[merged] binary newsgroups on NTL

[bigcat]

The retention on astraweb is 15 days

I've been on the $15 month package for aroud a year now & cant fault it!
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The retention on astraweb is pretty good at 15 days


I've been using them for around a year now & cant complain

[PAZZA]

Ive joined the Exodus - i joined astraweb this am, it seems to have a 10 day retention, better completion than NTL, and more groups than NTL, and has no cap, just leech all month! It was US$10 (£5.50) which is great value, I get about 100k a second on the nonDSL option, im happy with that. Beware the NTL March cap tho, ill only be able to leech 30gig per month, so dont go for a very expensive alternative, its not worth it.

my friend has been telling me about the BT broadband hes on, it sounds good, cheaper then NTL (its unlimited downloads, but u only get 1meg download speed, faster then atm, but slower than march, BUT who cares if NTL give u 1gig a second if its capped!). Time to consider the golden handshake with NTL methinks.

Has anyone a suggestion for UK broadband, with unlimited downloads, about 750k is enough too, im not a massive leecher, just mp3s realy and i have over 27,000 albums so no need to get most that are there i have them lol

[astra_lestat]

Talktalk - 20 quid for 256/512 amd 25 for 256/1024 unlimited.
12 month conract.

[Keytops]

Seems as though things are getting sorted - newsfe2-gui.server.ntli.net (news.ntlworld.com) seems to be working again. Lets hope it lasts.

[astra_lestat]

Originally Posted by Keytops

Seems as though things are getting sorted - newsfe2-gui.server.ntli.net (news.ntlworld.com) seems to be working again. Lets hope it lasts.

Not for me.
The server doesn't update news groups.

[Keytops]

Hmm, looks like I spoke too soon, as its stopped again.

[Web-Junkie]

Still down, still no update and they can't even get their service status working!!

Server Error in '/ServiceStatus' Application.

Security Exception

Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file.

Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:

[SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed.] Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey(String name, Boolean writable) +473 System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(Stri ng source, String logName, String machineName, Boolean useMutex) +445 System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(Stri ng source, String logName, String machineName) +11 System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(Stri ng source, String logName) +11 Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.ExceptionManagement.De faultPublisher.VerifyValidSource() +50

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573

Brewery and p*ss up?

[PAZZA]

Im hoping I wont need the 2nd month on astraweb, NTL news "problems" have been going on for over 1 week now, their cap is only 2 weeks away, I suspect the newsgroups will be magically "fixed" just before the cap starts, the current problems are purely for bandwith saving, come the cap, they wont be needed.

I now believe the info told to me be the Welsh NTL tech guy was the truth as he believed it, BUT he was lied to.

[jtwn]

Question : Will ntl newsgroups ever have the majority of groups and have a higher retention? Smarmy answers need not reply.

[PAZZA]

I WAS happy with NTLs binaries, I leeched daily, I didnt need more then 24h retention, they did have about 5 days though I think, they had pretty reasonable completion too! I think JTWNs question can only be answered by some top guy at NTL, personally I cant see them upping groups much or retention though.

[astra_lestat]

I would be happy with what I used to have from ntl.
I am no dvd image downloader, if I like the movie and I want to have it, I prefer to buy an original DVDwith superior quality. So, I was sutisfied with ntl's service.

[PAZZA]

Originally Posted by astra_lestat

I would be happy with what I used to have from ntl.
I am no dvd image downloader, if I like the movie and I want to have it, I prefer to buy an original DVDwith superior quality. So, I was sutisfied with ntl's service.

Me too, its MP3s and RPG pdfs i look for and i could keep up easily.

Anyone any ideas when this problem will be fixed, status pages said last week it was sorted, but still dead here.

[Keytops]

Some of them are working for me - they only seem to update overnight though, but that's better than nothing.

[sherer]

well i signed up with astraweb in the end.. they quite good but alot slower than the NTL ones