Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
03-12-2007, 19:17
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
Why not just use the free newsgroup servers from your ISP?
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It depends what you want to download as most ISP newsgroup servers don't have the groups people tend to want.
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03-12-2007, 20:03
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
It depends what you want to download as most ISP newsgroup servers don't have the groups people tend to want.
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Read: Porn 
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03-12-2007, 22:46
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Read: Porn |
 not me mate, honest......
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05-12-2007, 01:34
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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not me mate, honest...... |
All porn these days is boring and the same old same old anyway, real thing is much better  
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05-12-2007, 01:42
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
what do the different connections mean? I don't get that part....whats the max download speed people are getting 2.3mb's???
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05-12-2007, 02:29
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Originally Posted by Help!!!
what do the different connections mean? I don't get that part....whats the max download speed people are getting 2.3mb's???
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the 'connections' are the number of simultaneous downloads you are are allowed to queue on the server - as most usenet downloads are multipart, the usual higher number the better applies - I find 4 connections enough for a 4Mb connection at 480MB/s, personally
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05-12-2007, 12:18
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
Why not just use the free newsgroup servers from your ISP?
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crap completion
crap retention
not a very good range of groups
those are the 3 main reasons
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07-12-2007, 19:40
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
Astraweb
$39.99 for 3 months
20 connections
unlimited
excellent 
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14-10-2008, 21:45
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
[Raises thread from the dead]
I'm thinking of moving from using torrents for my..."Linux distros"...to using newsgroups instead.
A friend has recommended EasyNews, which going by their site looks pretty good - & cheap (10 dollars for 20GB, with SSL, IIRC).
I've also seen people here at CF recommend GigaNews, although they seem to cost a bit more plus you have to pay extra for SSL.
Any particular pros/cons about either?
Anyone got any reasons to use one & avoid the other?
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14-10-2008, 22:29
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
Been with Giganews since 2005 and a very satisfied customer. Their retention is first-class and server downtime is virtually nil.
With 9 threads open I can max out my 20Mb cable.
I use GrabIt with the shemes.com paid search facility, which works rather well.
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14-10-2008, 22:44
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
astraweb has an 11 dollars a month unlimited ssl with 20 connections. I just left giganews for them. 160 day retention and ive had no problems
http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html
easynews is very easy as its web based http search list and downloads. Create a zip and download using reget or similar only problem is $10 for 20 gig compared to $11 nntp unlimited there is not much competition
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14-10-2008, 23:00
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
Cheers guys
So, if I went with one that used nntp, instead of an easy web interface, I'd need a news client (obviously), & some sort of thing to search?
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14-10-2008, 23:07
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
merlins portal and I can invite you to another one
I use newbin myself might be worth just starting with grabit or altbinz though
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14-10-2008, 23:13
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
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Originally Posted by Taf
I've just started with http://www.powerusenet.com/... free trial and then a couple of months cheaper... no problems to report at all... except the VM cap of course... |
I use them as well, $14.99 for 6 streams unlimited but they do have a 12 stream/ssl package at $19.99
Unlike TAF though I don;t seem to suffer from the VM cap
As for searches just use www.binsearch.info or other similar sites
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14-10-2008, 23:15
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Re: Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase
i am with hitnews.eu, 100 days retention, free ssl, 1st 3 days free, €18.50 for 3 months unlimited. They also have a nighttime price of €4.75 a month but you can only download between 00.01 and 11.59.
altbinz is a free and simple reader that also auto repairs.
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