Which Usenet provider do you use, and how happy are you with it?

Personally I use Newshosting, and I very happy with it. I signed up with them about three years ago when I first started using usenet and just stuck with it. The price is fair and I have never had any issues with them.

Which one do you use, and how happy are you with it?

Giganews. Never had a problem or downtime so I'm happy.

Their price could be lower but it is pocket money anyway so I don't care.

Astraweb + Giganews.

very happy with them.

they are the best servers avaliable.

Considering switching to astraweb, seems like it gives the most value for the money. Not sure yet, very pleased with newshosting, so if it ain't broke why fix it i guess.

free usenet servers ;)

hitnews neva had any problems with it and its cheap

First used newshosting then switched recently to astraweb.
Very satisfied with astraweb :D

Easynews, happy with the web interface and the retention on the web interface but not so much with the NNTP access. I have got lots of incomplete using NNTP.

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Astraweb, no complaints at all.

Free IPv6 ones and Astraweb, Giganews is just too expensive, when Astraweb has better retention now and are closer to me :)

another astraweb user here

no one uses powerusenet... is there something wrong with it?

I signed up for Astraweb's unlimited $11 a month plan. I absolutely love it, you can't beat it for the price. I had been considering whether or not to sign up for a while, when I heard they were increasing retention for 270 days that sealed the deal for me.

it sounds like i should switch to astraweb before my trial with powerusenet comes to an end. true??

Leaning more and more towards astraweb myself.Will check it out when my subscription expires after this month.

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Originally Posted by coltraz

it sounds like i should switch to astraweb before my trial with powerusenet comes to an end. true??

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That decision is up to you, but the $11/month Astraweb package is the best deal IMO.

I realise it's my decision but I am new to this and require as much guidance as I can find. I figure if the majority is using and recommending astraweb, it must mean I should switch to astraweb. ;)

Astraweb - quite satisfied

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Originally Posted by KultNavn

Leaning more and more towards astraweb myself.Will check it out when my subscription expires after this month.

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Astraweb did not give me full speed when I tried them (about 6 months ago). Tried both NGT, Get and Ventelo but all the same only 50-80% of cap.

Just a heads up so you don't go on a 3 month deal or something right away since you are in the same country :P

I got the 3 month deal from Astra and never looked back, cheaper is about the only difference between them and Giganews, those 2 are the best...Astraweb has better deals, Giganews is normally 100% completions, but I found so is Astraweb...Giganews thinks there number uno so they can charge whatever they want...and the speeds are the same I think and if anything is capping you it's your ISP not the newshost, plus SSL supportthrough Astraweb is free, Giganews you have to pay, and if I was any usenet user I would start using SSL.

I just switched to Astraweb since my trial @ Powerusenet had not yet expired. I got a very low speed on my download from Astraweb... but I'm at a coffee shop so I'll have to try when I get home. But now I'm nervous...

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Originally Posted by coltraz

I just switched to Astraweb since my trial @ Powerusenet had not yet expired. I got a very low speed on my download from Astraweb... but I'm at a coffee shop so I'll have to try when I get home. But now I'm nervous...

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why would you bother at a coffee shop?

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Originally Posted by KultNavn

Leaning more and more towards astraweb myself.Will check it out when my subscription expires after this month.

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Astraweb did not give me full speed when I tried them (about 6 months ago). Tried both NGT, Get and Ventelo but all the same only 50-80% of cap.

Just a heads up so you don't go on a 3 month deal or something right away since you are in the same country :P

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Thanks for the tip! ;)

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Originally Posted by coltraz

I just switched to Astraweb since my trial @ Powerusenet had not yet expired. I got a very low speed on my download from Astraweb... but I'm at a coffee shop so I'll have to try when I get home. But now I'm nervous...

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why would you bother at a coffee shop?

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Why not? I wanted something. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by piratebot

why would you bother at a coffee shop?

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Why not? I wanted something. :rolleyes:

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Police man + donuts. Explains it all.

How did you know I was Police?

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Originally Posted by coltraz

How did you know I was Police?

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Too many movies :P

Yeeeeeah... 140k/bs max with astraweb. Why, oh why did I switch...

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Yeeeeeah... 140k/bs max with astraweb. Why, oh why did I switch...

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you're doing it wrong.

Nope I'm not. Tried a different trial and it was fine again. Luckily I have sent a cancellation request to astraweb within a 24 hour timeframe and can can get my $ back according to their policy. I'm now using "Newsfeeds". Great so far because I'm getting the full use of my connection.

I always max my 30mb connection with astraweb

Me too :) Including SSL ones.

ngroups and satisfy me :D

Giganews all the way you just cant beat the content the speed and the retention. Well worth the few extra buxs

Been using usenetnow.net for the past couple of months, cant be happier. Retention is a bit higher than Astraweb at the moment to so I cant complain!

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Originally Posted by ThEpRoPhEcY

Giganews all the way you just cant beat the content the speed and the retention. Well worth the few extra buxs

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No it's not, Astraweb will have more retention, the same content and the same speed, unlimited use $11, and free SSL...you have to pay for SSL for Giganews, so it is not worth it.

Only used Giganews upto now and never seen any reason to change. Although recently with the Pound going down it costs me about £3 more than it used to but that's not down to Giganews as their price is still the same as it was when I first joined.

I'm going to try astraweb at the end of this month. Will post about it later.

I used giganews for months but I just recently switched to astraweb because it's more bang for my buck :P