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Im sick of Astraweb. Any better usenet?

I'm just guessing but it might well be your provider. I've used Astraweb for years and while I've had problems with their completions mostly their speeds have been consistent. Have you tried running a line test here on the site?
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reply to cchheett
Lately AstraWeb is also giving me grief. I have a 50meg download pipe and many days now I can't get better than 2/3 meg down. I tried different ports thinking maybe TimeWarner is throttling my Usenet connection but the speeds are not improving.

I'm having issues with AW as well. I signed up with SuperNews using a discount I found and so far it has been better. Only time will tell if it lasts.

reply to cchheett
I have not had any issues with Astraweb except for their billing not accepting my card for strange reasons (yes I am in good standing with my CC company).

Selection and downloading have be great.

reply to cchheett
I think supernews/giganews uses better data centers.. so that's why I'd recommend them.. and their completion has always been top notch.. I recall astraweb not being so like that.. of course there is dmca.. but that's every provider these days.. it'd be great if we could say X provider never gets hit with dmca.. let me know when that happens

reply to cchheett
Astraweb is just all over the place with speeds. Today it's full speed, i am getting 52meg down with the NewsBin meter. Yesterday I could not get better than 18meg down.

reply to cchheett
I just switched to supernews after being with astraweb for a few years. Their bandwidth has been all over the place and the last few months have been quite bad. So far with supernews I've been maxing out my connection (60mbit).
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reply to cchheett
Right now im getting a lot a files not found on new files both on Astraweb and Easynews, anyone know a good EU provider?

reply to cchheett
Astraweb has both U.S. and European servers (see the Astraweb site for details--I think you may have to sign into your account). Did you try the other one that you are not using?

reply to cchheett
Astraweb's level of service has been steadily in decline in the last year: problems uploading files, speed issues, and articles missing from certain date ranges. They use to be rock-solid but I think there is something going on behind the scenes. I cancelled them not because of the issues mentioned though but because of their auto-DMCA stance. Sorry just can't deal with a company that doesn't bother giving its users the benefit of the doubt.

Supernews has been having issues for me the past few weeks where files older than 800 days have been failing, either incomplete or not available. Hopefully it's a brief issue that can be quickly resolved.

Outside of this issue I have to admit Supernews has been great.

reply to sandman_1
Sandman would you mind sharing who you went with?

I just tried supernews and they have the same articles missing issue.

I only use free servers now, 5 total. I am not going to say what they are but they are easy enough to discover if you have a desire to found out.

reply to mjhouser

Back door block rate increase

I say they need all the money they can get as I'm sure tons of users are dropping them. I'm telling you usenet for pirating is so easy to kill.

reply to SCADAGeo
I have read that the indexers, both personal and private are using block accounts for the Newznab to get the headers. This is sort of like "plugging" that hole I guess.