test server

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.

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

thanks for the heads up zot.

not bad.

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

Cheers.

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

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! :)

nice sharings...
thanks

Nice one! :D

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

Let's enjoy while it lasts... Thanks for sharing 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. :)