Topic 'Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet' in forum 'TekSavvy'

Topic 'Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet' in forum 'TekSavvy' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22353464 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:27 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:27 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23216049 said by cognizantt:

...I just setup this free binaries server:

public.teranews.com...
Noticed tonight that I started receiving bad data from that server; every file was corrupt/incomplete.

Anyone else have this problem? It was working fine before.
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hey guys i formated my comp today. can someone post the ipv6 usenet provider settings again.

i dont need the info on the tunneling part. just the server addresses and username and passes and ports.

thanks.
»filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-newsgr···s-332959

Should find everything you need there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23209062 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:55:23 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23208781
i dont need the info on the tunneling part. just the server addresses and username and passes and ports.

thanks.
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el quintron

it's not an ipv6 newsgroup.

it offers binaries along with text.

cog.
is there a download limit for binaries on that site^?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23189710 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:52:23 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23181116 said by El Quintron:

That's awsome, quick question though, is it an ipv6 newsgroup?

This thread has mostly morphed into free binairies via ipv6...
Teranews is a no brainer setup - add server, no username or password needed. Done, Connect. :)

Was getting 150 KB/s from it on a test last night, not bad for the easy of trying it out.

Recommended for anyone new and curious about usenet. Serious enough, want more speeds? The IPv6 free test servers are still rocking. A bit more time setting it up, but more speed and server choices. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23181116 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:11:16 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23180510
it's not an ipv6 newsgroup.

it offers binaries along with text.

cog.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23180510 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:22:33 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23180028 said by El Quintron:

You may want to send an IM to l0thar and see if its up. They may have gone "pay" as it was quite reliable, and they could charge something for it.
Eweka has been up, a bit slow sometimes but has great retention. Completed a series posted 385 days ago from them.

XSnews had been stable and fast, consistent for months on end for me. Lately, they have been on/off, off for some days, back again.

Newszilla is an ISP internal newserver, so it has smaller storage and only holds files for a short time. Their speeed has gone up from the old 3x50KB/s, but a lot of things are not there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23180028 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:29:32 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23175714
This thread has mostly morphed into free binairies via ipv6...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23175714 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:28:19 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174781
I just setup this free binaries server:

public.teranews.com

and I have TSI's free news. between the 2 there are ~107,000 groups. other ppl have mentioned 2mb max off TSI, and I can get at least the same off teranews.

teranews allows 3 connections, no username/password.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174781 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:21:30 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174723 said by gamer515:

i see there are sites like astraweb offering newsgroup service for say $10/month, and i think TSI also offers usenet for $4/month along with mlppp. so why do people subscribe to other usenet/newsgroup services? are they faster or carry more content? what client/program do i use to download?
Same content, but faster, more concurrent connections, often with encrypted connections. Also paid providers have much longer retention, so content are available much longer on many paid providers than on Teksavvy's service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174723 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:29:27 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174613
i see there are sites like astraweb offering newsgroup service for say $10/month, and i think TSI also offers usenet for $4/month along with mlppp. so why do people subscribe to other usenet/newsgroup services? are they faster or carry more content? what client/program do i use to download?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23174613 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:23:30 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23143728 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23143728 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:59:35 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23143353 eweka works very well
newszilla6 works but only on recent file, i think their server has low retention, maybe 20/30 days i don't know]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23143353 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:08:26 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23142772 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23142772 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:14:33 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23134574
I never got xnews working but I did have intermittent success with Eweka...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23134574 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:06:39 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23134488
newzilla seems to be the most reliable...xnews used to be but now is down a lot]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23134488 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:53:51 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23130795 said by El Quintron:

I really like the idea of free binairies to leech off of, but there's a reason why in the end I chose a pay usenet server.

Cause there's someone I can yell at if something goes wrong.

:)
You and I both feel pretty much the same about it. I have astraweb at 11.00 per month. Great service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23130795 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:05:34 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23130560
Sorry to hear it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23130560 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:02:53 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23126830 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23126830 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:03:17 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23119644
Cause there's someone I can yell at if something goes wrong.

:)
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FYI, reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl is down
It was down for a couple of days, I switched to Eweka instead.

Easy way to see if the server is down is the IPv6 traffic graph at their site : »www.xsnews.com/ipv6/traffic.php

It's been back online since last night. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23086837 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:17:33 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23084754 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-23084754 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:43:33 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22991799
Besides he traffic being encrypted, you are not out in the open, like when running a torrent, where anyone can see your IP.

SSL - just tried and I don't think I can get an SSL connection to XSnews.nl, bummer. :(

Got to love those linux distros, eh, I am a huge fan of British linux distros - most ~~programs~~ packages put out by the British Linux Corporation are excellent. :o ;)

BLC channel 4 is my fave.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22991799 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:18:20 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22990185
Also Usenet providers, paid or otherwise, often provide SSL which means nobody has to know which linux distros you're downloading from Usenet :p
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One thing we should point out to other dsl users is how Usenet can be helpful in the event that UBB is indeed imposed on us all.

Compared to torrents, Usenet downloads can save you a lot of bandwidth. With UBB restricting people to 2 GB a day total (or 60 GB a month for everyone in the house), every Byte is going to count, so to speak. ;)

Torrents - you download a Linux distro. If the file size is 700 MB, you need at least : 700 MB for downloading it, plus 700 MB seeding back as a decent human being and to keep it alive for others. (1:1 seeding ratio is the minimum decent option)

So, the total comes to 2x file size, or 1.4 GB via torrent.

Via Usenet post, you get the file encoded, a bit larger than 700 MB; there are ACK packets to let the server know you got each piece ok. Sometimes you might need a few par blocks to fix errors or missing pieces.

Assuming about 10% for acks and error correction, your total would be about 770 MB.

No seeding is needed for Usenet users, which is the real Byte saver in this case!

Add these saved Bytes over a month and it can be a major difference. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22985962 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:13:50 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22886462 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22886462 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:18:23 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22882873 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22882873 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:48:59 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22882819 said by El Quintron:

If you're on windows you may want to reboot your gateway6.
In a windows machine, that can be easily done via the Services control panel applet.

Shortcut to it - Start -- Run -- 'services.msc', then look for Hexago Gateway6 client, click on it and select 'restart' from the menu at the left side.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22882819 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:27:14 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22882770
if you're on ubuntu open up a terminal and do:

sudo /etc/init.d/tspc restart

I only download on Ubuntu or OS X, but if everyone else is up then you need to reboot the tunneling app/tunnel.
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Is anyone having luck this weekend with gateway6 and sabnzbd+? I seem to be logging in okay to gateway6 but I can't connect to any of xsnews, eweka or newszilla. I was able to connect and download okay Thursday night but I haven't been able to connect Friday, Saturday or today. I am wondering if it is just me because I see noone else complaining. Thanks.
I cannot comment about Gateway6 or your setup but all of the news servers are up, functioning and reachable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22877898 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:42:25 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22877871 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22877871 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:36:20 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22858516
The TSI newsserver (actual Usenetserver.com, them being the real providers) sometimes get confused and gives you more than you are supposed to get. Had this experience myself way back when I started with TSI usenet.

If you keep the session going (no disconnection, no modem hiccups), you might enjoy that double speed thrill for a bit. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22858516 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:45:22 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22858002
I'm downloading at 250 kb/sec right now which is around 2 Mbit. I'm connected via 5 threads.
Is there a thread limit? Am I doing something wrong? lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22858002 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:20:21 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22853681 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22853681 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:24:21 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22853684 said by Triups2:

I am having problems with eweka tonight... anyone else?
Same here, was out yesterday, still out today. :(

GOOD NEWS though -- XSnews server is currently up and running, they are the best of the group imo.

infamouskid, I can see your point. This week has been really bad for the ipv6 services. Had been running it for a couple months, mostly without any hiccups. These last few days were bad.

Cheers for XSnews though. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22853684 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:41:28 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22852503 i have already switched back to my giganews sub.
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I am having problems with eweka tonight... anyone else?
yes me too...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22852298 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:46:05 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22852159 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22852159 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:17:12 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22848276 for those using he tunnel, no need to delete your tunnel each time your ip change,
what you do, you log in he website, select your tunnel, then select your ip
enter your new ip then submit that's it]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22848276 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:04:55 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22847279 --
"carpe diem"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22847279 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:45:52 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846634 said by diskdocx:

I was never able to get connectivity with the HE either on my Cogeco or TekSavvy connections.
Definitely an issue with your configuration. I bet you were trying to setup the tunnel to a PC behind some cheap router.

said by diskdocx:

As for speed, none of them max my TS connection, but on Cogeco I was pulling 1.8 from XSNews before it went down.

I don't know what the setup is like for Go6 but HE's tunnelbroker POPs are connected via GigE links to the tunnelbroker POP servers and some are being upgraded to 10GigE. There are no limitations on throughput.

I have no problem pushing/pulling 20Mbps+ through a tunnel to other well connected systems.

Were you running with multiple connections to the news server? To max out any relatively high speed connection you'll need multiple connections to the server.

said by diskdocx:

Right now I can't get Eweka or XSNews (as of 8PM EST 10/08/09).

Eweka is up and working now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846634 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:48:50 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846667 www.xsnews.com/ipv6/ look at the graph...

For eweka it work perfectly with a HE tunnel, I'm running eweka with TSI 1mbps right now and my line is fully saturated ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846667 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:36:37 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846466
The Go6 tunnel worked right away.

Now, I'll fully admit that I probably messed something up trying to get the HE configured - Go6 is easier as it does all the work :)

As for speed, none of them max my TS connection, but on Cogeco I was pulling 1.8 from XSNews before it went down.

Right now I can't get Eweka or XSNews (as of 8PM EST 10/08/09).

Not sure why, but I do occasionally have to re-run the bat files for the netsh.

Anyone know why exactly?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22846466 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:02:21 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22845326 said by infamouskid:

after playing around with newsgroups and ipv6...
is it just me or is this service very slow?
i found the HE service to be a bit faster than gateway6 but for me it is better to use gateway6 because i have a dynamic ip....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22845326 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:47:32 EDT Re: TSI Usenet vs. Paid Usenet http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22845302 said by infamouskid:

is it just me or is this service very slow?
Today I am also seeing slower speeds than usual, with Gateway6 client, server being Eweka.nl. :(

Speeds do float a bit, on good days it maxes my connection easily. Not sure if people using HE server would see the same or not.

I like the simplicity of the Tunnelbroker service (HE tunnels) but not the complications with firewall and dynamic ip that require updating their tunnel config, etc.

For someone with a fixed IP, HE would be easier. For dynamic ip folks, I find Gateway6 works easier and well, most of the time.

Regarding the HE tunnels being 'trasparent' as infamouskid mentioned, they require a clean link, pingable from the server end directly to your machine.

If you can achieve that (firewal, router configuration need fixing), you can also run similar connection modes on both Gateway6 client ("IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnel, Native mode") and in SixXs's aiccu clients.

SixX has no gateways in Canada, closest one I used was in Texas. HE has a server in Toronto, really close to Teksavvy's point of presence, indeed an advantage.

Gateway6 client traffic goes to Montreal, and from there into IPv6 space.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-TSI-Usenet-vs-Paid-Usenet-22845302 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:42:10 EDT