Which is the best Usenet service. ??

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07-04-2006, 09:23 PM
reiden

Which is the best Usenet service. ??

well.. iam kinda dump in the case of usenet. but i want to try and learn it. so any suggestions on which one is the best ?
i need only paypal supporting services.
07-04-2006, 10:02 PM
{I}{K}{E}

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

I dont think there are payservers that allow you to pay by using paypal :unsure:
07-04-2006, 11:00 PM
Nickthestick91

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

I don't know how they are, but check here, they accept PayPal.

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/t1182...PAYPAL%5D.html
07-05-2006, 12:18 AM
gsorel

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

A lot of usenet provider (like Ngroups.net) have for now removed PayPal as a payment option , since they, according to them, are selling services which are in violation to their service agreement.

only two accept paypal on their site:
http://www.newsdemon.com/ 45 days retention / $17.99 unlimited per month / (Newshosting reseller's)

http://www.thundernews.com/ 45 days retention / $17.99 unlimited per month / (Newshosting reseller's)
07-05-2006, 07:19 AM
RealitY

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickthestick91

I don't know how they are, but check here, they accept PayPal.

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/t1182...PAYPAL%5D.html

That thread has information on NewsDemon with the sites refferal links...
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-new...-paypal-301500
07-05-2006, 10:42 AM
reiden

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Thanks for all the info guys :D i'll check them out.
07-05-2006, 03:28 PM
UsenetGuy

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsorel

A lot of usenet provider (like Ngroups.net) have for now removed PayPal as a payment option , since they, according to them, are selling services which are in violation to their service agreement.

only two accept paypal on their site:
http://www.newsdemon.com/ 45 days retention / $17.99 unlimited per month / (Newshosting reseller's)

http://www.thundernews.com/ 45 days retention / $17.99 unlimited per month / (Newshosting reseller's)

Newsdemon has 65 days retention now and thundernews has 63 :D
07-13-2006, 04:25 PM
tezmo

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

giganews is deffo the best but I dont know about paypal...
07-20-2006, 09:17 AM
vans12

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by tezmo

giganews is deffo the best but I dont know about paypal...

well giganews is good but I think they are a little pricey, news hosting has the same great service and they just upgraded their retion and it is $10 a month less then giganews. I use news hosting and if something happen and i had to chose a new provider i deffinally would not go with giganews unless they start changing their price.
07-21-2006, 12:49 PM
Raven3k

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

giganews got 70days retention and 1000+ days for text groups, so if u want to pay more for a extra 5 days then i dont really see it being worth it, plus i newsdemon rocks!!!
07-28-2006, 12:58 AM
gamer4eva

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

i think even 45 day retention should be good enough right??
07-28-2006, 07:27 PM
Flinty

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Newsdemon is pretty good... always maxes my 8mb connections any they added a european, west coast and east coast server the other day and also accept PayPal :)
07-31-2006, 08:22 PM
UsenetGuy

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Umm just read http://www.newsdemon.com/westnewsdemon.php

They added PayPal customers to "new" servers, they could worse than the servers the other customers are on or they just havent got many paypay customers so are letting them test the servers first :D
07-31-2006, 08:58 PM
Flinty

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

either way I am still downloading at max (8mb) :)
08-01-2006, 03:50 PM
T0TAL-RECALL

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Yeah no problems after the change here either... During the change it did mess up alot of accounts and Live support got flooded but now Im happy on a european server.

6Mbps on my 8Mbps line... :D
08-11-2006, 05:00 AM
digitrifecta

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

i think even 45 day retention should be good enough right??

45d is good for some, but I love long retention because it makes it much easier to find the rare stuff, also keeps people from having to request and re-upload same content over and over again.

I use Newshosting and it is freakin great, I pay ~$15/month for unlimited downloads and right now they have 80d retention with NZBs, my connection here in ATL stays maxed out at 8mb :naughty:

http://www.newshosting.com/

long live the Usenet!
08-14-2006, 11:14 AM
FarmerTed

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

I am with Eweka @ http://www.eweka.nl but it is in Dutch check it out
08-14-2006, 11:18 PM
Chessking

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Hmm. This is stuff I need to know about.. I know ftp,torrent but not newsgroups.. I remember 10 years ago I used a proggy called pluckit and it filled my drive of Porn!
08-15-2006, 02:52 AM
SlappyOil

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Nice, I've been trying to find some usenet providers that did paypal. Thanks!
08-21-2006, 04:23 PM
notaclue222

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I used to use easynews.com a lot and was pretty happy with that. Of course, I didn't know about a lot of other sites, so I'm not sure if some of the other ones here are better.
08-21-2006, 05:50 PM
erRor67

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

If you are willing to spend $15/month then get NewsHosting. Unlimited download, 8 connections, 45 day retention. And if you pay for a full year, you get a discount (averages to like $13/month). By far the best deal. You get the most out of your money.

If you will only spend $10/month then get PowerUsenet. 50 day retention, 8 connections and 25 GB downloads per month (not much but its the best deal you will find for $10/month). Another downside to PowerUsenet is you cannot post. Of course, I doubt many people post anywayz. Newsgroups is mostly a leeching service. :P

Anything less than $10/month is really not worth it. And if you are going to pay $10/month might as well upgrade to Newsgroups with that $13/month. Unlimited download, and ability to post. Of course, the rentention goes down 5 days but thats like nothing. :)
08-23-2006, 03:40 PM
digitrifecta

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by erRor67

If you are willing to spend $15/month then get NewsHosting. Unlimited download, 8 connections, 45 day retention. And if you pay for a full year, you get a discount (averages to like $13/month). By far the best deal. You get the most out of your money.

If you will only spend $10/month then get PowerUsenet. 50 day retention, 8 connections and 25 GB downloads per month (not much but its the best deal you will find for $10/month). Another downside to PowerUsenet is you cannot post. Of course, I doubt many people post anywayz. Newsgroups is mostly a leeching service. :P

Anything less than $10/month is really not worth it. And if you are going to pay $10/month might as well upgrade to Newsgroups with that $13/month. Unlimited download, and ability to post. Of course, the rentention goes down 5 days but thats like nothing. :)

I agree completely, Newshosting is awesome and actually you can get NZBs that are 75+ d old from them with no incompletes, I have no complaints especially since I just got hooked up with charter at 10mb down and 1mb up :) NH actually gives me 10mb all day long!!
03-21-2009, 03:29 PM
blandreth

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I know it's hard to tell, but "newsDemon" has none of the real groups and is just like using your ISP's news-service -- may be fast but none of the real messages or groups appear!
03-21-2009, 06:05 PM
Overlord

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TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR-OLD THREAD? REALLY? And on your first post, too. Way to go, slugger.
03-21-2009, 08:03 PM
h1pp0

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

I think this newbie holds the record for oldest thread bump in FST history.
03-21-2009, 08:50 PM
MultiForce

Re: Which is the best Usenet service. ??

Maybe he actually did the right thing, used the search button :P
03-22-2009, 03:42 AM
saulin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MultiForce

Maybe he actually did the right thing, used the search button :P

lol I guess he did :)