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Old 19-05-2008, 22:27   #10
Horace
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Re: VM stop alt.binaries newsgroups?

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Originally Posted by DGN View Post
I went through Grabit because it's free, Giganews isn't, also won't my ISP see what's being downloaded through my IP, the high bandwidth will be a give away even if with Giganews?? I downloaded through news.ntlworld.com for 5 years with no problems, until now.

So the answer is to pay for a proper newsgroup then?

How much per month, and what's the best out there?

Thanks to all so far, much appreciated.
Grabit is a usenet application, Giganews is a usenet server. One connects to the other but both are completely different.
You can use Grabit with any news server, including as you have been, Virgin's.
On the server name in Grabit above your groups list, right click, select server properties and change the server name under Hostname to news.virginmedia.com . Then right click again and refresh grouplist. All the binary groups are there with much better retention and completeness.
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