whats a good cheap usenet server?

[xospec1alk]

im tired of getting only partial files all the time from free newsgroups...can anyone recommend a good one? i've only heard of giganews and easy news, any others?

 

[amnesiac]

I use easynews and love it. Better than giganews and newsfeeds IMO.

 

[xospec1alk]

any other recommendations?

 

[amnesiac]

Are you looking for things in the alt.binaries.* newsgroups?
if so, stop looking. Go Easynews or Giganews.

I've tried those in addition to Newsfeeds. Most of the other ones out there just resell services from these other three anyway.
Also, as you get into more crowded newsgroups with bigger binaries (i.e. chello, cd.images, etc) propagation and completion will be more of an issue.
With Easynews the ONLY, and I mean ONLY time I get incompletes is when the original post is damaged. Otherwise, my completion rate is 99.9999%

Very few companies have the bandwidth and resources to maintain such a high level of post retention and completion.

*edit*

To give you an idea of how good Easynews is, I loaded all the headers from one group in 2 copies of a multithreaded newsreader. One using Easynews, one using ALL available servers for Newsfeeds (Newsfeeds has like 20 different servers that overlap with different groups). Easynews still came out a few % higher in terms of available posts.

 

[Lars]

UseNetServer.com

 

[helpme]

Originally posted by: Lars
UseNetServer.com

Unlimited?? Is it fast?

 

[Lars]

Originally posted by: helpme

Originally posted by: Lars
UseNetServer.com

Unlimited?? Is it fast?

I downloaded a lot (200+GB) over the past weeks, the download speed with my cable connection is usually between 1.5 and 2 mbps.

 

[vegetation]

Just try easynews, they have a free trial with instant activation right there on the homepage. If you think it's fast, subscribe. If not, then don't.

 

[helpme]

Holycow. Unlimited and 1.5-2 mbps... I'm down for that.

 

[pdo]

Originally posted by: Lars

Originally posted by: helpme

Originally posted by: Lars
UseNetServer.com

Unlimited?? Is it fast?

I downloaded a lot (200+GB) over the past weeks, the download speed with my cable connection is usually between 1.5 and 2 mbps.

Jebus that's alot of porn.

 

[pecel]

Anyone have experience with This Company?

Thanks.

 

[hx009]

Originally posted by: Lars

Originally posted by: helpme

Originally posted by: Lars
UseNetServer.com

Unlimited?? Is it fast?

I downloaded a lot (200+GB) over the past weeks, the download speed with my cable connection is usually between 1.5 and 2 mbps.

Don't forget to mention the fact that they're down every other week making up some lame excuse. Don't take my word for it, check their network status page. Today for example: "We are currently working on issues involving completion in binary groups." Gosh, they've been doing that almost every three days for like... oh I dunno, a month or two... ever since they went "unlimited". If you don't mind incessantly incomplete posts and "group does not exist on server" messages for groups that you just downloaded from yesterday, go for it.

 

[hungrypete]

another easynews vote
rarely have any problems with files and i always hit my 768k cap

 

[MustISO]

I've been looking for an additional usenet service. I currently have GigaNews through comcast but I only 1GB per month which is used very quickly. I signed up for AthenaNews because they offer 1GB per day for $5.95. So far the service has been horrible. It's slow as hell (11KB/s-55KB/s), it disconnects me all the time and 90% of my e-mails to their customer service go unanswered. Glad I'm only out $5.95. My next stop was Astraweb. They offer unlimited downloads for $14.95 per month. I signed up for the trial and the speed is great. They were missing a few key groups but I was able to send an e-mail and request them. If they do add the groups I will consider signing up for a few months. GigaNews and Easynews are great but their download limits are too restrictive for the price.