On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:56:16 +1200, Hubchy <ablank.field@nothing.com> wrote:
:On 24 Aug 2009 14:59:55 GMT, JimB0ss (no@spam.org) wrote:
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:>
:>Hubchy, both 'The Killers' (229 days ago) and 'Straw Dogs' (309 days ago) have been posted
:>already, NZBs are coming up. Can you access them now or are you still with that provider who has a
:>very limited retention period?
:>
:>J
:I think I might have a very limited retention myself...!
:Yes, I'm still with Easynews. Surely it is one of the big three along
:with Giganews and Astraweb?
:
:It's true that recently both Giganews and Astraweb have clearly
:overtaken Easynews if you just looked at the provision of unlimited
:gigs
:
:However, I like several unique things about Easynews:
:
:1) They provide a web interface as well as NNTP. This is excellent for
:checking out image files and for searching across groups. You can also
:selectively download via that interface either directly or by zipping
:files via their 'Zip Manager' facility - you can also create NZB's via
:the 'Zip Manager'.
This is what I always hear from Easynews subscribers. They sure are willing to
give up a lot for that web interface! As far as .NZBs are concerned, BinSearch
is free & works just fine. You can web search from there, too:
<http://tiny.cc/Isis55423
:2) They provide bonus gigs for doing a simple survey every week.
You don't need 'Bonus Gigs' when you are on an unlimited plan.
:3) They offer 25% more to allow for encoding overheads if using their
:NNTP servers (instead of the web ones). In fact I've found recently
:that you get at least 40% more!
Same as above.
:4) I've found their support excellent - and they actually have free
:international phone support.
Support!? Why would you ever need NSP support?
:Hubchy
Here is an Easynews review:
http://www.newsgroupservers.com/easynews.html
Compare this with an Astraweb plan:
http://www.news.astraweb.com/plans.html
Here are Slyck's recommendations:
http://www.slyck.com/Newsgroups_Guide_PremiumNewsServers
You might consider just adding a non-expiring $10 or $25 Astraweb block (25 GBs
or 180 GBs, respectively) so you can pick up what you can't get with Easynews.
Isis
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