Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

I had the same problem with newshosting which is why i changed to giganews. A common problem with NTL and newshosting apparantly

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

same here in london i used to max out my 1mbit now i hardly get 20k

im using news.cable.ntlworld.com

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

I used Usenet years ago, when i first started using a PC, then stopped.

Having seen this thread and a few others, i thought i would give it another bash. I cannot believe i spent the last 5-6 years without it... what was i thinking of :erm:

Currently downloading from NTL servers at a respectable 350-400kb/s.

Could i ask though when you peeps are talking about having more than one connection to servers what do you mean exactly, its been a long time ;)

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

i'm using news.ntlworld.com and it seems to be a lot better last night and now, touch wood.

(to the guy above - many newsgroup programs (the one i use does) can download multiple files at one time, thats all it means)

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

ATM, NTL's news servers are having serious problems. Using Newsbin as I've always done to download from NTL news and it's giving all sorts of errors:

Read or Write Timeout (dozens of these in Newsbins 'Status Messages'. It seems to timeout, then connects and downloads a few chunks then times out again and repeats this cycle.)
Body Failed - Post not on Server (retrying the failed file starts it downloading again proving the post IS on the server!!)
Error talking to Server: 400 Too Many Connections (not many of these)

These errors cause the download speed on my 2mb connection to plummet to about <512k speed!

Tried: news.ntli.net, news.cable.ntlworld.com and news.ntlworld.com. All giving roughly the same errors! This is in the Nottingham area.

Checked the Service Status page and Phoned the Service Status line and there is nothing outstanding for anything!! Anyone elese experiencing abysmal downloads from the news servers?

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

;) It's the newsreader(NEWSLEECHER) thats using 15 connections to download ONE file(it splits it up unlike other newsreaders), this gives you better speed. I wouldn't change Newshosting for anything it rules at that price (£8.60odd/mnth). :)

So unless i'm mistaken i'm only using 1 Newshosting connection with 15 newsleecher bots/connections. If i was using Newsbin as my newsreader i'd be using 3 or 4 real Newshosting connections.

Hope i haven't confused anyone as i've sure confused myself. ;)

---------- Post added at 23:09 ---------- Previous post was at 23:02 ----------

Newshosting said using port 9000 should help things. It was on their front page a few months ago.

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When you loadup your Newsreader software, Newsleecher,Newbin etc in the options it lets you set how many connections you want to use to connect to usenet(newshosting). In newsbins case if you set 4 connections in the options it will download 4 files at once which means it will utilise your connection speed far better than it would do if you only had 1 connection.

I remember when i tried 1 connection on newsbin i was getting 60k/sec but on trying 4 connections i was able to get 250k/sec which maxed out my 2Mb connection.

Also the .NZB file format makes it all worth the while. :) No more needing to download headers. You just load in the .nzb file into your newsreader and it gets the stuff you want.

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

>In newsbins case if you set 4 connections in the options it will download 4 files at once which means it will utilise your connection speed far better than it would do if you only had 1 connection.<

The latest Newsbin opens many connections on the same file.
It also has the facility to simultaneously download all your group headers which can really speed things up.

Unfortunately the routing problems to easynews are no better, I currently need 20 connections to max out my 10meg conn. Actually it's only 8.1meg as I have a Tjet. :-(

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

I use newsbin and download 9 slots leaving one (with giganews) for headers. I also use easynews to create and export my own nzbs

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

Many thanks for replies, i will look at my settings for connections after work later. :)

I am using Forte Agent. Only reason i chose this one is because it is the one i used years ago, so i am familiar with some of it's workings. But a LOT of things have changed since i last used the service.

Just trying to get my head around PAR files and NZB files now. None of this was around when i last used the service (which i might add, was on good ole 56k) :erm:

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

use quickpar to repair your broken files as for NZB files they are just associated with NewZBin.

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

Not anymore there not ;)

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

Just like to say thanks to everyone here for info.

I have now installed NewsLeecher and all i can say is.....

:D :D :D :D :D :D


Got 8 connections going now, what a program :Yikes:

/me waves goodbye to Agent :waving:

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

Well done. Now all you need to install is QUICKPAR to fix missing or broken files. http://www.quickpar.org.uk/

Message me if you need help finding links to Nzb sites as i'm not sure i'm allowed to post them?

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

oops! Maybe I should have said... NZB files were developed by the folks at NewzBin.com, a commercial newsgroup indexing site. :D

Re: Very slow usenet access (newshosting)
 

Lol found a nice looking free NZB writing website here ;) (free) http://binsearch.info/ (not fully looked so use at own risk)