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Best Usenet News Reader Program?

Originally posted by: jfall
Do you pay for usenet, or is there some way to access it for free. I have never seen it before
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I pay. Many ISP's give out access with accounts. However, with Comcast, you only get to download 1gig a month.
 
if you want to download files, newsbin pro is the best.....for reading newsgroup posts - I have no idea -


Your ISP may offer newsgroup access, check with them...if not, something like Usenet is good, but you have to pay for it
 
So how does usenet different from a regular news server that comes with most ISP, or is there any difference
 
Originally posted by: jfall
So how does usenet different from a regular news server that comes with most ISP, or is there any difference
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most ISP don't hold the binaries very long
some ISP limit your mileage (bandwith)
some ISP don't have all the groups
...
 
Originally posted by: royaldank
Originally posted by: jfall
Do you pay for usenet, or is there some way to access it for free. I have never seen it before
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I pay. Many ISP's give out access with accounts. However, with Comcast, you only get to download 1gig a month.
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Are you sure that Comcast does this with everybody?

I am positive that I've downloaded over a gig in a week before.
 
Comcast gives 1GB per month and they count the headers IIRC.

I think Giganews Binary Newsreader is great. Not very well known but so easy to use.
 
For anyone considering service, DO NOT go with 100proofnews.com.

They have a good deal and their service is kind of alright, but they will sell your e-mail address without hesitation.
 
I got terrible speeds from 100proof. Now I use Giganews (the service and the app). They're fast, great retention and decent prices.
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
What is available besides Outlook Express and Forte Agent?
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The Best by far is newsreactor. I pay for my usnet and with this program I can set my D/load cap @ 200 Kb/sec so I also D/load from Mirc and other programs 😉

Ausm
 
Originally posted by: MustISO
I got terrible speeds from 100proof. Now I use Giganews (the service and the app). They're fast, great retention and decent prices.
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I switched to Astraweb. Great price, awesome service.
 
Originally posted by: jfall
So how does usenet different from a regular news server that comes with most ISP, or is there any difference
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I subscribe to a nonfiltered News server. News servers from ISP's suck ars


Ausm
 
i use easynews....10/month for 6GB.....really fast....maxes my 1.5mbps connection when d/l'ing. They also have a great search feature on their site that allows you to d/l directly from them.
 
Originally posted by: pulse8
Originally posted by: MustISO
I got terrible speeds from 100proof. Now I use Giganews (the service and the app). They're fast, great retention and decent prices.
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I switched to Astraweb. Great price, awesome service.
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Nice price...I use usenetserver.com . This place rocks I d/load 24/7 200 kb/sec


Ausm
 
Usenetserver CAN be great but they have a lot of downtime and I started having speed issues with them. Finally cancelled.
 
Newspro is a really good program to use. Too bad finding files on newsgroups suck or either that it's the same files over and over again.
 
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