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Subject: Re: Is anyone else here getting lousy dowload completion from AstraWeb? Suggested replacement service?
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 01:32:34 +1000
From: The Ogo Pogo <earwig@whale.com>
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In article <k4ehiads8t5d9os4t9i4ons7vh28450ngf@4ax.com>, drek
<none@none.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:53:15 +0100, |--Spike=-
> wrote:<k39hiadcmm3a9he4kvgp2jkbe7pvb1jh6h@4ax.com>
>
> >One thing I can say though is that I have seen lots of AstraWeb
> >complaints in the newsgroups over the last few weeks/months... but Not
> >ONE complaint about Tweaknews.
> >
> I haven't heard from about EasyNews either. I wonder if things got
> better or people just got tired of complaining in group?
>
> Adding a fill server worked for me. I didn't ditch AW because at
> $0.05US per Gig it's half the cost of any I know about. Plus when
> they're good, they are Very good.
>
> AstraWeb+Usenet-News has been good completion to 2000 days.
>
> >I'm far from being an expert on this subject so I'm sure that others
> >can give you better advice about TweakNews and other alternatives.
>
> I don't keep up anymore but you might get a kick out of this map. Lot
> of outfits selling UseNet are actually just reselling HighWinds Media.
> http://i.imgur.com/Clg4x.png
>
> I can tell you Tweak was bought out last yr. by HighWinds. Over two
> dozen are front ends including Easynews and Usenetserver. Can't
> say if that will make a difference for Tweak but what I've read is
> that the cause of lots of incompletes is actually DMCA takedowns.
> L o o o ng thread. FYI
>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2svrxc/happy_new_year_from_highwinds_a
> nd_tweaknews/
>
>
> Don't get nervous but I added a crosspost. It's a discussion
> group but the last post was 2 yrs ago so it's free to use. ;)
> Might be nice to have a place to talk.
> alt.multimedia.mpeg
>
> Block accounts - Apr 2015
>
> 1000 GB-$50USD
> 2429 days - 20% Headers counted
> www.news.astraweb.com/plans.html
>
> 1024 GB-$92.00USD
> 2000 days - Headers not counted
> https://usenet-news.net/
> https://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get
>
> 500 GB-$47.64USD
> 1100 days - - Headers counted?
> http://www.tweaknews.eu/en/usenet-plans
My ISP includes an AstraWeb feed in its basic plan, but I've been
obliged to pay for another Usenet (SSL-News) to fill a horrendous
number of "file not found" errors. Virutally everything has been
completed on SSL-News, so it's not a case of DMCA activity.
Theo
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