroupdirect unless you want to have your account closed abruptly.