dropshadow
join:2000-12-17
Plano, TX
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 ·Verizon FIOS
|  [NEWSGROUPS] paid news service recommnedations? (usenet)
i am currently with easynews which is $9.99 for every 6 gigs, or month, whichever occurs first. i am looking for a good alternative because they seem to not be able to handle their incoming traffic. i constantly get timed outs, can't retrieve headers for more popular groups, etc. and i'm tired of it. i am looking for something pretty much in the same price range or cheaper, with *good* retention rates (easynews has at least 14 days which is why i went with them over 2 years ago), and fast and big pipes to handle all their traffic. any suggestions? |
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Harddrive
Premium
join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT
| I've had Giganews for sometime now. I've never had problems like you have with Easynews. When I retrieve headers or bodies, they max my connection of 1500/256. They just went to 30 days retention. You might want to give them a try.
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dumwaldo
Premium
join:2001-03-12
1 edit | reply to dropshadow
check out this site for some pretty good info on different news service providers...»www.newsgroupservers.net/
BTW
as far as i know easynews is the only service that has a usable web interface, global search feature to search all newsgroups at one time, and access to 30 days worth of postings.
best of luck,
dumwaldo |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T Yahoo
1 edit |  reply to dropshadow
The Giganews retention has improved considerably lately.
Before, when it was only 18 days max, the odds were that
if you tried downloading anything that was over 10-11 days
old, there was a good chance that those articles would
have been purged from their servers. Earlier today I tried
to download some stuff from a group I hadn't pulled headers
from in almost a month, and found that articles dating from
11/27 (24 days old as of today) were still on their
servers. This is for multipart binaries, BTW. If you're
using Giganews for text groups, the retention is probably
at least 90 days, if not more.
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jmorlan
Hmm... That's odd.
join:2001-02-05
Pacifica, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to dumwaldo
said by dumwaldo  :
check out this site for some pretty good info on different news service providers...»pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthre···id=14213
Hey, dumwaldo! What were you smoking? 
I think maybe the site you were thinking of was:
»www.newsgroupservers.net/#NNTP
...or maybe it's another one.
Here's a couple more:
»members.tripod.com/~newscompare/chart.html
»www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html
Personally I recommend OctaNews which is probably too new to make anybody else's list. EasyNews is definitely the service I would buy if I could afford it.
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dumwaldo
Premium
join:2001-03-12
| ROTFLOL...
the link i intended to post was »www.newsgroupservers.net/ 
and for the record it was some killer shit i was smoking 
man am i a retard or what?
peace,
d-waldo |
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linnie
@gulftelephone.ne | reply to dropshadow
Usenetserver.com has always worked well for me. |
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Xyrax
Premium
join:2000-06-23
Lincoln Park, NJ | I use EasyNews and SuperNews. So far I've has zero probs with SuperNews while I've had intermittent probs with EasyNews. May want to give SuperNews a shot. Its a few bucks cheaper too. |
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JasonSVA
Under Dark Skies
Premium
join:2003-07-29
Tempe, AZ | reply to dropshadow
I definitely recommend Easynews. Can't beat the global search and the speed, retention and completion is excellent. IMHO, it's well worth the cost.
--Jason |
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Tony
Premium
join:2002-01-12
Natrona Heights, PA
| reply to dropshadow
I recently purchased 25Gigs for someone as a christmas gift from Astraweb. What made my decision was the flexibility of the Pay-by-Download Plans especially the "No expiry date on your credits" As for the service I heard nothing but praise with ridiculous speeds of ~1500KB/second (thats bytes not bits).
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AR
Premium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
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As for the service I heard nothing but praise with ridiculous speeds of ~1500KB/second (thats bytes not bits).
That's not consistent. Their header downloads can be painfully slow and the speed is usually consistent around 600-700kbps. |
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jj nobody
join:2000-08-31
Lakeland, FL | »www.newscene.com |
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ukmitch
Travelman
Premium
join:2002-09-27
Redcar UK
| reply to JasonSVA
Can't believe Easynews' Global Search - great!
Its web interface makes it almost easier to use for, say, mp3's than some of the NG clients.  :)
"Web Server
The Easynews web site contains every file posted to every Usenet newsgroup in the last 25 days. That's over 8 million files with hundreds of thousands of new files every day.
Bulk downloads are made easy with our Zip Manager. Put all your files into one easy to download zip file.
The web site also listens on port 81 to bypass broken web cache/proxy servers at your work or ISP."
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EE2000
join:2003-12-29
Norristown, PA
| reply to dropshadow
I have the free 1Gig accounts for Giganews with comcast, but those go away fast. I've since switched to Newsguy, you get 15GB for $13/month. But the value is in the longer plans, I got the 6month for $50 plan, which is under $10/month for 15GB. They have a free trial, so don't take my word for it. *And they have a web interface*
The retention is pretty good, about 14+days in most MP3 groups, and at least 5 days in Movie groups (probably longer but I get stuff fast). When I first joined the completion wasn't as good as Giganews, but for the past two months it's been almost perfect. |
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Whereismykit
join:2002-05-15
Norcross, GA
| reply to dropshadow
I have found Agent to be the best. »www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php
Its cheap and good Retention. Its a lot cheapier than giganews. And I have found it to be just as good.
2 Gigabytes $2.95 4 ports
5 Gigabytes $5.95 4 ports
10 Gigabytes $9.95 4 ports
20 Gigabytes $19.75 4 ports
40 Gigabytes $38.95 4 ports
Unlimited Service Plans
Unlimited Dialup $5.75 2 ports
Unlimited Broadband $14.75 6 ports |
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Harddrive
Premium
join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT
| reply to dropshadow
wow, Agent does news service now!
Unlimited Broadband, $14.75, 6 ports, Unlimited speed, 10 days retention.
'When we decided to offer NNTP services, Forté did not want to reinvent the wheel. After considerable research, we chose to partner with SuperNews and UseNetServer.'
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Toguro
join:2003-10-23
Ottawa, IL | Agent has a pretty good news service so far 1 connection uses:) up my whole line 156KB per sec. highly recommend |
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Genius4052
join:2002-06-02
Hartsdale, NY
| reply to dropshadow
for the agent, does the unlimited broadband service mean that there download is unlimited meaning you can download as much as you can at their max speeds? cause im with newsfeeds atm and they are ok but i am not maxing my speeds with them and i can only have 3 connections max,can any1 who subscibes to the unlimited broadband option with agent plz post their mimi review of it. greatly appecated if any1 does. TIA |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to dropshadow
If agent is partnering with SuperNews and UseNetServer that just sounds like they're reselling the respective services. Agent is a well-known name in the usenet area (I was using that back in the windows 3.0 era)
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quicksliver
@cable.rogers | reply to dropshadow
Re: [NEWSGROUPS] paid news service recommnedations
Upon hearing all the good things, I decided to go Octanews speed capped account this month. So far, I am amazed. Definetely worth trading some speed for reliable retention and completion. |
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