Now this really is taking the P....
 

Downloading headers from VM's newsgroup servers.

I've never seen it this low, and it's been like it all day so far..

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Re: Now this really is taking the P....
 

Thats why i use giganews

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yeah, I never get more than 70k during weekends

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The trouble is, I can't tell if it's Highwind's servers or VM putting the brakes on.

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You can usually get free trials with the big new group providers, so that might help you find out if its VM braking your speed or if its the VM newsgroup. I usually get pretty good speed from the VM news group altho not used it for a few days now.

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Good idea! I shall google some trials to get my answer.... but aren't most resellers using Highwind's servers?

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Supernews uses giganews servers

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it is VM dude. I have done many a test before and as soon as you hit the time periods for peak time traffic shaping the speed dies down to literally nothing which is completely unneccessary. The fact that I can easily 4mb/sec off torrents which is also supposed to be low priority means that the bandwidth is there to be used.

Re: Now this really is taking the P....
 

What news readers do you guys use (Mac users)?

I used to use ForteAgent on PC but I'm now a Mac user and cannot find anything anywhere near as good!!

Thanks

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A mate dropped in earlier, and using my PC and connection, tried to DL headers from the same groups as me but from his Giganews account. Same ultra slow result. Ditto with his laptop on our connection. He then called from home to say that he has full speed on his BT connection to Giganews.

So it is VM strangling the bandwidth. :mad:

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Unison by Panic software.

It's not free, but it's well worth the $29 it costs, IMO.

As well as the normal downloading/browsing options, it also integrates Par checking (if the file has Pars), unarchiving, as well as offering the ability to search any newsgroup index site that can send NZBs.

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Did he select SSL on port 443 for the giganews test on your connection, the reason i ask is because if i use that port i get full speed at any time of the day.

This is Giganews at 18.40 via SSL on port 443 = 11.8 MB/s

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I don't think either of us us savvy enough to do something like that. We both just go with "standard settings".

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Should just be a tick box to tick under server settings for your news program.

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These are the instructions for giganews

http://www.giganews.com/usenet-ssl/setup.html

NOTE you cannot use port 443 on VM's server, however should you use a paid for service then this should help.

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Tried sabnzbd? I use it on windows and can't fault it, there is a MAC version too.

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Ta, I'll let him know.

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Just for fun I tried a native android newsgroups app on my phone and a free newsgroup provider that gives 1mbit speeds (free account limitation). Max'ed out the full 1mbit on Three 3G. At the same time I tried my VM connection through news.virginmedia.com and got 4kb/s.

Kinda sad really :P

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I bet that free account did not provide what most want and that's the interesting binaries :LOL:

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For the past few week now i've been seeing really low speeds well into the wee hours of the morning when using virgins news server. At first i thought it was my area simply being over used but normal http speeds are spot on during these times. So now i'm wondering if it's virgin themselves slowing down nttp traffic outside of their quoted restriction times or highwinds just being the usual pile of poop.

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Actually it seems as if it has the full choice as the full service, just lower speed and access to retention. Surpised me too, grabbed an nzb file and it just started working, instally :D

Having unlimited mobile data use, can now grab thinks while im out and stream to my pc once home. Gotta love technology :D