Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
 

It depends what you want to download as most ISP newsgroup servers don't have the groups people tend to want.

Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
 

Read: Porn :D

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:angel: not me mate, honest......

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All porn these days is boring and the same old same old anyway, real thing is much better ;):p:

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what do the different connections mean? I don't get that part....whats the max download speed people are getting 2.3mb's???

Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
 

the 'connections' are the number of simultaneous downloads you are are allowed to queue on the server - as most usenet downloads are multipart, the usual higher number the better applies - I find 4 connections enough for a 4Mb connection at 480MB/s, personally ;)

Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
 

crap completion
crap retention
not a very good range of groups

those are the 3 main reasons

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Astraweb
$39.99 for 3 months
20 connections
unlimited


excellent :tu:

Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
 

[Raises thread from the dead]


I'm thinking of moving from using torrents for my..."Linux distros"...to using newsgroups instead.

A friend has recommended EasyNews, which going by their site looks pretty good - & cheap (10 dollars for 20GB, with SSL, IIRC).

I've also seen people here at CF recommend GigaNews, although they seem to cost a bit more plus you have to pay extra for SSL.


Any particular pros/cons about either?

Anyone got any reasons to use one & avoid the other?

:)

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Been with Giganews since 2005 and a very satisfied customer. Their retention is first-class and server downtime is virtually nil.
With 9 threads open I can max out my 20Mb cable.

I use GrabIt with the shemes.com paid search facility, which works rather well.

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astraweb has an 11 dollars a month unlimited ssl with 20 connections. I just left giganews for them. 160 day retention and ive had no problems



http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html

easynews is very easy as its web based http search list and downloads. Create a zip and download using reget or similar only problem is $10 for 20 gig compared to $11 nntp unlimited there is not much competition

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Cheers guys :)

So, if I went with one that used nntp, instead of an easy web interface, I'd need a news client (obviously), & some sort of thing to search?

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merlins portal and I can invite you to another one

I use newbin myself might be worth just starting with grabit or altbinz though :)

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I use them as well, $14.99 for 6 streams unlimited but they do have a 12 stream/ssl package at $19.99

Unlike TAF though I don;t seem to suffer from the VM cap ;)

As for searches just use www.binsearch.info or other similar sites

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i am with hitnews.eu, 100 days retention, free ssl, 1st 3 days free, €18.50 for 3 months unlimited. They also have a nighttime price of €4.75 a month but you can only download between 00.01 and 11.59.

altbinz is a free and simple reader that also auto repairs.:D