easy or giganews?
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morphmanaf




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 13:09    Post subject: easy or giganews?
Well, I am thinkin about buyin a news server access since me internet provider have blocked all p2p traffic. using somethin called a packet shaper by a damn company know as Packeteer...well, here's the link if ye want more information on this God forsaken product.

URL: http://www.packeteer.com/prod-sol/products/packetshaper.cfm

I've tried every way that I could think of bypassin(sockx, httptunnel) it but with no luck, however if ye can help me crackin this bastard (excuse me language) open please do so.

Ohh..well, if not ye may at least tell me which news server to pick.
I've two which clams to be pretty good ones. I've also gotten some information from 'easynews.com' from their helpdesk(chat).
However, if there is another good one do share.

Well, I guess that's about it...ohh..yeah by the way I am from Denmark(Europe) and got a 10Mbit soon(in about a year or so) to be a 100Mbit internet connection. So, I do want the best, the fastest and so on... Wink

thank ye for listening or rather reading either way....thanx Smile
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dryan
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 14:58    Post subject:
Giganews all the way.

They have almost 100% completion, 50 day retention and they've recently started offering an unlimited package for $20 a month. They also provide excellent customer support and whenever I've had a problem it's been fixed within a few hours.

They also provide a european server. You can test the speed from the servers on their website with their speed test thing.

The only down side is the limit the amount of connections you can have with an unlimited account. This isn't a problem for me but since you have a fast connection it might be a problem.

Easynews is far too expensive at $10 for 10 gigs.


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morphmanaf




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 15:58    Post subject:
kay mate....I do have one more question....guess me english isn't that good. But what is this retention thing...please explain. ohh...one more thing what can I get from giganews.com?
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madthumbs




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 16:04    Post subject:
Retention is how long files lasts on the server before they're purged.
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dryan
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 16:06    Post subject:
Retention is the time that the server keeps articles so, for example, something posted 45 days ago will still be available from giganews but something posted 55 days ago won't be available.

You can get anything from giganews that is on usenet Confused

For usenet related info try http://docs.newzbin.com


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heiter




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:03    Post subject:
forget easynews and giganews .. newshosting.com is teh real one!!!!111


@100/10mbit flat
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morphmanaf




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:46    Post subject:
heiter wrote:
forget easynews and giganews .. newshosting.com is teh real one!!!!111


Okaaay.....well, why?
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dryan
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:51    Post subject:
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morphmanaf




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:54    Post subject:
dryan wrote:
http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:Premium_Providers


Guess...Giganews.com doesn't have a webinterface. Does that make it harder for the first time newsgroup user?
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dryan
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:56    Post subject:
No a web interface is pretty useless.


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crob




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 18:34    Post subject:
Web interfaces make life so much easier... Easynews all the way Smile
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AnimalMother




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 18:37    Post subject:
Yeah, you'll probably never use a web interface anyway. But it's nice to have the option, for various reasons.
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Zizi




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PostPosted: Thu, 23rd Dec 2004 12:14    Post subject:
do giganews have a zipmanager like easynews does?
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