27-08-2010, 13:08
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Usenet provider question
As my usage changes so does the need for a pay monthly account.
At the moment I DL in the region of 20gb'ish per month & I have cancelled my $11pm Astraweb plan.
I am looking for a pay-per-download package something similar to Astrawebs 180gb for $25.
Anyone know of any similar\cheaper products from other providers.
Cheers
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27-08-2010, 13:48
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Re: Usenet provider question
I use this: https://www.panic.com/unison/access.html
Quite good. Cheap. You don't need to use the application to access the service.
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27-08-2010, 15:15
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Re: Usenet provider question
Not quite what I'm looking for although the price is competative 
I'm trying to get away from the pay monthly scenario due to not actually downloading that much. Rather than pay $xx per month I would rather pay £xx per set GB amount then top up as required, The Astraweb $25 for 180gb would last me about 6 months which would work out @ $4pm saving me $5-7 per month.
Trying to economise 
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27-08-2010, 15:20
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Re: Usenet provider question
I use this one.
http://www.usenet-news.net/
What attracted me was being able to buy blocks that don't expire as I don't download regularly.
Never had any issues and they also do SSL access...
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27-08-2010, 15:29
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Re: Usenet provider question
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Originally Posted by alferret
Not quite what I'm looking for although the price is competative
I'm trying to get away from the pay monthly scenario due to not actually downloading that much. Rather than pay $xx per month I would rather pay £xx per set GB amount then top up as required, The Astraweb $25 for 180gb would last me about 6 months which would work out @ $4pm saving me $5-7 per month.
Trying to economise |
Oh, I apologise. I didn't read your question fully. 
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27-08-2010, 17:59
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Re: Usenet provider question
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Originally Posted by berkut
I use this one.
http://www.usenet-news.net/
What attracted me was being able to buy blocks that don't expire as I don't download regularly.
Never had any issues and they also do SSL access...
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Looks good, prices are nice
---------- Post added at 18:59 ---------- Previous post was at 18:56 ----------
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
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Thanks for the links Kymmy, as with berkut's post usenet-news looks good. 200gb for $22 i'll look a little more into that one.
---------- Post added at 18:59 ---------- Previous post was at 18:59 ----------
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Originally Posted by Damien
Oh, I apologise. I didn't read your question fully. |
NP
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27-08-2010, 19:45
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Re: Usenet provider question
avoid newsdemon full stop. i used them a few years ago when i first got into usenet. had nothing but aggro with them. retention on their servers was iffy and server access was a pain in butt. and worst of all their c/s & t/s is worse than vm's bangalore bob.
i suppose there was a reason that they were....cheap, they weren't wrong.
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