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  • Efflixi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Giganews rocks, i was using usenetserver for over a year but after the umpteenth time their servers went down i quit using them (and usenet at all) for a few months. After that, i went to giganews and realized i should have done this 1.5 years ago!
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12I'm on easynews. They've always been good to me with near 100% complete articles. Retention is good, just wish I got more GB for my money.
    • cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -7/+45shhh
    • EztliNahua, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Giganews is amazingly good. 90 day retention is just incredible. However, I wish they carried all the newsgroups (they don't carry those they claim "have illegal names").
    • Ben174, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6I've been using Easynews for the last 5 years... their global search is great and their retention/article completion is awesome.
    • TheBarge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I just wish they had a search feature like EasyNews offers it's customers. I have a friend with an EasyNews account and I find myself frequently asking him to search the groups for me. That being said, Giganews does indeed rock.
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@TheBarge download newleecher, it has global search built in.
    • vegasmacguy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"I just wish they had a search feature"

      http://www.binsearch.info/
    • Backlash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I too use easynews.com, and give it 3 thumbs up. I go to TCU and the internet speed there is friggin out of this would... i get ~1200-1500 KB/Sec down. Thats a 700 meg divx file in ~4 to 5 min. Excellent retention and your gigs rollover and i dont usually us all of mine in a month so ive got 90 gigs in the bank collected. O ya and their online interface its baller bc it can auto-unrar alot of the stuff you dl so insead of dling 200 rar files you just dl whatever the file is with no change in dl speed. Its kick ass!

      PS - WHERE is the global search feature, i didnt know easynews did that???
    • cmw72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"I'm on easynews. They've always been good to me with near 100% complete articles."

      Yes, and they also provide NNTP over SSL (NNTPS) at no additional charge.

      I've been using them for a few months now and have been quite pleased.
    • anicejew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11newshosting.com -- unlimited traffic and half the price of giganews. No web interface. Retention not as good as giganews. Never had a problem yet. Giganews was highway robbery.

      Also, for searches you can use binaries.nl (free) and create your own NZBs online (like easynews). Easynews is a fantastic service but go with newshosting if you download A LOT... (like a LOT a lot)
    • JohnA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@Backlash:

      https://secure.members.easynews.com/global4/
    • virtualkuz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@backlash

      http://members.easynews.com/db

      easynews global search.
    • Backlash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow... i've been using easynews for "0.613161211 years" and i just now learned that they have the global search and SSL included free. I'm glad this story was on digg or i may have never known. Thanks for the input all.
    • Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3@EztliNahua

      They carry everything I need. Perhaps you're looking for really illegal things that normal people don't look for? I mean I've found everything a normal male would want to see/watch/look at.
    • Havs, on 10/12/2007, -12/+14mod down please
    • Havs, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13I'm currently using giganews and couldn't be happier. I have a pretty good setup going. I'm using newzbin http://www.newzbin.com as my nzb site, along with Ninan as my "newsreader". Ninan has a greasemonkey plugin (found in the addon section) that integrates fully with newzbin. I literally have one click access to usenet content. You click the "to ninan" button in your web browser, it imports the nzb, downloads the .rar files, par checks the files, downloads additional par files (if needed), repairs the files (if needed) and extracts the rar all with ONE click. I'd highly advise checking it out if you're into the usenet scene.

      Sure, it does cost me about $30 a month, but I consider that my entertainment fee for the month. I'd MUCH rather give my hard earned money to giganews and newzbin rather than the MPAA/RIAA. It leaves torrents in the dust. I can completely fill my 15Mbps fiber connection. When I want my media I want it now, not in 2 days like you get with torrents.
    • TheTap, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1After last nights bittorrent flame, the Usenet people have their day again.

      The encryption option shows their commitment to Usenet and their customers.

      I've been on giganews for nearly 5 yrs and the retention just gets better and better. The downside of their 90+ days is when you have to reload all headers in a binary group - UGH! Nearly 2 million in a.b.tv.
    • ryan83518, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I've used giganews, but now I am currently with Newshosting.com. $15 a month for unlimited bandwidth from multiple IPs. Me and my buddies @ my school, 4 or 5 of us at one time, all were able to use the same account and download unlimited binaries. Can't beat $3 dollars a month for unlimited newsgroups with a fair amount of retention, averaging 60 days in most groups. This was especially helpful when they decided to block bit torrent at school, that and almost every other p2p service out there.
    • DarkStalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5That's why you use newzbin, sir. No need to download headers.

      I'm using hellanzb as a daemon with an HTTP frontend. hellanzb will unrar everything and ignore PAR2 files when not needed.. and if needed, only takes what you need. Then it deposits it all in one nice little folder. I love it.
    • brundlefly76, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I go with usenetbinaries.com, everything is thumbnailed and unlimited dls.
    • reparsed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Another thumbs up for Easynews. I've been using them for about a year and a half now and I'm very happy. They also do NNTP over SSL.
    • reparsed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Another thumbs up for Easynews. I've been using them for about a year and a half now and I'm very happy. They also do NNTP over SSL and there really is no need for a NNTP client, their web interface does everything I need.
  • Thing2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Love giganews, always been good to me!
  • egamer25, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I Just love Giganews it just gets better and better
  • NoOneButMe, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2Who cares.. It's secure without encryption ffs.
  • Nightchill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Aye been a giganews customer for sometime. No problems, no hassles (and their European servers are fast :) ).
  • phuchead, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4i love them, and i love newsleecher also. if you have giganew's platinum or diamond service levels, i.e. unlimited, you get newsleecher for free. that is like $25/year saving or is it 30/year i don't remember. just search the newsleecher forums and you can find a link to get you key, and if you are lazy here is the link for the giganews newsleecher key. http://www.newsleecher.com/?id=resendkey
    -phuc
    • Ryokurin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The catch is it has to be a new account. Dont think of canceling and starting a new one as its void if you have had an account with them in the past 12 months. http://www.newsleecher.com/?id=special_gn
    • teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1...damnit ive paid for newsleecher two years in a row, now i guess when my license is up ill save some money. thanks
  • 574lk3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1amen
  • davidaustx, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1> if you have
    > giganew's platinum or diamond service levels, i.e.
    > unlimited, you get newsleecher for free.

    This is not true.
  • Brickhaus, on 10/21/2007, -5/+42Giganews is wonderful.

    For those wondering what Giganews is or does, please continue using BitTorrent. Thank you.
    • ImTheDarkcyde, on 10/12/2007, -28/+7for elitist assholes, please continue to use Giganews
    • sigintop, on 10/12/2007, -4/+58Doesn't the first rule of usenet state that there is no usenet? :D
    • frenchkick, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6ill take my bittorrent somewhere else bitches
    • aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -18/+1Seriously though, what's giganews?
    • Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4"Doesn't the first rule of usenet state that there is no usenet? :D"

      Yes, and the first rule of Digg is quickly becoming that you should tell the first rule of Usenet is this.
    • teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14"for elitist assholes, please continue to use Giganews"

      We will, and when the RIAA comes knocking at your torrent using door we will laugh at you and your 30 kb/s average download speed...seed it up my friend.

      Its funny how the the oldest form of the internet is the best at file distribution. I get all my Linux ISO's off usenet its easy, quick and painless. There is also a TON of free indie music on there...yes legal free.
    • Namco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@teamparadox, yes, I too download all my linux distros and legal independent music from usenet! *wink* *wink*
    • coldphoenix, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Unfortunately teamparadox, you miss the most vital difference between bittorrent and usenet...price.
    • aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -19/+2Stop EFF'n digging me down. What is Giganews?
    • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3As far as i can tell you have to pay for just about every single Usenet server. Its super fast compared to all other things (limewire,BT, ect.) But its not free. I can wait a bit for money.
    • strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6@aurea: How about you "EFF'ing" use Google?
      And again, if you have to ask: stick with bittorrent and keep eating at the kiddie table.
    • TheTap, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Aurrea,

      Giganews is a news server. It is a pay service that you connect to in order to access newsgroups using the NNTP protocol.

      www.giganews.com
    • aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5@TheTap - Thanks for the time invested for a simple explanation.

      @ strictnein - Blow me.
    • DroidBlender, on 09/18/2008, -6/+5@teamparadox

      i'm not planning on getting into an argument about "elitism" here, because its like talking to a brick wall to some people...

      I'd like to know though, why the ***** do you think that because you use usenet, it makes you cooler than everyone else? I use almost every file sharing outlet there's out there, including usenet and irc. Does it get the files I want? Hell yeah! Is it relatively safer than Limewire/Torrent? yes. But P2P clients got a few thing going for them - they're decentralized, they're easier to use, and there are many more people using them than Usenet or IRC combined. I don't have any stats about Usenet, but as far as I know irc has around 300k+ users, while Gnutella has 3 MILLION+. So those numbers tell you something...

      oh, and @Brickhaus, stop thinking you're the ***** just cuz you use usenet...
    • AcidBath, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Just to add on here.... Raver makes some good points. But one thing that Bittorrent & other p2p has that newsgroups never will is a retention measured in years not weeks.
      NG's are very good for new content but older content is scarce.
  • deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3GigaNews is fantastic. Never once had a problem with their service.
    • arpnuke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Same here, its excellent. I've yet to run into problems after 1 year of use.
  • zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11So what is the SSL in aid of? You think that is secure when at the same time giganews would quite happily hand over any logs that any investigating parties would ask for. Makes no difference if you are port 80 or 443.
    • acceleriter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5That's a good point--any GN customers want to comment on their logging policy? (Easynews specifically states that they do not keep download logs.) SSL will protect you from someone on your network (think eye-tee "security") from trivially watching your transfers (though nothing is proof against administrators with control of the network and machine one is using).
    • wbradney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.giganews.com/faq.html#q4.1

      Their FAQ says they don't track downloads, only volume (for billing purposes). Looks like they do have X-Trace on _postings_ "for internal use".
    • AReallyGoodName, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well because it isn't peer to peer there is no way for the various agencies to log on as a peer and see who else is downloading a particular file.

      The RIAA/MPAA can however monitor the data coming in at the ISP and see what your downloading that way, this is where encryption helps. ISPs have cooperated with the RIAA/MPAA in the past so this encryption will be of use if you have an untrustworthy ISP.

      Of course if the the RIAA gets giganews to cooperate then your screwed regardless of encryption or not.
    • acceleriter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7There's a loophole--"we don't track the specific *articles* you download" (emphasis mine). I'd interpret that as meaning that "we can't say exactly what you downloaded, but we're able to tell $AGENCY you've downloaed 8 gigabytes from alt.binaries.bestiality.horses and 12 gigabytes from alt.binaries.warez.vistaultimate"
    • mbthompson, on 11/02/2007, -1/+2If your ISP were to let the RIAA MPAA in to watch, I think legally they would have to tell you, otherwise it would be illegal wire-tapping. It's the same as if they send your information off to one of the AA's. You have to receive a notice in the mail that they have done so.
      • DrewBlood, on 11/02/2007, -0/+1I'm only 10 months late to this, but it is definitely ILLEGAL for an ISP to notify its customer if a wiretap is requested.
    • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@acceleriter

      Even if I downloaded 10000GB from alt.binaries.ifyoudownload.fromthisgroup.itisillegal, it doesnt mean *****.
      No lawsuit can ever come of it.
    • AReallyGoodName, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"If your ISP were to let the RIAA MPAA in to watch, I think legally they would have to tell you, otherwise it would be illegal wire-tapping. It's the same as if they send your information off to one of the AA's."

      Well there are different laws for each country but every single person who has ever received an RIAA warning letter or summons has been the victim of their ISP giving away info to the RIAA. There is no way to match an IP address to a user without the ISPs help.

      Simple lesson: Don't trust your ISP, encrypt data between point A and point B.
    • acceleriter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ericnmu - true, but it might be enough to get a judge to sign off on a no-knock warrant for search and seizure of any hard disk on the premises.
  • popularme, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3um....this is spam.

    and it's old news.

    marked as spam.
    • DigeratiPrime, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3ditto, go ahead bury me. *sigh*
  • Threlly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Newsdemon unlimited account
    • x12ty, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Same here! I have the unlimited 20 connections for $20.00/ month.
      It's great!
  • thugramsey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3for use users that are just using giganews and dont really know what this means ... can someone help us out?
    • TheBarge, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3A pay service for access to a *ton* of usenet groups. But I choose not to elaborate any further :)
    • AReallyGoodName, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Basically compaines on the Usenet network like Giganews and easynetnews synchronise their servers with each other so that they more or less contain the same files.

      These servers have a lot of data and they have fast links. You buy an account with them for ~$20 a month and you can upload and download any files from these servers. Typically the upload and download rate will run at the full speed of your connection consistantly (so it's much faster than torrents and no one minds if you just leech).

      No one is really fussed about what files get uploaded although newsgroup servers delete files after a certain period to make room for new files. This is called the retention rate and is about 30 days for most newsgroups.

      Newsgroups also limit the size of each individual file that is uploaded. So files are broken up into very small parts. If you use a crappy program like outlook to view newsgroups you will just see multiple posts of garbage in the movies.bin channel when these are actually parts of files. You need a proper newsgroup reader that presents all the broken up parts as a single file to you, i like grabbit but everyone has their own preference for newsgroup readers.

      The best newsgroup servers i recommend are Giganews and Easynetnews. Easynetnews runs a little faster for me (saturates my 24Mb connection 100% of the time). Although there are a tons of servers to choose from all with their good and bad points.

      I'm going to get modded down for this but i'm sure the RIAA/MPAA already knew about newsgroups right?
      • Avi17, on 01/06/2008, -0/+0If you know you are going to get modded down, why do it anyway?


        Move along people, nothing to see here
    • sancho, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2The purpose of USENET is discussion. Think of it like forums without the web browser (though you can access web-portals to USENET--see http://groups.google.com/)

      Somewhere along the way, they started creating binary groups where it was deemed appropriate to effectively post binary attachments to posts. Unfortunately, USENET was created with fairly small articles (posts) in mind, so trying to post multi-megabyte binaries doesn't work too well. Because of this, people usually split their files across multiple posts. An mp3 might be 25 total USENET posts. A DVD would require many, many more. Of course, if the USENET servers fail to synchronize even one of these articles, the entire file is worthless. Software has been created to deal with this problem, as well.
    • AReallyGoodName, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"for use users that are just using giganews and dont really know what this means ... can someone help us out?"

      Sorry i thought you were asking what newsgroups were, then it finally clicked that you were asking what the encryption means for users.

      The encryption ensures that nobody monitoring the data between you and the newsgroup server knows what is contained in the transmission. So if you are worried that the NSA/FBI might be monitoring data running through the ISP you can use this encryption and they won't be able to tell what the hell you are posting, they can only tell that you posted something.

      However, if the FBI/NSA monitor the Giganews server directly they can tell what the data is and who posted it. So it isn't entirely secure, it just prevents you getting caught when AT&T pulls another illegal wiretapping stunt.
  • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Yes, but do they support Gopher?
  • JohnA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Um, I've been using this feature on EasyNews for almost 3 years now.

    But hey, the more SSL encrypted traffic flowing through the secret NSA rooms at AT&T, the better.
  • 1hunglow, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2basically usenet is p2p only you dont have to upload anything. it does however costs a little money.

    It is well worth it easynews.com
    • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Its not P2P
      Its basically a server that people can upload stuff to that anyone can download from, if they pay a little.
    • sancho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You're both wrong. It's the precursor to web forums that people have hijacked to use for uploading and downloading files.
  • teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just upgraded for safetys sake. The only thing that sucks is now im paying $5 more a month for the same package just now it uses SSL. They say they added an extra 10 connections but my 8mbps downstream was already maxed at the 10 connections I had before.
  • OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3buried
  • jriggall, on 10/21/2007, -11/+12The first rule of Usenet is that you don't talk about Usenet.
    • rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -15/+6You and everyone else who write OVER-AND-OVER need to get a life.
  • SeanMoney, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1BusHog you're a tool box
  • Namco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Thank god I haven't needed a 3rd party usenet service. Verizon's is good enough. Lets me max out my bandwidth on 8 connections.
  • 9tendo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Don't talk about usenet? Someone tell that to Slyck.

    1.6MB/s here. GN is the *****!
  • Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hey for those of you who use GN, if you don't mind, would you take a screen shot of your cur. speed graph (if you use Newsleecher). If I connect my modem via a USB cable I get consistent speeds in that the line is basically flat. If I use my onboard NIC on my A8N32 I get really inconsistent speeds.
    • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1On my cable I cap it out at a solid 350kpbs, flat line. (bytes)
      At school I fluctuate between 5mbps and 7mbps (bytes not bits).

      Giganews has never had a problem filling my pipe to the fullest.
    • zoom1928, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3No trouble here filling-up my 5Mbps connection with Giganews. They have amazing bandwidth. That is until Charter Cable started blocking them.
    • PureMassacre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What do you expect? Charter has got to be THE worst ISP ever.
    • ericnmu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I 110% agree that Charter is the worst ISP in the entire country, but I am having no problems with them and giganews.
    • Suppafly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0It still should be faster using your nic, usb connections usually arent as fast as ethernet.
  • scottbuzz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Why is he posting about gigan*ws on digg? He must not like his current speed and wants to tone it down a little. SSHHHHHH!
  • pr3z00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anybody want to do the referal thing? We'll split 50/50
  • antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I miss Adelphia using Giganews. :(
  • appriti, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0usenetserver + newzbin = heaven

    $15mo * 75 day retention (soon to be 90) * unlimited download space = saturation of my TB raid0
  • JPW420, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I find it odd that a person would ask a question like what are newsgroups here. Is there actually digg users out there not familiar with Wikipedia? I saw that most users here are firefox users the other day. Ctrl-T then Ctrl-K then type newsgroups (that is if google is set as the default up there in the search box) Amazingly the first link was to google groups (which is way handy for finding info) and then the wikipedia article on newsgroups.

    Anyways I subscribe to easynews. The global search is awesome, python+XBMC+easynews+broadband is an awesome thing.
  • pr3z00, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Do u get a free client with Giga news or do u have to get one like grabit?
  • thechise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Ssssshhhhhhh, Giganews is just for gathering newspaper articles. Usenet is just for users to get together and talk about fun places to hang out and read the news. There is no cool stuff to see....nothing more, move along now.....and we were never here.
  • writerboyVSgod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Now if someone would just beat some sense into the guy who won't release Thoth 2.0.
  • mos6507, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Lay off the SHHH. The RIAA and MPAA know about newsgroups. The only reason they haven't cracked down on it yet is because the process is too complicated to use gain critical mass.


    • rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1you're a ***** clown. digg it down.
    • rfquinn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1You haven't used Easynews' web interface with global search. My 62 year old mom has no trouble using it.
  • jarablue, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0That's right keep using P2P kiddies. The paid for service doesn't need you. When I get my 5 gig file in 40 mintues and you are still there 2 weeks into the dl I'll shout you a holla. LOL. By the way Giganews is the best service paid period.
  • rfquinn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Serious question - Say the MPAA/RIAA really wanted to go after Usenet copyright violations...could they actually do anything about it? Usenet seems damn near invincible to copyright policing.
    • Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well whenever you post anything on usenet, your email address is right there in the open. They could start subpoenaing (sp?) all those email addresses. me@anywhere.com and *****@youmom.com would be in a lot of trouble.

      To fully enforce copyright violations on usenet, they'd need full access to the networks and news servers for every ISP, plus the newsgroup service providers and intercept the IP addresses of the posters as they post their files. ..... not gonn' happen
  • culbeda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Any tips for evaluating Giganews? I'm giving it a try for 3 days.
  • ouorama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hey, you gotta make sure that pr0n is encrypted right?
  • jonnyx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm gonna put in my two cents and mention that my ISP (Road Runner) has a decent server with an admirable retention and completion rates. Granted, I can only have four connections open at a time, and my download speed averages about 500KB/s, but I've never had a problem completing anything less than 60 days old. Not bad considering it's included in the price of my internet service. For those of your counting your pennies, or even those who are not heavy Usenet users, give your ISP's news server a shot. You might be pleasantly surprised.

    And seriously, it beats the crap out of any P2P nonsense.
  • silphium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Giganews is the spawn of Austin-based Texas.net ISP, which also owns Datafoundry.com. Texas.net was Austin's largest ISP in the late 1990's (before the Time Warner/SBC cartel squeezed third parties out of broadband). They still operate ISP services at http://www.lonestar.texas.net. They run TexasNAP. I was with Texas.net for 2.5 years. If Giganews is anything like them, then they run a server and connectivity infrastructure that borders on overkill. While I've no experience with Datafoundry, I presume it was created to take advantage of this reliability.

    The only downside to Texas.net was the abrasiveness of their CSR staff, which I presume they learned from their similarly scratchy owners Jonah and Ron Yokubaitis. :-) But I do think the owners believe in user confidentiality. I don't need binary newsgroups but if I did I'd definitely go back to Texa... uhhh, Giganews.
  • ydobon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1All the bashing of different parties aside, it's simple:

    If you've got $20-30 a month to spend on ultrafast confidential secure downloads with the best retention rates, you go Giganews. If you're willing to split hairs over service, you pay $10-15 for some other Usenet server.

    If you don't want to spend any money beyond your ISP fees, you use P2P and other things - AND WAIT.

    I used to live in the US and pay $25 for 5Megabits of download speed. I now live in the Carib and pay $25 for 512Kbits. It's still more cost-effective for me.

    Every once in awhile I decide I want to watch some sub-genre of movie or maybe listen to certain audiobooks. And, I can get those things on my 90-day internet-based TiVo. ;) Thanks Giganews, but mostly, THANKS CONTRIBUTORS! Keep uploading!
  • ru(sic), on 10/12/2007, -0/+1NewsHosting + v3.newzbin + Unison... my version of heaven :)
  • bigboy75, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I signed up with Newsdemon because a friend gave me a coupon to use. It gave me a 20% discount off their already lower than Giganews prices. I used it and the rest has been history. Newsdemon has similar retention as Giganews (somewhere around five less days), but they don't rape me on price. Newsdemon also gives me a free browser, has FOUR news servers I can choose from, AND allows me 20 connections simultaneously.

    I completely max out my 20 mbit line with Newsdemon.

    if anyone's interested, I guess the coupon would still work. The coupon is: friend3567

    Cheers!

  • lloesche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm on easynews. Tried several others before and inbetween but always felt easynews offers the most for my money. global search and free SSL are just one thing, But par viewer, autopar, autounrar, etc. just make my day.
    Plus they just started to reward their continously signed-up members by giving an extra GB for each year you're signed up. In my case that's an extra 4GB each month.. sweet.
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