rutherford Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Seamless? No. I use 4 different providers (Astraweb is one) because none have ever been seamless for me. Astraweb Newsdemon Usenetserver Supernews 1 Quote Link to comment
lionelhutz Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) 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, 2018 by lionelhutz Quote Link to comment
prtsmgr Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Tweaknews works well for me. Quote Link to comment
hawihoney Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Eweka: https://www.eweka.nl/en/home/ 3690 days retention. Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 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 1 Quote Link to comment
hawihoney Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 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 1 Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 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). 1 Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 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. 1 Quote Link to comment
One2go Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I use frugalusenet. http://frugalusenet.com . Only 1,000 days of retention. But I mostly get new stuff anyway. 5 USD per month Quote Link to comment
One2go Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Wait till black Friday usually good deals available then or check out the link below. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 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 1 Quote Link to comment
interwebtech Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) -not as good as others listed- Edited October 12, 2018 by interwebtech Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) cubenet are doing a few Halloween specials - unlimited for $49.99 and 1TB block for $29.99 https://www.thecubenet.com/ Edited October 25, 2018 by DZMM Quote Link to comment
bally12345 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Good deal alert - just got a Cheapnews 2TB block for €29 with the code pro18 https://www.cheapnews.eu/en/ Quote Link to comment
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