Usenet provider for 30-40gb?

I'm currently with APN on their 12gb for €2.95 package just to test out usenet. I like it and was wondering if there another provider offering 30-40gb (my Eircom download limit) a month for a low price? I found a link to Hitnews in a search here and they seem cheap and good...any others? Remember all I need is around 30gb a month....cheers

jor el

Giganews, 35GB for $12.99 a month.

BaconZombie

+1 for GigaNews.

GigaNews_FTW wrote:

Diamond

* Our Most Popular Plan
* Unlimited Monthly Bandwidth Allowance
* 256-bit SSL Encryption included +10 Bonus Connections
* Total of 20 Simultaneous Connections
* 240 Days Binary Retention

jor el

jor el wrote: »

Giganews, 35GB for $12.99 a month.

Expensive though. Giganews are the best I know, but I was hoping for something a little cheaper say around €5 a month for 30gb?

pilotsnipes

Why why why would you bother with such expense?

Block accounts - astraweb just can't be beaten.



Now growing to 270 days AND they have this offer to, although I wouldn't make best use of it, the 120Gb block is just perfect....

http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html

pilotsnipes

pilotsnipes wrote: »

Why why why would you bother with such expense?

Block accounts - astraweb just can't be beaten.

That's a good idea...never looked at them

godskitchen

I am with astraweb...............really suits me as i dont download at all some months and others I hammer it.

+1

+1 Astraweb, i use unlimited DSL with 20MB UPC

DingDong

Been thinking of changing to Astraweb
Another cheap option I found is http://www.xlned.com never used them, but you can get access for as little as 2.21 euro a month

inforfun

I am using usenet-news.net

They have blocks too as well as recurring charges.

Happy enough with that one.

Fighting Irish

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm currently with APN on their 12gb for €2.95 package just to test out usenet. I like it and was wondering if there another provider offering 30-40gb (my Eircom download limit) a month for a low price? I found a link to Hitnews in a search here and they seem cheap and good...any others? Remember all I need is around 30gb a month....cheers

astraweb > giganews

but rapidshare > usenet

trust me

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish wrote: »

but rapidshare > usenet

trust me

lol is that a joke.

Amalgam

I used this lot, 200 days retention. Once off payments. You also get a licensed copy of NewsRover with it.

*Non renewing once off payment*

'Block Account'

50 GB Block - 20 Connections
$14.95 - £7.80
200 Days
SSL Encrypted

http://newsgroupdirect.com

(the last time I used them, I payed the US dollar amount)

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Here's the page with a full list of what they have available, very flexible bunch, quick email response too.

http://newsgroupdirect.com/signup/

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pilotsnipes

Amalgam wrote: »

I used this lot, 200 days retention. Once off payments. You also get a licensed copy of NewsRover with it.

*Non renewing once off payment*

'Block Account'

50 GB Block - 20 Connections
$14.95 - £7.80
200 Days
SSL Encrypted

http://newsgroupdirect.com

(the last time I used them, I payed the US dollar amount)

I'm not a troll, I don't work for any usenet company, but that still doesn't seem like a great deal.

Astraweb:
120GB for $25
Connections - 20 Simultaneous Connections
SSL Enabled - SSL Available now on ALL accounts. No extra charges.
270 Days (growing upto this at the moment)

Use Alt.Binz as your free news reader and you are *laughing*

So far, my completion on Astraweb has been amazing. Just a very very happy customer.

Amalgam

pilotsnipes wrote: »

I'm not a troll, I don't work for any usenet company, but that still doesn't seem like a great deal.

I just thought I'd list it as I'd actually used them. Astraweb, the 270 days retention is impressive. I'm off to have a sniff at their website now..

Amalgam

Amalgam wrote: »

I just thought I'd list it as I'd actually used them. Astraweb, the 270 days retention is impressive. I'm off to have a sniff at their website now..

its not quite 270 yet, but when i does it will be immense.

Amalgam

Forgot to ask, do any of the block accounts allow uploading, or is it just access?

carbsy

Standard accounts
download unlimited 24 hours a day

Speed Connections 1 Month € 3 Months € 6 Months € 1 Year € 2 Years €
2.5 mbit 2 2,95 8,45 15,95 26,95 49,95
5 mbit 4 4,95 13,95 26,95* 44,95 84,95
10 mbit 8 5,95 16,95 31,95 53,95 99,95
20 mbit 8 6,95 17,95 34,95 67,95 114,95
30 mbit 8 7,50* 18,50* 36,00 69,00 120,00
40 mbit 12 7,95 21,50 42,50 84,95* 169,95
60 mbit 12 14,95 42,95 84,95 167,95 334,95
120 mbit 12 16,95 48,95 96,95 189,95 379,95

Yes Hitnews seem to offer great value. Only thing is they're Dutch and they're supposed to have stopped taking international customers.

I emailed them to ask and they said the only way to know is to try to sign up and see. But I'm waiting till something comes out I want to download first so I can check their speeds etc

Fighting Irish

cisk wrote: »

lol is that a joke.

have you ever had a RS premium account?

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish wrote: »

have you ever had a RS premium account?

I have one, but you cant really compare a private server to protocol like Usenet.

It was there before sites like rapidshare and will be there long after.

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish wrote: »

have you ever had a RS premium account?

I signed up for a 3 day premium account for €4.50 and it was crap. Even with a premium account there's a limit on how much you can download per day. I think it was 2.5gb or around that. Rubbish

kmick

Sorry for my ignorance but what exactly are you using these accounts for. Online backup? Pron Storage? Enterprise download service?

Its like Torrents on Speed :cool:

Fighting Irish

cisk wrote: »

I have one, but you cant really compare a private server to protocol like Usenet.

It was there before sites like rapidshare and will be there long after.

Why does any of that ^ matter? Its not as if we're signing up for life

Fighting Irish

Deleted User wrote: »

I signed up for a 3 day premium account for €4.50 and it was crap. Even with a premium account there's a limit on how much you can download per day. I think it was 2.5gb or around that. Rubbish

You can convert download more than 2.5gb per day if you know how. Other than that its easily better than usenet. There aren't many ISPs in Ireland that will let you download more than 2.5gb per day.

Like Vaznan said even on premium they have a daily limit.

And another reason i would much prefer NGs is the SSL encryption, and no deletion of content.

Even RS i only get speeds of 700kb/s per file, were on NGs i max out 2.1MBps

Fighting Irish

cisk wrote: »

Like Vaznan said even on premium they have a daily limit.

And another reason i would much prefer NGs is the SSL encryption, and no deletion of content.

Even RS i only get speeds of 700kb/s per file, were on NGs i max out 2.1MBps

You think stuff stays on usenet forever?

Theres more content on RS and its easier to find. For me its perfect cos i only really download 400mb tv eps, or 700/1400mb movies
I could see RS being a pain if you wanted to download HD content and games on a regular basis though

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish wrote: »

You think stuff stays on usenet forever?

Theres more content on RS and its easier to find. For me its perfect cos i only really download 400mb tv eps, or 700/1400mb movies
I could see RS being a pain if you wanted to download HD content and games on a regular basis though

See thats where were different, i use NGs to get MKVs, HD WMVs and xbox 360 ISOs.


I found stuff hard to find on RS compared to NZB sites like Newzbin, but maybe thats cause i never really looked aroung .

Fighting Irish

cisk wrote: »

See thats where were different, i use NGs to get MKVs, HD WMVs and xbox 360 ISOs.


I found stuff hard to find on RS compared to NZB sites like Newzbin, but maybe thats cause i never really looked aroung .

Stuff is easy to find on RS

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Stuff is easy to find on RS

Whats the best site/method?