Anyone recommend a decent news server?

[Sepen]

I know that this thread is a couple of months old but I wanted to share my experiences. I have had usenetserver for the last 6 months but the service has become unreliable, bad retention, poor completions, server problems and very inconsistent speeds. I just swicthed to newshosting and the retention is unbelievable. And I am finally getting steady 5Mbps download speeds. Go to the Mustiso link and read for yourself.

 

[spaceman]

Originally posted by: jfall
Easynews

 

[mrrman]

giganews...

 

[yhelothar]

I use verizon hosting that came with my DSL(unlimited/12.5day retention)
+ newzbin nzb
+ newsleecher

 

[BlueWeasel]

I've been using Astraweb for about a month, and it's OK. Once my bandlimit runs out, I'll probably give newshosting a try.

 

[her209]

Newshosting servers & Cox servers

 

[techfuzz]

NewsHosting + NewzBin + NewsLeecher

techfuzz

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Mr0nslaught
usenetserver
newsleecher

and newzbin. The ultimate trio.

 

[orion7144]

I have to agree with Giganews as they have ~50 day retention for binaries and are very fast. Sure it is $10 more for unlimited but for me they are worth it.

 

[SludgeFactory]

I'm on Astraweb with ~12 days retention in the heavy traffic groups, 2Mbs, for the same $15/month. Although completion has been fine, I think it's time to give Newshosting a try. I wonder how long they'll be able to keep that level of service up as everybody shifts over to them...