Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

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07-25-2010, 08:26 PM
chakara

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

5GB a month ? Jeez !
Capped connections don't exist over here, let's hope it stays that way.
07-25-2010, 09:32 PM
unoriginal

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

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Originally Posted by chakara

I meant Giganews is in this high retention course. I never used them so I could not possibly comment on actual retention :)

Isn't Blocknews a Giganews reseller ?

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Originally Posted by unoriginal

And $10.19/mo through this link: http://usenetnow.net/woot.html

AW is $8 a month if you buy a whole year.

1. No, Usenetnow/Blocknews resell from a company called Readnews.

2. $2/mo won't break me and I hate the idea of such a long term commitment. I like the idea of being able to move to another company if for some reason the one I'm using suddenly goes into the toilet.
07-26-2010, 01:06 AM
mesaman

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

I needed more than one backup server.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...rarmissing.png

Surprisingly, Blocknews didn't have the 6 missing articles either.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...oie0101rar.png

They were filled in by Usenet-news.net (Highwinds).
07-26-2010, 02:12 AM
zot

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

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Originally Posted by cubbyche

I am having problems downloading this file (The.Story.of.India.2007.BluRay.720p.DT S.x264-HDxT]-[002/265] "Episode.1-Beginnings. Episode 5 is incomplete to)
with Astraweb I downloaded this same file a few weeks a go now I can't download the same file to many broken incomplete
its only 387 days old I don't get it why was it ok a few weeks ago and now can't even fix it with the pars ?
Is anybody else having problems with completion on Astra? I loved Astraweb (till now) over 700 days retention is great but if the completion is going to suffer then I don't know?

I've also been using Astraweb also but I virtually never run across an incomplete file - probably because I have Astraweb set up using Blocknews and Usenet-News as automatic fill servers. I know I keep repeating myself here, but a one-time purchase of a $3 gigblock at Blocknews or Usenet-news, or other "buy once/use forever" block provider will buy you a lifetime of insurance that you'll never again run into a file that won't complete.

With fill-servers properly set up, even having to par-fix a file is extremely rare, as most everything is always 100% complete (better than Giganews at a fraction of the price) A number of newsreaders even let you set up a backup server to a backup server, in case the first two combined don't do it.

also see http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/4...w-lower-prices!

@mesaman - what newsreader do you use? Since you have three usenet provider accounts, have you tried setting up your newsreader using all three servers to automatically fill in missing articles?
07-26-2010, 02:30 AM
mesaman

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

I have more than 3 servers and they're all prioritized for backup. I used BNR2 to test an incomplete file for cubbyche.
07-26-2010, 03:03 AM
zot

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

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Originally Posted by mesaman

I have more than 3 servers and they're all prioritized for backup. I used BNR2 to test an incomplete file for cubbyche.

Excellent! And I was beginning to think that maybe I was kind of strange to be using three daisy-chained providers. I never realized that BNR2 supported backup servers, I've not used it in several years.
07-26-2010, 06:02 AM
iLOVENZB

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Originally Posted by Radon0r

Quote:

Originally Posted by chakara

I can't find those on any usenet search sites, AW & Giganews have better retention than Binsearch & co ?

I found two of these on http://nzbs.org, but it did not list "the.samurai.hdtv.xvid-fqm."

That's the filename, search for Samurai-Miyamoto.Musashi.HDTV.XviD-FQM :)
07-26-2010, 06:54 AM
RainmakerRaw

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

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Originally Posted by c0ld

So I suppose the question is are they still accurate? Let's see a 716d post complete on GN.

Using the Dark Knight NZB posted above... 25 parts missing on Astraweb, only 1 part missing on Giganews.

Code:

NZB file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\The.Dark.Knight.2008.Cam.LD.XviD-KingBen.English.Incl.OST.nzb Files found: 42 Message-ID's required: 2414 Message-ID's found: 2414 Message-ID's missing from the NZB: 0 (0%) The files were posted 712 day(s) ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Initializing newsserver: Astraweb Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Article not found: [email protected] Terminating newsserver: Astraweb ---------------------------------------------------------------- Parts checked: 2414 Undownloadable parts: 25 1.04% of the data can't be downloaded!

Code:

NZB file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\The.Dark.Knight.2008.Cam.LD.XviD-KingBen.English.Incl.OST.nzb Files found: 42 Message-ID's required: 2414 Message-ID's found: 2414 Message-ID's missing from the NZB: 0 (0%) The files were posted 712 day(s) ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Initializing newsserver: Giganews Article not found: [email protected] Terminating newsserver: Giganews ---------------------------------------------------------------- Parts checked: 2414 Undownloadable parts: 1 0.04% of the data can't be downloaded!

Random 718 day old NZB, generated at nzbclub.com - 100% complete on Giga:

Code:

NZB file: C:\Users\user\Desktop\AC ICM v1 Aldo Colombini Impromptu Card Magic Vol 1.nzb Files found: 23 Message-ID's required: 2220 Message-ID's found: 2220 Message-ID's missing from the NZB: 0 (0%) The files were posted 718 day(s) ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Initializing newsserver: Giganews Terminating newsserver: Giganews ---------------------------------------------------------------- Parts checked: 2220 Undownloadable parts: 0 All OK!

Pretty meaningless though; it doesn't really prove anything.
07-27-2010, 05:11 AM
cubbyche

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

Great Idea zot I think should get a back up server just in case Blocknews or Usenet-news, looks like a very good alternative

Quote:

Originally Posted by mesaman

I needed more than one backup server.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...rarmissing.png

Surprisingly, Blocknews didn't have the 6 missing articles either.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...oie0101rar.png

They were filled in by Usenet-news.net (Highwinds).

just looking into Usent-news.net Lifetime Block download accounts
Block size
Cost/block
(Payable in USD, EUR or GBP) 2 GB $ 2.00 1.00 USD/GB 5 GB $ 3.00 0.60 USD/GB 10 GB $ 5.00 0.50 USD/GB 20 GB $ 8.00 0.40 USD/GB 30 GB $ 10.00 0.33 USD/GBnot bad...
07-27-2010, 04:15 PM
hdjunky

Re: Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

Quote:

Originally Posted by cubbyche

Quote:

Originally Posted by mesaman

I needed more than one backup server.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...rarmissing.png

Surprisingly, Blocknews didn't have the 6 missing articles either.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...oie0101rar.png

They were filled in by Usenet-news.net (Highwinds).

just looking into Usent-news.net Lifetime Block download accounts
Block size
Cost/block
(Payable in USD, EUR or GBP) 2 GB $ 2.00 1.00 USD/GB 5 GB $ 3.00 0.60 USD/GB 10 GB $ 5.00 0.50 USD/GB 20 GB $ 8.00 0.40 USD/GB 30 GB $ 10.00 0.33 USD/GBnot bad...

You shouldnt overlook blocknews just for that one instance. That is a rare exceptioon i think. Also look at this thread http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/4...rs-Please-Read That has to do with usenet-news cause they sell highwinds as well. Blocknews also has 100 days more retention and cheaper prices. I used to use usenet news they are a good company but there downfall is highwinds. With a block account as a backup server i would think you would at least want comparable retention to your main server.

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