Newsgroup account with thundernews

chump

Signed up at last to a newsgroup account.

(cheers to DemonOfTheFall for giving me the scoop on newsgroups)


US and European Servers Premium 15 GB / MONTH
$ 8.29 per month + 20% reduction using signup code "tn20nr"
http://www.thundernews.com/signup.php?pricepointid=2
(there's another option even cheaper if interested)

Subtotal: $ 6.63 US
Tax: $ 0.00 US
Shipping: $ 0.00 US
Total: $ 6.63 US
A conservative translation into euro is approx. €4.40
Not three bad

The Sparrow

chump wrote: »

(cheers to DemonOfTheFall for giving me the scoop on newsgroups)

What is the scoop on newsgroups?

MisterAnarchy

woooo232 wrote: »

What is the scoop on newsgroups?

They are the business.
Much superior to torrents.

zAbbo

Not a bad price, might signup and see what the completition is like.

For Newsgroup info - http://shsc.info/NewsGroups

€4.37 through Paypal

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

apart from not being free.

MisterAnarchy

Mordeth wrote: »

apart from not being free.

True ,but its money well spent.
I use 100proofnews myself.
$8.95 per month for 50GB .
~6 euro .Peanuts.

byte

I used to use Easynews, and found them good. It was around $10 per month/20GB.

Also had a handy Zip manager on their site

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah, if you're not a cheap bastard newsgroups are the way to go. I am a cheap bastard though, so I stick with torrents.

zAbbo

Mordeth wrote: »

apart from not being free.

Negligible cost for a superior system thats pure leech.

I'm with Giganews myself, best I've found so far.

byte

Giganews looks good alright with their 200 day retention. Easynews only has 40days file retention.

However, after looking at 100proofnews, which redirects to iusenet.com, it offers 110 day retention for $9 per month/25GB.

zAbbo

Giganews has a core EU server (in holland), last time I checked most providers didn't provide EU servers, or just resold giganews.

Nice that thundernews will recycle at the signup price, so 4.37pm @ 15GB is very nice.

Newzbin is a must for any newsgrouping, but you all know that already

JoseJones

I've read about them, but still don't really understand how to actually download anything from them...can anyone explain how you actually go about downloading something, where do you get the links etc.

AlmightyCushion

Rapidshare is €55 (I think) for a year long account and it gives you 25GBs every 5 days. Much better value for money.

quarryman

JoseJones wrote: »

I've read about them, but still don't really understand how to actually download anything from them...can anyone explain how you actually go about downloading something, where do you get the links etc.

it does require a bit of research to get into. stick "newsgroup faq" into google.

as mentioned above its MUCH better than torrents. to refuse to pay 5 euro a month for a far superior service is madness if you regularly download.

Does anyone know if the different newsservers offer the same files just in a different package?

I use easynews and love the zip manager and global search feature.

DingDong

I use www.newshosting.com $189 for the year works out about 10 euros a month. Well worth it
110 days retention
Unlimited Download allowance.
20 connection,
And they don't seem to mind you connecting from multiple IP address.
Meaning you could go half's with a friend(or friends) 10 connection each(5 max out my 6 meg connection) and a fiver a month for unlimited downloads

axer

I use hitnews.eu. €6.50 per month for unlimited.

The Sparrow

So why are newsgroups better than torrents? are they faster or do they just have a greater selection?

DingDong

axer wrote: »

I use hitnews.eu. €6.50 per month for unlimited.

hitnews.eu sound good looking at 36 euro for 6 months

Cocoon

What in the name of god do ye guys be downloading, 20GB a month?
I wouldn't do that in a year. Am I missing something.

branners69

Which newsreaders are people using? Is there any decent free ones out there. I am just getting in this newsgroup lark and have started using GrabIt, but I dont mind spending a reasonable amount for a superior programme.

Is there any other vital programmes out there?

green123

woooo232 wrote: »

So why are newsgroups better than torrents? are they faster or do they just have a greater selection?

much faster .
torrents are crap, way too slow.

i agree with almighty cushion, rapidshare is fastest/easiest

Telgere

Dunno about that. There are alot of torrents sites where I get 1.5Mb/s. My friends will get 3+. Newsgroups are far more complicated, but if privacy is your worry then it's the way to go.

AlmightyCushion

Telgere wrote: »

Dunno about that. There are alot of torrents sites where I get 1.5Mb/s. My friends will get 3+. Newsgroups are far more complicated, but if privacy is your worry then it's the way to go.

Off rapidshare I can usually have 4 downloads going at once with them totalling in and around 8-10MBps (yes, megabytes). Only get those speeds in college though.

green123

maybe im doing something wrong, but torrents take forever for me.

they trickle down at maybe 10kb or less.
but i can download from rapidshare at 220kb

so for a film that takes me just 1 hour to download on rapidshare can take maybe 24 hours on torrents

AlmightyCushion

green123 wrote: »

maybe im doing something wrong, but torrents take forever for me.

they trickle down at maybe 10kb or less.
but i can download from rapidshare at 220kb

so for a film that takes me just 1 hour to download on rapidshare can take maybe 24 hours on torrents

Who's your isp? Some like ntl throttle torrents.

Orion

Sounds more like a port forwarding issue to me. You need to port forward to accept remote connections - speeds up torrents considerably.

ShoulderChip

I am getting message 502 news.ThunderNews.com: Access denied to your node - admin@ThunderNews.com:
news.ThunderNews.com: Access denied to your node - admin@ThunderNews.com

any ideas userid and password is right

Mossy Monk

Torrents are not slow. Whoever says that tells lies.

green123

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Who's your isp? Some like ntl throttle torrents.

irish broadband ( breeze not ripwave)
and it works great for all downloads and streams

Macros42 wrote: »

Sounds more like a port forwarding issue to me. You need to port forward to accept remote connections - speeds up torrents considerably.

i have heard about this, but i dont understand it.
so yes this could be (probably is) causing my problems with torrents

Orion

If you connect to your router there'll be something somewhere called port forwarding or Applications and Gaming. You will need to forward some ports there to allow remote connections in torrents. For Azureus I forward 6881 to 6969. Other clients may be different.

ShoulderChip

So how do i find files?