I am fairly new to newsgroups and was wandering if anyone could provide me with some ideas on the best paid usenet provider. I have heard good things about astraweb but anyone have any other recommendations?
Many Thank
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I am fairly new to newsgroups and was wandering if anyone could provide me with some ideas on the best paid usenet provider. I have heard good things about astraweb but anyone have any other recommendations?
Many Thank
I currently use Newshosting and am pretty satisfied. Used to use Easynews but prefer the former.
'Best' is a pretty subjective term. Every server plant 'should' have pretty much exactly the same data; just about every plant out there stopped 'rolling' things off when the cost of new drives plummeted around August 2008, certainly back around January 2009. How they've kept that retention 'up and running' since then is a good question.Quote:
Originally Posted by amranmiah121
Then there's what 'extras' do they offer, either included or as extra cost items, like SSL, access to that expanded (or not) retention, or other things like 'cloud' storage or bundled VPN services. Personally, I don't like these types of 'bundling' any more than I do from phone or cable companies, I find I can get them cheaper and easier 'ala carte'.
Despite leading the pack on rapid/instant takedowns of things like (some) pro-wrestling, p0rn, and low-retnt broadcast/cable tv shows and the like, Astraweb led the price wars for the past several years. Since I don't go for the organized crime 'aimed at 10 year olds' pro-wrestling, find way more than enough p0rn to coke a pig, and actually own an antenna on my house (which the local cableco runs commercials saying is 'ugly'), I get all the crap tv I can handle, so why d/l it off the internet. The occasional premium cable program I like that I don't subscribe to, I find very easily days or weeks after it 'aired' so I don't see what all the fuss is about.
I've had account with just about everyone, and moved the bulk of my 'operation' to Astraweb several years ago, and haven't really looked back.
I use usenetserver, not bad for 100.00 a year
Just about all of the non-Giganews providers (both those who have us/eu plants and not) are around that level); Astra is $96/yr on a month by month. Perhaps that's one thing I forgot to mention, how many plants does the provider have, us/eu is a probable plus as when one is having problems the other usually isn't.
Some folks swear by some Dutch providers without such redundancy due to takedowns, but the euro providers get hit just like the us based ones.
I'll second usenetserver.com.
Tweaknews.eu is great. Speeds sometimes suffer in the early evenings if you are in North America, that's about my only complaint. Other than that, great pricing and reliable service.... also one of the few independent providers left out there.
I've had no issues with astraweb.com, been with them for years. I tried frugalnews, and usenetserver, and several others, but I never max out my speed like I do with astraweb
I have Verizon FiOS, 75Mbps, and I get constant 10MB/s with 8 connections.
I second Newshosting for 100.00 a year
I am using the usenetserver also, gives me no problems!
I use usenetbucket from the US. MAximizes my speed and is Not Highwinds.
sameQuote:
Originally Posted by jpeterson
Gotta say that supernews are working good for me!
usenet-news doesn't delete stuff as quick as some of the others and you pay for bandwidth, not time.
As has been said many times on this forum, you really need two usenet providers, one highspeed provider to download the bulk of the articles you want and a solid filler account from another provider to fill in any missing articles that may have been taken down from your main provider. Your filler provider should be a european provider as they have generally slower and over all less takedowns than U.S. providers. You will have to find the best fit for you and the types of content you download, there are many options out there, I'm using newshosting/eweka and the combo has been excellent...
Are you really using it ? I piad`em to watch all red lines all the time .Take down has virtually made it useless for me ,waiting for my subscription to over .Love xusenet
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Originally Posted by skittlesthedog
I used to use cheapnews.eu until they stopped accepting paypal. Then made a mistake of going with newshosting (loads of taken down articles), and gone with tweaknews now, happy with them :)
Frugal Usenet, hands down. 30 connects, $5/m 30 day retention. What more do you need?
i am using both astraweb and usenetbucket for almost a year now, and i quit satisfy with them
Usenetserver here. I somehow signed up for a one-month $10 premium account, SSL, 20 connections, no caps, etc, and I still have this plan today. Think i signed up... a few years ago? Besides my possible luck in an indefinite promotion, I'd have a very hard time remembering any downtime on their part that lasted more than a day, and my connection always maxes out with them (no big deal considering I only have 20mbit down).
One caveat: they've recently made 10 connections the standard on all plans, and give you the option of paying a few $ extra for 10 more. But for me, even five connections would be more than my mediocre downstream can handle. So, I'd recommend them, as other subscribers have stated.
Im using Frugal. It only costs $50/year. The retention is quoted at only 300 days, however it seems to let me download much older stuff (>1000 days). Download speeds are fast enough for me at an average of 4MB/s. Im in Australia, so if you were closer to the servers speeds will probably be faster.
Thundernews!
anyone else having speed issues with astraweb? in the evenings i only get 5mbps but in the daytime i get 25mbps. i think i will switch to another provider, maybe tweaknews...
Outside of a small (2-3hr) window on Sunday nights? No.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosspelton11
I'm in my 2nd year with usenetserver. Many of the popular new movies get taken down though the overall quality of their service is excellent.
Been using newshosting with no problems at all.
same here!Quote:
Originally Posted by t_unit
You want a Norwegian provider with no ties to the US to avoid the takedowns.
http://www.ngprovider.com/euro-based...-providers.php
I use easynews and they seem to be quite good and the takedowns dont seem to effect as much as with some of the others, but I dont have statiscal proof that there is any difference though.
I'm using GigaNews through VyprVPN on my Linux-box using SabNZB. The VyprVPN-connection is dynamicaly changing so that the exit-point is being changed day by day. In addition I am using Sunny-Usenet because it's very cheap and it's always good to have a failover. ;)
Haven't paid for Usenet access except block account used as backup only. Thankfully my ISP provides me with decent access (basically I believe they have an agreement with AstraWeb to redirect to their service).
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Primary Account
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Provided By Internet Service Provider
Total: 869.0 GB
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Free Accounts (Auto Updated In SABNZBD)
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free.hitnews.com
Total: 322.3 GB
free.news.newzfinders.com
Total: 100.8 GB
free.xennews.com
Total: 2.4 GB
free.xsusenet.com
Total: 671 MB
test.xennanews.com
Total: 142.2 GB
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Backup Accounts
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eunews.blocknews.net
Total: 2.8 GB
usnews.blocknews.net
Total: 4.4 GB
I use Supernews, it Works fine for me, and its 11$ unlimited
I've been using NewsDemon for over a year, mostly happy with them. Retention is good and have recently grabbed stuff over 1200 days.
astraweb & newshosting both work fine for me....Retention means nothing on usenet now as things get taken down that quick
I've been using Astraweb for a while and it seems ok
Really like astraweb except still get article not founds.
Tweaknews.eu is thebest i have found in the UK never have any issues with it and cheap as chips
Im currently using supernews, seems okay
I have been using newshosting for year. It works great for me.
I moved from astraweb as they were taking stuff down. Especially tv. Moved to usenetnow and no problems since then.