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

  1. 02-07-2009, 05:49 PM #21
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    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.
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  3. 02-07-2009, 07:02 PM Newsgroups   -   #22
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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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  5. 02-07-2009, 09:22 PM Newsgroups   -   #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by coltraz View Post
    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...
    why would you bother at a coffee shop?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MultiForce View Post
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    Leaning more and more towards astraweb myself.Will check it out when my subscription expires after this month.
    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
    Thanks for the tip!
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  9. 02-07-2009, 09:49 PM Newsgroups   -   #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by piratebot View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by coltraz View Post
    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...
    why would you bother at a coffee shop?
    Why not? I wanted something.
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  11. 02-07-2009, 09:53 PM Newsgroups   -   #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by coltraz View Post
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    why would you bother at a coffee shop?
    Why not? I wanted something.
    Police man + donuts. Explains it all.
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  13. 02-07-2009, 10:11 PM Newsgroups   -   #27
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    How did you know I was Police?
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  15. 02-08-2009, 12:51 AM Newsgroups   -   #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by coltraz View Post
    How did you know I was Police?
    Too many movies
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  17. 02-08-2009, 03:37 AM Newsgroups   -   #29
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    Yeeeeeah... 140k/bs max with astraweb. Why, oh why did I switch...
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    Quote Originally Posted by coltraz View Post
    Yeeeeeah... 140k/bs max with astraweb. Why, oh why did I switch...
    you're doing it wrong.
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