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Newsserver with Binaries for free!!

  • 26-01-2004 12:05pm
    #1
    The Brigadier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know of a Newsserver that is free that also carries binaries??

    I am with Leap at the moment...


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  • #2
    Pataman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Pataman


    teranews.com. not free but €3 once off payment. why do you want to access binaries?


  • #3
    The Brigadier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭The Brigadier


    Fan reconstructions of Dr. Who stories which have been lost...

    can't find them anywhere else but :

    alt.binaries.drwho


  • #4
    longword
    Closed Accounts Posts: 741 ✭✭✭longword


    A reasonably complete usenet currently runs to 0.6TBytes per day (nearly 60Mbit/sec running all day every day). I figure for an ISP to provision that service reliably should cost them a bare minimum of EUR20,000 per month. That's assuming five days of archives - 3TBytes which is more than ftp.heanet.ie stores right now - and ignoring insurance against legal liability which probably isn't possible anyway.

    You might like these people who also have some statistics to browse through.


  • #5
    Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    Giganews and EuroFeeds are two providers that seem to be good.

    You wont find a decent free usenet service, end of story. It just costs too much as longword has pointed out.


  • #6
    parasite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,077 ✭✭✭parasite


    maybe try : http://www.usenet-replayer.com/cgi/content/archive?scan=alt.binaries.drwho
    :/


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  • #7
    ElNino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭ElNino


    Have a look at these:

    http://www.newzbot.com/search.php?q=alt.binaries.drwho


  • #8
    silent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭silent


    Originally posted by longword
    A reasonably complete usenet currently runs to 0.6TBytes per day (nearly 60Mbit/sec running all day every day).

    actually it has passed 800G/day avg. quite a while ago and approaching 1TB avg quickly :)

    the best NSP is easynews - 27days retention (2+years for text), web interface (a complete seconday nntp system too) and best speeds (connected directly via 6 links to the internet backbone) however you get what you pay for

    free binaries? forget about it


  • #9
    The Brigadier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭The Brigadier


    Anybody with usenet access and bandwith willing to d/l these for me?

    They are fan made reconstructions of lost Dr.Who episodes... They are public domain and even acknowledged by the BBC...


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