NewsgroupRev
Premium
join:2008-06-25
| Supernews offering $9.99/mo. Unlimited for Life
Supernews just launched a new site design and service stats. They are offering $9.99 unlimited Usenet access.
Here is a post with more details:
http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/blog/2009/09/24/supernews-unlimited-usenet/
- NGR
Newsgroup Reviews |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY | Still seems to be going to Giganews servers. |
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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA
| GN bought out SN many months back and fired Jeremy plus everyone else that was running that backend. I don't expect to ever see SN running as a separate service again, they will be just another GN reseller/relabel. Which for the price is not a bad thing in this case IMHO. |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY
2 edits | reply to NewsgroupRev
I used your link this morning to join, Supernews charges me $11.99. I sent them an email about 8 hours ago and I still have heard nothing. Not too Super! |
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NewsgroupRev
Premium
join:2008-06-25 | Kalone, did Supernews get it taken care of for you? I noticed someone else mention on Slickdeals that their confirmation email showed $11.99 but they logged into Supernews and the billing amount was correct at $9.99. |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY
 ·Insight Communicat..
| No would not answer my email, so I canceled the account. I will have to pay the $11.99, so I tried it out. Speed is very slow at night. Retention is right on and they have headers for the 350, no support. Astraweb has them beat speed and support wise. What a way to get customers! |
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NewsgroupRev
Premium
join:2008-06-25 | That's no good. I've not seen the speed issues at night but my connection caps around 10 Mbps. Glad Astraweb is working well for you. |
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Da Man
join:2008-05-08
Hanover, PA | reply to kalone
Try posting in giganews.general if its available. |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY
·Insight Communicat..
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said by kalone  :No would not answer my email, so I canceled the account. I will have to pay the $11.99, so I tried it out. Speed is very slow at night. Retention is right on and they have headers for the 350, no support. Astraweb has them beat speed and support wise. What a way to get customers! UPDATE, Supernews had a problem with a link on the Special web page, they now have that corrected and I feel very sure you will be charged the correct amount of $9.99 per month. If you need to contact support use the link on Supernews web page. On a general question I asked, Support responded to me in less than 30 minutes on a Saturday. Thanks NewsgroupRev for your assistance, and this is a great offer for a GN farm server. |
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crese24
join:2007-12-27 | reply to NewsgroupRev
Does anyone know if Supernews is planning to up/raise their retention in the near future? |
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zencyl
join:2009-07-24
Huntsville, TX | reply to NewsgroupRev
It looks like im getting charged the 9.99. This is my first time to mess with news groups. Lets see how it goes. |
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Visor
join:2009-05-11
Calgary, AB
1 edit | reply to unoriginal
said by unoriginal :GN bought out SN many months back... they will be just another GN reseller/relabel. So is there a reason why Supernews only claims 350 day retention, whereas Giganews has 440+ days? Is Giganews putting some sort of filter on its servers for SN subscribers? |
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
Premium
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
| said by Visor :said by unoriginal :GN bought out SN many months back... they will be just another GN reseller/relabel. So why does Supernews only claim 350 day retention, whereas Giganews has 440+ days? Is Giganews putting some sort of filter on its servers for SN subscribers? Yes sorta. |
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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA | reply to Visor
Its not just Supernews that has less than GN retention. Look at usenet.net and powerusenet.com both of which are also GN resellers. |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY
·Insight Communicat..
1 edit | reply to NewsgroupRev
Not sure they are resellers, since GN owns and operates them, there is no 3rd party. I find that these other services work very well, but I only get about half my 20 mbps d/l speed in prime time with any of them. So their "cheap news" servers are not for me. Anyone else notice this or does my ISP just not like GN?
With Astraweb or UNS I max out my connection during prime time. |
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metalhawk
join:2007-02-06
Nepean, ON
| said by kalone :Not sure they are resellers, since GN owns and operates them, there is no 3rd party. I find that these other services work very well, but I only get about half my 20 mbps d/l speed in prime time with any of them. So their "cheap news" servers are not for me. Anyone else notice this or does my ISP just not GN? With Astraweb or UNS I max out my connection during prime time. Simple question, but did you try using more connections? |
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kalone
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Lexington, KY | Yes, used all 30, no improvement. Astraweb and UNS 10-14 connections. |
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NewsgroupRev
Premium
join:2008-06-25 | My connection caps around 10 mbps so all the services mentioned max out but it takes more connections for Supernews than Giganews, Astraweb or UNS.
- NGR
Usenet Reviews |
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crese24
join:2007-12-27
| reply to unoriginal
said by unoriginal :Its not just Supernews that has less than GN retention. Look at usenet.net and powerusenet.com both of which are also GN resellers. Why is that? |
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crese24
join:2007-12-27
| reply to imtim83
said by imtim83 :said by Visor :said by unoriginal :GN bought out SN many months back... they will be just another GN reseller/relabel. So why does Supernews only claim 350 day retention, whereas Giganews has 440+ days? Is Giganews putting some sort of filter on its servers for SN subscribers? Yes sorta. What do you mean? |
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