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

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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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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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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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.