Newsgroups advice......

godskitchen

Hey all, I was a Newsgroup user when I lived in the UK, I used NTL and newsleacher (the one where you could search, but it couldnt tell you where the files were, iirc you had to pay to get a real search, not just the teaser one I had)

I am just wondering what people use now? Have there been any big changesover the last 3/4 years?

What services are you using? I was thinking of going with NewsDeamon.com, anyone have any other recommendations? NewsDeamon throw in Newsrover for free too.

I want a reader that I can search with, I would prefer it be free of course but is there one out there?

As I said I have used the groups before so know how they work, all I need I guess is a little update on how things are now.

Thanks.

Oh and are any Irish ISP doing anything to restrict the use of newsgroups?

DingDong

I use newshosting.com for my news server. Grabit(www.shemes.com free) as my client and newzleech.com(free) as my search engine. Never had any problems with this setup

godskitchen

Cheers DingDong, I didnt realise there were search engines, I am pretty sure there were none when I was using groups, or I just couldnt find them!

DingDong

Yeah theirs a few about http://www.binsearch.info/ is another good one.

Steffano2002

I use Newzbin to search (you have to pay but it's really cheap) and GrabIt with an account with Usenet.net.

Clover

i use newzbin also with newsleecher and usenetserver.

zAbbo

Newzbin + sabnzbd + Nova theme

How to setup sabnzbd - http://www.slideshare.net/dnthomps/newsgroup-clients-basic-setup-configuration-of-sabnzbd

All the info on newsgroups you'll ever need - http://shsc.info/NewsGroups

I use giganews, about 10 euro for 25GB /mo

Get your newzbin credit next week when it's half price.

carbsy

I second sabnzd , a great piece of software that does the tedious jobs of repairing and extracting.It's a wee python script.

NANOJO

binsearch +grabit and astraweb you can buy an 90gb package for $25 if you dont want to take out a monthly subscription

CyberGhost

Can anyone explain how are newsgroups better than BT?

Random

CyberGhost wrote: »

Can anyone explain how are newsgroups better than BT?

Speed. Faster.

DingDong

CyberGhost wrote: »

Can anyone explain how are newsgroups better than BT?

With Newsgroups you use your full download speed. Its a total leech system you never need to upload back. Only bad thing is you have to pay for access. I rarely if ever use BT as it so slow.

Here's a list of newshosting.com prices. You get 8 connection with them and if you wanted you could split the price with a friend. I think their one of the few news server who don't mind muiltple IP's address on one account:

Limited Cost
10G/month $10.00
Unlimited (45) Cost
Monthly $14.95
6mo $83.70
12mo $155.40
Unlimited (70+) Cost
Monthly $19.95
6mo $111.69
12mo $207.37

Here's a link to a free 3 day trial if you fancy giving newsgroups a spin
http://member.hitnews.eu/signup.php?lang=en

godskitchen

Thanks for all the help guys............

NANOJO, I have signed up with Astra, 25Gb to see how I get on, impressed already!

zonEEE

I use NewsDeamon.com and their fine

Steffano2002

IMO, Usenet.net are the best! If you want to check them out, they currently have a 10GB trial offer.

Their customer support is simply the best I have ever witnessed! Really impressive! :eek:

And at $11.99 USD a month for Unlimited Downloads with 10 connections, they are, IMO, the best available out there!

zAbbo

Whats the speeds like from usenet?

I'm with giganews, largely because of their European server

lynchie

giganews is quite fast. I can max out a 6Mb DSL line no problem and I can hit speeds of 3MB/sec sustained on a hosted linux server so speed aint an issue with them!

zAbbo

Steffano2002 wrote: »

IMO, Usenet.net are the best! If you want to check them out, they currently have a 10GB trial offer.

Their customer support is simply the best I have ever witnessed! Really impressive! :eek:

And at $11.99 USD a month for Unlimited Downloads with 10 connections, they are, IMO, the best available out there!

Usenet are 11.99 for 2months, and 18.99 after that...

Steffano2002

zabbo wrote: »

Usenet are 11.99 for 2months, and 18.99 after that...

They've been charging me $11.99 for months! Better say nothing...

supervixen

I use usenext http://www.usenext.com/

they are not the cheapest but I like the software and never had any problems

sukhumvit

binsearch.net + grabit + giganews

No problem at all, max of my 6Mb line all the time

PixelTrawler

I was looking into this yesterday and I signed up with usenet.com

However I cancelled again when I read later on line that the RIAA in the US are suing them. It appears to be the test case and according to the article below they have a chance of winning due to the way usenet.com used to word their website

If they win it might have a big effect on usenet providers.

More here
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9798715-38.html

Anyone using an ssl provider? Usenet.com supposedly offered it but i could not get it to connect yesterday - only through non ssl port 119

Steffano2002

zabbo wrote: »

Whats the speeds like from usenet?

If you're talking about Usenet.net, speeds are perfect. I max out my 4Mb line everytime I connect. If I had a 6 or 8Mb line I'm sure I would be maxing it out also.