notimpressed5
join:2004-08-11
Kanata, ON | reply to sbrook
Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec 15
For a good review of many Usenet providers, try this link:
»www.newsgroupservers.net
YMMV...
Sorry if this link has been posted before. |
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Someonethere
@cable.rogers | reply to sbrook
Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec
In my experience newshosting is the best for 15$
Maybe if You get 3web for 35 and newshosting for 15 Total of = 50$ maybe it will be good for some. |
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Someonethere
@cable.rogers
| reply to sbrook
Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec
»www.newsgroups-download.com/
this provider has falls advertising:
2.95$
Get instant access to Usenet newsgroups today !
» No download or upload limits!
» High-speed Internet connections
» Service available to users from any country
» Excellent completion and retention rates (20+ days)
» Your username and password activates instantly
But there is no such thing, when you order you only have:
500MB/DAY - 8 streams/connections for 2.95$
Whereas the actual unlimited is 14.95$
Newshosting is the way to go, not this fraud. |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0 | Misleading, maybe, false, No.
You left out a few important words to make your point.
it says "as low as 2.95" |
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bellyman
join:2004-11-01
Richmond Hill, ON
| Well they do offer 4 tiers - 3rd being 2GB/day for $9.95/mth. Doesn't appear to be any lock in required.
For myself and the 60GB cap that would work out fine. As I stated I have both Rogers + Bell -- the only negative is that the IP domain changes (69. and 70.) and unless capped, some company might think I am sharing.
But it is all very subjective - each person has their own needs.
If you sit hunched over a PC all day searching every group in tarnation you could live with a service that has about 2 weeks retention. If you are scanning stuff in NewzBin and see something that is 50d old, then the only choice is Giganews.
Easynews has rollovers plus their added bonus stuff. I heard service hasn't been good lately - again very subjective. You can get about 30GB/mth with them.
Today all of us are now playing the game of Survivor - thrown on the island and have to fend for ourselves.
But I will say this.. up to now I have only seen a couple of services so just knowing the "name" is good enough for me. As you don't have lockins, what is $10 this month and $14 somewhere else next month, then $26 the following until you find the one that just "works great". Nothing.
Easynews.com
Giganews.com
Newshosting.com
Forteinc.com (From the makers of Agent)
Newsgroups-download.com
Lately I have found my newsgroup d/l has all but dried up - but that is the nature of the beast - sometimes you download until you fill the drive othertimes it is dry. This is where an account like Easynews is great since they are rolling over your unused from one month to another.
Another angle (for those that are CAP watching) - My billing date is the 17th. So in theory I could sign up for Giganews for $25US, around the 5th - download my 60GB... have it roll into the new period and then by the 23rd cancel Giganews. Then wait until the next "120GB" set. To augment --- use Newzbin to queue up your posts (they are cheap at like $0.60/week) and as an added bonus -- Giganews retention is about 50-60 days. So such a plan would work out fine. Something to think about.
BTW: I heard people bitching about the torrents - I assume they "work" but just Throttled? What is the throttled part? Both ways or uplink only? (I know uplink is fixed at about 48.1kB/sec). Just wondering. Bell seems to be doing nothing on the torrent stuff. I have shifted a lot of downloading from newsgroups to torrents actually. (part of why my ng d/l has dried up I think)
After a number of emails with Rogers (my stance is LOSS OF SERVICE + SAME PRICE = PRICE INCREASE) is that they offered newsgroups for free. I stated I guess most of the 500 channels on the TV are free, and we just have to wait for them to be cut too huh? Chuckle).
Happy Holidays all!
bellyman
PS: We all wish to thank Ted for his wonderful xmas present. We know it isn't the first and won't be the last way that he will screw us. All hail Ted. He reminds me of Plankton -- "I am going to rule the world".. then is squashed by SpongeBob -- metaphorically I hope we are all Spongebob... |
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salan
join:2004-10-04
Canada | reply to sbrook
add astraweb to that list. they are pretty reputable and offer plans both unlimited montly plans, or pay once and keep using the allowed gb until they run out. |
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mordin
42 inches of 1080p
Premium
join:2005-05-28
Moncton, NB | reply to sbrook
Newsguy is offering a free month service to Rogers customers. Their list of groups is limited and I can't find anything about retention.
»newsguy.com/rogers.htm |
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kastleK2L
Premium
join:2005-10-28
Kanata, ON
| reply to bellyman
said by bellyman  :... Easynews has rollovers plus their added bonus stuff. I heard service hasn't been good lately - again very subjective. You can get about 30GB/mth with them. ... I've been with Easynews since 1998. I've had no problem with them ... lately, the speed is right at the top of our capability. I just upgraded from the 5MB Extreme to 6MB Extreme, and my download speed from Easynews went up accordingly. Their retention is about 29 days. |
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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
Premium
join:2005-03-12
| reply to sbrook
Well, I just signed up with the Giganews 25Gb/mo service -- just because I've always been so impressed with these guys' technology.
I happened to see some stuff I really wanted to download that was about 10Gb worth so I figured may as well do it now...
And now I'm burning up Rogers' bandwidth like never before ... maxing it out  I was happy to get the slow feeds for free, but the morons wanted to save a few bucks, and now there's smoke coming out of their CMTS's :D |
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AR
Premium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | In the larger scheme of things, Rogers still comes out waay ahead because unless everyone signs up for Giganews and pays more, they have saved money on the cost for providing usenet access. |
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timothyn
@cable.rogers | reply to puzz1ed
they need the banwidth! For there phone line. More money |
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spaterson
Premium
join:2001-09-02
Gloucester, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| reply to sbrook
I got a reply from Rogers about my complaint about this. Their email started with an apology for taking so long, they are "are currently receiving higher email volume than normal". What a surprise.
They fed me the same line that they used when I complained about the web space. That it's not a service we pay for, blah, blah, blah.. then proceeded to list all of the "high-value" extras that they offer at no additional charge, blah, blah, blah...
I didn't even ask for a discount in my original email and they added that they are unable to reduce the monthly charge. Seems like a canned response attemtping to cut off any such requests before they're even asked.
I asked them to tell me what advantages there are to remaining with Rogers. What "high-value" extras are they giving me that I can't get elsewhere for free. Why I shouldn't switch to something cheaper, like 3web.
We shall see what kind of response I get.
Scott |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0 | You'll get another canned answer. Quite possibly the same one! |
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spaterson
Premium
join:2001-09-02
Gloucester, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| said by sbrook :You'll get another canned answer. Quite possibly the same one! Hehe, no doubt. At least I get some satisfaction knowing that they're paying someone to send these to me. 
Scott |
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SkankButta
@cable.rogers
| reply to sbrook
Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec 15
This may be a stupid question, but if I get a Usenet service (Newshosting), does it also count against my Rogers dl limit when I dl through their servers? I would imagine so, but would like some verification. I know I'll get faster speeds than 32k though.
Thanks!
And Rogers phone lines are garbage. I cancelled their cell phone service a year ago because I would go 10 minutes from my house in London, still in London, and I would see "roaming". Not to mention how I could never get a strong signal.... Rogers is junk! |
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mordin
42 inches of 1080p
Premium
join:2005-05-28
Moncton, NB
| Re: Rogers DISCONTINUING Usenet service as of Dec
said by SkankButta :
This may be a stupid question, but if I get a Usenet service (Newshosting), does it also count against my Rogers dl limit when I dl through their servers?
Anything, up and down, through the Rogers internet connection counts toward your bandwidth limit.
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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
Premium
join:2005-03-12
| said by mordin :Anything, up and down, through the Rogers internet connection counts toward your bandwidth limit. True, but as far as anyone can tell lately, there's little or no enforcement -- I suspect because their useless bandwidth measurement tool is so buggy. In any case many people like me are so fed up with Rogers at this point that any more BS from them like harrassment about going over the bandwidth cap will have us over to DSL in a flash |
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idunno1982
@cable.rogers | yeah im so fed up with rogers, if i happen to go over their stupid cap, im switching to sympatico! |
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guydogg
@eds.com | reply to salan
astrawebs unlimited account is similiar to rogers capped speeds. Their pay by download accounts is unlimited speed. |
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