Best cheapest newsgroup to purchase

[Tezcatlipoca]

Cheers


I think I'm gonna give Zing's suggestion of Astra a try

Have just downloaded Grabit, & will have a look at Merlin's Portal.

Any recommendations on other clients or search sites?

[Kymmy]

For a client I use NEWSBIN, used it now for 5+ years

binsearch for raw serches ill also send you an invite to another that indexs and has raw but it costs 12p per week. Little tip if you do go with them top up to cover just till xmas as they do it half price then I top up a full year every xmas

[Dai]

Originally Posted by Matt D

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?

I use a news client called xnews. It's old now and no longer in development but we're old friends and it does all that I need.

Also, the filtering and killfile features are first-class, which you really do need with usenet. It's still the wild west out there.

http://abmefaq.net/XNews_Primer.html

I use Newzbin for the search, News Rover to download and extract, (+search) and NewsDemon for newsgroup access. (News Rover is free with NewsDemon).

[DocDutch]

yeah am with newsdemon myself as well... and using Newzbin and grabit to download works a treat...double bonus 1 month I didnt have enough dosh in my bank account for the paypal transfer and since then I've been using newsdemon for free (6 months now) and its the all unlimited version for which I was paying £12 p/m (didnt have ssl)

[Acathla]

Thank's to Zing, I have just switched from Giganews (user since 2004) to Astraweb (I used use Pay per download before) to save quite a bit of cash really.

I use SABnzbd+ (Python Service) as my download manager in association with Newzbin and the nzbd Firefox addon.

One click download heaven

[tbone21]

Hi everyone, i am a new user to this forum, and I am looking for someone that uses newzbin to send me an invite. The account i was using was a friends account and he changed the password leaving me stranded!!! Please help me, if you have an extra invite please send it to [Mod Edit] Thanks!!!!







[Mod Edit (Rob M): Email address removed so you don't get bombarded with spam. The forum has a good Personal Messaging system that people can use to contact you ]

google merlinsportal

[Kymmy]

Another thanks to David for the Astranews link which I subbed to the $11 special last night. After the us exchange rate has gone south I'm now saving a couple of quid a month, and even better my header downloads are now compressed so saving me a lot of time in the mornings...

[Xan]

Have they dropped there price to $10 unlimited

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by Xan

Have they dropped there price to $10 unlimited

The $10 unlimited is restricted to 1Mb speed, the Unlimited DSL $15 a month (no speed limits) is the one on the $11 special

[harrypalmer]

hi,newbie tothe newsgroup thing think i will subscribe to the astraweb was looking for an invite to newsbin anyone please

members are responsable for the actions of those they invite

May I point you in the direction of Merlins portal they are free and you do not need an invite

[ginge51]

My god this is an old thread of mine....