Best newsgroups provider for someone new to usenet..

I went with astraweb, maxes out my speed, I used ssl, etc... Now is there any reason to use a vpn with usenet? Because I have one that's bound to expire soon but I don't see a point to use it since a) astraweb doesn't log downloads, although no one knows for sure and b) SSL is in place.

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Originally Posted by gmcbpi

I went with astraweb, maxes out my speed, I used ssl, etc... Now is there any reason to use a vpn with usenet? Because I have one that's bound to expire soon but I don't see a point to use it since a) astraweb doesn't log downloads, although no one knows for sure and b) SSL is in place.

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No, a VPN is redundant with SSL. Only thing it'll do is hide the endpoint, but there's nothing illegal about simple using a usenet service, so it's pointless.

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Originally Posted by c0ld

I sometimes need to check other peoples comments about unrepairable reports on newzbin by downloading it myself to check it. Most of the time it turns out to be a problem with their provider.

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Some recent examples of this;

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http://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/5670754

Irreparably damaged on Giganews.

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http://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/5667460

3 blocks missing (Giganews)

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Basically, Giganews sucks.

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asically, Giganews sucks.

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yadayada

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http://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/5670754

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try 611 days ago. Works like a charm/
What? Newzbin doesnt support more than 240 days? Well, i guess newzbin sucks

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http://www.newzbin.com/browse/post/5667460

3 blocks missing (Giganews)

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NOTHING is missing on Giganews here. But HEY!! Im downloading it not via stupid nzb from Newzbin com.


Basically ALL news providers MUST comply with DMCA take down notices.Thats why its better to use scene titles on popular stuff,yeah

PS im not a giganews fan , i despise their price policy but i wont tolerate stupid bashin' either

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Originally Posted by Hypatia

try 611 days ago. Works like a charm/
What? Newzbin doesnt support more than 240 days? Well, i guess newzbin sucks

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What has newzbins retention got to do with giganews' completion?

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NOTHING is missing on Giganews here. But HEY!! Im downloading it not via stupid nzb from Newzbin com.

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Yeah, that would make all the difference, wouldn't it?

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Basically ALL news providers MUST comply with DMCA take down notices.

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So maybe avoid companies that get more DMCAs?

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PS im not a giganews fan , i despise their price policy but i wont tolerate stupid bashin' either

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You won't 'tolerate' it? Wtf?

Thanks for the lulz.

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What has newzbins retention got to do with giganews' completion?

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u have a choice.Bitching or downloading. Thats what i did. I downloaded.:lol:

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Yeah, that would make all the difference, wouldn't it?

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Yep. Sometimes NZBs are screwed up.Deal with it. Or get another means of downloading stuff from usenet. U used NZB ang got 3 blocks missing or whatever. I used another means of gettinf the data and zero missing blocks. No repair was necessary.

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So maybe avoid companies that get more DMCAs?

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Avoid. Who cares.Im all for having a choice available to switch to whatever provider suits u best

I used Astraweb for a long time but when the shit hit the fan and there were lots of incompletes+ uploads were totally screwed up to the point u had to reupload stuff i switched back to giga.

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You won't 'tolerate' it? Wtf?

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Yeah, glad i made ur day :D
Thanx for the lulz,too

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Originally Posted by Hypatia

Yep. Sometimes NZBs are screwed up.Deal with it. Or get another means of downloading stuff from usenet. U used NZB ang got 3 blocks missing or whatever. I used another means of gettinf the data and zero missing blocks. No repair was necessary.

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You're obvious quite the expert in these matters. Do you want to point out where the corruption in that nzb is, so anyone who might read this can look out for it in future?

Astraweb here to, I had no issues. Usually PAR files fixes incomplete files anyway. But as they say 99% completion rate.

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You're obvious quite the expert in these matters.

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Im not an expert by any means. But i as well as others had such experience with nzb files.I presume usually it is something on the hosting server side.I have no other explanation since when u get the data u need not using these corrupted nzb files its fine. Thats not the case of cause if articles are removed from the server itself mind you

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Originally Posted by Hypatia

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You're obvious quite the expert in these matters.

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Im not an expert by any means. But i as well as others had such experience with nzb files.I presume usually it is something on the hosting server side.I have no other explanation since when u get the data u need not using these corrupted nzb files its fine. Thats not the case of cause if articles are removed from the server itself mind you

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Wow, that's amazing.