Hubchy, no idea what NNTP etc. means, can only say about the speed.
IMO, if your pipe is under 20 Mb/s you shouldn't worry at all -- you'll get 100% capacity any time
at both Giganews and Astraweb. Friends with 50-60-100 Mb/s pipes were sometimes bitching about
'low speed' during busy hours (60-70% capacity). Yeah, I know.
Reliability is perfect with both of them. If you REALLY wanna stretch the definition of
nitpicking, I can recall maybe once a month both of them were unavailable for 15-20 min.
Nobody ever said anything about the amount of data you DL, even it's in TBs. So unlimited it is.
I was with Giganews until the last year. Then euro/dollar went up 30% within a year. So I went for
Astraweb, initially being skeptical 'cos they offered MUCH lower prices. However, the service was
EXACTLY the same in terms of retention and speed. So now I only wish I went there sooner. No
difference in speed, retention and quality of tech/billing support (both excellent), except
Giganews has this shiny new website.
J
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