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Long Island
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1 edit | Third Party Newsproviders to continue... thankfully. And more often than not, third-party news providers are much, much better than what is provided by your ISP.
Take your pick:
Usenetserver
Giganews
Newshosting
...and more
»Usenet FAQ
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| I get a 5GB GigaNews account bundled with my dialup ISP. The dialup ISP charges $5 per month for the tier I'm on (ten hours, e-mail via GApps, Usenet).
Giganews seems to be taking over the market at the moment, though they get spendy on the high end. |
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 kapilThe Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | What ISP, may I ask? |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| TOAST.net
I have had no problems at all with their dialup service. Tech support is nice too; they do logical things like look at your caller ID to assist in confirming your account info when you've forgotten your password (though that's not all they do).
Hey, I forget the password of the thing because I have to loan the account out to other people so it can't be one of my "important" passwords... |
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 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3
 ·RapidVPS
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said by iansltx:Giganews seems to be taking over the market at the moment, though they get spendy on the high end. They are? While we don't have access to the actual numbers, one can see exactly the opposite if you spend anytime in forums related to usenet.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Nevermind then. I don't go to Usenet forums, though GN is now retaining everything since around July of last year, and not throwing stuff out. Wonder why people aren't flocking to them as such...pricing? |
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swintecPremium,VIP
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| said by iansltx:Nevermind then. I don't go to Usenet forums, though GN is now retaining everything since around July of last year, and not throwing stuff out. Wonder why people aren't flocking to them as such...pricing? Most of there competitors are now growing and are very close to Giganews retention numbers. Most people are realizing that they can get the same service now for more than 50% less than they were paying. Giganews is expected to make an announcement soon about some new ground breaking feature, for there own sake, they better hope it is good.
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and Toast.net is one of the few last remaining ISPs still based in the USA. Toast.net is fully based and ran out of Toledo, Ohio. They were actually one of the smallest resellers of ATT that offered dry-line until ATT pulled it from them. |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | Highwinds bought out a lot of the competition over the last ten years. I have not checked lately but it may be down to mostly GigaNews and Highwinds (or Highwinds owned). Highwinds made a ton by handling a lot (most) of the ISPs News servers. |
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| The major tier 1 Usenet providers include Giganews, Highwinds and Astraweb. Astraweb has grown quite a bit in the last year since offering $11 unlimited access. So much so that the industry appears to be very focused on value now.
- NGR
Newsgroup Reviews |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | I found this pretty interesting:
»www.top1000.org/#stats
It lists Usenet load by %. Looks like news-service.com is king (surprised me). |
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 IgnitePremium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
UK | said by Lazlow:I found this pretty interesting: » www.top1000.org/#statsIt lists Usenet load by %. Looks like news-service.com is king (surprised me). 4 of the top 10 Netherlands based, Giga, Astraweb and Highwinds that I know of all have mirrors in the Netherlands also.
Not surprising given AmsIX is such a large peering centre  |
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