September 10, 20187 yr I've been getting more and more fails from astraweb. I've been with them for a few years now, and they've been good - anyone else still having a seamless experience with their providers? thanks!
September 10, 20187 yr Seamless? No. I use 4 different providers (Astraweb is one) because none have ever been seamless for me. Astraweb Newsdemon Usenetserver Supernews
September 10, 20187 yr Usenetserver has been good so far for what I need. I have been seeing errors but it seems I've been trying them too soon before all parts are posted. Edited September 10, 20187 yr by lionelhutz
September 26, 20187 yr On 9/10/2018 at 9:13 PM, dkerlee said: I've been getting more and more fails from astraweb. I've been with them for a few years now, and they've been good - anyone else still having a seamless experience with their providers? thanks! Your failures are probably not astraweb's fault - you can't get good completion nowadays with just just one provider. You need a 2nd provider/block account. When providers get DMCA notices they don't remove the whole download, they only remove a portion to render the download useless. But, each provider doesn't tend to remove the same section so if you have a 2nd account you can just download the missing section from that account: Quote The reason you would get a block account is so if your primary unlimited account is missing parts of something, you can (usually but not always) use your block account to get them. The block account should only be used as a backup when something isn't complete (Having multiple Usenet provider increase the chances of you being able to find all the files you need). That way you are not paying full price for two unlimited accounts. Block account server as a fill server (backup server - slave server). The fill server will only fill in a few articles that your master servers don't have. you need to get a 2nd account not on Omicron who are the backbone for astraweb - https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers e.g my setup is: level 1 - giganews (Giganews) unlimited - get about 60% of my files here level 2 - Cubenet (Omicron) unlimited - get about 38% of my files here level 3 - cheapnews (Cheapnews) 1TB block account - get about 2% My 3 layer setup is a bit excessive as I could probably get away with 1 unlimited provider and a block account, but I get my giganews account for free and an unlimited Cubenet account costs me about £60 a year - which is cheaper than block accounts for my current usage levels. I bought my cheapnews 18 months ago for around $60 when they had a deal and still have 250GB left. They just had a stonking 2TB for 19 euros deal that I missed, so I've subscribed to their feed so I don't miss again as I'll need a top-up in a few months. I'd recommend getting a block account on a non Omicron backbone to supplement your astraweb primary account - get a small one to test first if you're uncertain, but you'll see the value straightway. https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providerdeals
September 26, 20187 yr On 9/10/2018 at 9:46 PM, whipdancer said: Seamless? No. I use 4 different providers (Astraweb is one) because none have ever been seamless for me. Astraweb Newsdemon Usenetserver Supernews You're wasting money there as Astraweb, newsdemon and usenetserver are all on the same backbone Omicron. You'd be better off ditching all three and buying a block from one and keeping the Supernews (giganews) unlimited, or keeping a Omicron unlimited and buying a Giganews block. https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers
September 26, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, DZMM said: you can't get good completion nowadays with just just one provider I can't confirm that. I'm using Eweka since several years now as my only provider. In addition I use Eweka as my Supersearch NZB indexer (together with the Newzleecher software). I never had to look somewhere else. Their servers are based in the Netherlands but they offer German and English support as well. As an US citizen I would test them for a month to check the bandwidth. They feed 300 Mbit/s encrypted.
September 26, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, hawihoney said: I can't confirm that. I'm using Eweka since several years now as my only provider. In addition I use Eweka as my Supersearch NZB indexer (together with the Newzleecher software). I never had to look somewhere else. Their servers are based in the Netherlands but they offer German and English support as well. As an US citizen I would test them for a month to check the bandwidth. They feed 300 Mbit/s encrypted. They are European based so less stringent with DMCA, but you've been very lucky to survive with one provider - you're probably getting new releases meaning you're getting content before it's removed
September 27, 20187 yr On 9/26/2018 at 6:50 AM, DZMM said: You're wasting money there as Astraweb, newsdemon and usenetserver are all on the same backbone Omicron. You'd be better off ditching all three and buying a block from one and keeping the Supernews (giganews) unlimited, or keeping a Omicron unlimited and buying a Giganews block. https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers Haven't checked in a couple of years. The list I used originally showed them as using different backbones (the whole reason for having multiples).
September 27, 20187 yr I am currently using four, just found out about newgroup ninja, I also use Giganews but may drop them soon as they are expensive, tweaknews and usenetserver.com. For Tweaknews I buy blocks when needed, they have been great for older hard to get stuff.
September 27, 20187 yr Well there was an excellent Labor day special deal with NewsHosting. 1 year unlimited plan with VPN, for 4.17 USD/month "for as long as you're a customer". That is $50 per year for as long as you are with them. Signed up in a heartbeat.
September 28, 20187 yr I use frugalusenet. http://frugalusenet.com . Only 1,000 days of retention. But I mostly get new stuff anyway. 5 USD per month
September 28, 20187 yr Wait till black Friday usually good deals available then or check out the link below.
September 28, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, One2go said: Wait till black Friday usually good deals available then or check out the link below. That's a very good offer - hopefully something as good as this will be available next year when my TheCubenetNet subscription is up for renewal. I'm on the lookout for a good block 1TB+ offer if anyone spots one
October 12, 20187 yr Newsgroup Ninja, cheap and great. I will be canceling my giganews account soon because these guys are just as good for a fraction of the price.
October 25, 20187 yr cubenet are doing a few Halloween specials - unlimited for $49.99 and 1TB block for $29.99 https://www.thecubenet.com/ Edited October 25, 20187 yr by DZMM
November 8, 20187 yr I recently added a block account and has made a big difference. Main: UsenetServer Block: Usenetfarm There was some halloween deals and no doubt there will be black friday deals coming up
November 8, 20187 yr Good deal alert - just got a Cheapnews 2TB block for €29 with the code pro18 https://www.cheapnews.eu/en/
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