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 Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:09 Post subject: Looking for new usenet provider |
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I'm unhappy with my current usenet provider (very slow at busy times) and I'm looking for a new one.
I currently have a 24MBit connection and want to max it out.
Here is an offer by usenetserver.com that looks nice: https://accounts.usenetserver.com/register/index.php?rate=50&a_aid=14524&a_bid=a04a6f58
Anyone have good or bad experience with them?
Astraweb also looks interesting.
Any better recommendation?
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:14 Post subject: |
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I use them since the price was right. Hits 10MB cap just fine and never any problem in the 6 months or so since i've switched to them
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:26 Post subject: |
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I had problems with Astraweb so I moved back to Giganews. Pricey, but the service is great, maxes my connection always with no stupid slowdowns and I get a US and EU VPN.
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Frant
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:26 Post subject: |
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Astraweb is #1 as far as I'm concerned. Pretty much gives me 100mbit all the time.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:35 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | I had problems with Astraweb so I moved back to Giganews. Pricey, but the service is great, maxes my connection always with no stupid slowdowns and I get a US and EU VPN. |
Giganews is too expensive for me. What problems did you have? Broken files, slow, unavailable?
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:42 Post subject: |
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The retention on Astra just hopped up I think. so sometimes you will run into missing files if it's too old until the retention actually catches up.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2011 21:46 Post subject: |
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| me7 wrote: | | iNatan wrote: | | I had problems with Astraweb so I moved back to Giganews. Pricey, but the service is great, maxes my connection always with no stupid slowdowns and I get a US and EU VPN. |
Giganews is too expensive for me. What problems did you have? Broken files, slow, unavailable? |
Slowdowns. During certain hours most of my connections would timeout and go crazy slow. No matter the port, ssl, etc. No such problem with Giganews. GN also give 50 connections. |
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2011 16:02 Post subject: |
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I was banned from giganews for posting releases and repacks 
they abide by the DMCA, astraweb doesn't.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2011 16:21 Post subject: |
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Usenetserver is my fav one. Been using it fore 10+ years or so.
Speaking of usenet - is the latest version of Newsrover cracked? Cos I'm bored of grabit atm.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2011 16:50 Post subject: |
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Astraweb here, always gets me my full 120 MBit (SSL-EU), not surprising since it's hosted in Amsterdam I think 
Retention is fine, up to 2 years now.
@ Leo: I blame the sand :>
@ Ankh: SabNZBD!
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2011 17:09 Post subject: |
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Astraweb.... for sure.... never an issue, if there has been one its been my isp not them.
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BonerUK
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garus
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Werelds
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 14:21 Post subject: |
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I did that and entered some voucher code and got it a bit under that even, I'll see if I can find the code again (but there's usually tons floating around on the web) :E
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garus
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 14:49 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: | | Astraweb is #1 as far as I'm concerned. Pretty much gives me 25mbit all the time. |
Fixed for my situation, but agreed =) 25Mbit line and Astra MAX it all the time, never a byte lower than my max. I don't recall ever having any issues with downloading via Astrweb, though sometimes posting through them can be a tad slow to propagate to NGs.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 14:51 Post subject: |
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I get full 100mbit speed at usenetserver
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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Werelds
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garus
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Werelds
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 15:20 Post subject: |
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120mbit and I max it 
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 16:22 Post subject: |
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Any way to use Astraweb without a credit card?
The PayPal option requires a credit card as well.
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Horrordee
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Lucky you didn't order yet, follow this link for discount:
http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html
And no, no way without cc I don't think - but it's worth it because they're the best there is.
Space for rent. Contact me for rates!
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 21:08 Post subject: |
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I'm downloading from Astraweb right now. 7MB/s which is maxing my connection out. Been using them for a year and I'm very happy with it.
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garus
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2011 21:24 Post subject: |
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OK, I ordered a prepaid credit card since since Astraweb AND Usenetserver.com (for the cheaper special deals) require it.
My current provider Eweka has a retention of ~400 days and sometimes fails to max out my 3 MByte/sec connection. I stuck with them until now because they accept bank transfer payment, but 800 days of retention are well worth the credit card fees IMO.
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