I have tried
http://www.news-service.to and although they are good & fast they have a 9gb max daily limit which sounds great except this is over all 17 servers, so once you hit about 500mb you have to try another server. This is a real pain. Looks like another cancellation coming.
What I am after is a provider where I can get good speed connections >100k and also one that has no download limit.
Giganews looks goods but seems rather expensive compared to other providers.
Did look at Claranews before but they don't seem to have a good reputation, is this true? Can someone comment on there speed & retention.
Thanks for the comments so far, any other suggestions would be appreciated.