Astraweb, Supernews, or Frugal Usenet?

[PoundSign]

Noob here still, but on usenet for years. I've used mostly Giganews and usenetserver, but I want to try something new sine Giga's been crappy lately and way too expensive for the value. Does Astraweb, Supernews, or Frugal Usenet provide the better experience? Another option I'm missing? I just want decent downloading and completion.

[chakara]

Threre must 40 threads asking that very question, have you read them ?

[usersname]

40? You been over to Reddit lately - Try 400 threads asking the exact same thing!

[piercerseth]

40? You been over to Reddit lately - Try 400 threads asking the exact same thing!

GUYZ what's a usenet and how do I make sickbeard and couchpotato work?

One of the 40(0) threads mentioned:
https://filesharingtalk.com/threads/4...rvice-provider

[Beck38]

Even forgetting those that offer free 'trial' accounts, simply buying a month (or so, many also have 'starter' multi-month trial packages) are so cheap (<$10) that one can figure out for oneself which works for them; now of course, if they were all the price and restrictions of a Giganews, maybe not, but no service is. Just give yourself a few bucks (or a small percentage of what you pay for internet access....you ARE paying for that, not leeching off your parents or college/university account or something else, right?

[PoundSign]

Wow, thanks so much for the extra dose of snark rather than an actual answer. Yeah, I read a bunch of threads that didn't answer my specific comparison question (didn't ask for generic best, asked about 3). No, I'm not on Reddit, no, I'm not a Usenet noob. I just wanted some actual opinions with actual experience from, you know, humans. Forgive me for thinking that's what a forum is for. I did mention I was new here, so also forgive me for not having years of time to scroll through the compendiums of you Monarchs of Usenetery.

[piercerseth]

My duties as Viceroy Regent to the esteemed Usenet Council of the Big Four keep me rather busy. Alas, here's the snark free answer you want: Astraweb. $7.50/mo, 2100d retention, excellent speeds, and dare I say more forgiving with takedowns compared to the other two. You'll still want a block account provider in any case.

[robertrust]

I'd say definitely stick with UsenetServer! Industry high retention with encrypted access and their prices have remained steady for years.

[hdjunky]

My duties as Viceroy Regent to the esteemed Usenet Council of the Big Four keep me rather busy. Alas, here's the snark free answer you want: Astraweb. $7.50/mo, 2100d retention, excellent speeds, and dare I say more forgiving with takedowns compared to the other two. You'll still want a block account provider in any case.

Are you serious? Astracrap was the first to offer up fast and free auto DMCA removals to those who sent them in. That right there is reason enough to not use them and not support that behavior. Anyone should be used besides Astra.

[piercerseth]

My duties as Viceroy Regent to the esteemed Usenet Council of the Big Four keep me rather busy. Alas, here's the snark free answer you want: Astraweb. $7.50/mo, 2100d retention, excellent speeds, and dare I say more forgiving with takedowns compared to the other two. You'll still want a block account provider in any case.

Are you serious? Astracrap was the first to offer up fast and free auto DMCA removals to those who sent them in. That right there is reason enough to not use them and not support that behavior. Anyone should be used besides Astra.

Of the three OP asked about, yeah I'm serious. You go on about automated dmca, but it's the Highwinds/UNS/Demon users who are always first to bitch about things missing. Then GN/Supernews. Why is that? I can tell you anecdotally from viewing nzb comments and checking completion that AW is towards the bottom of the list.


EDIT: Plus, the majority of posters are using Astra servers to upload their files to intially.