Crappy Westnet news server - Anyone know a good news service?
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From: Hunter on 27 Nov 2009 22:50 Arrrggghhh, iinet has recently moved its' users onto the westnet news server, and it's dropping posts left/right/centre, including my own which somehow seem to propogate through it to receive replies but in many cases are not being held on it. Anyone know of a good news service that ain't super expensive and is decently speedy when pulling headers down to Oz?
From: Hunter on 27 Nov 2009 22:58 Hmmmm, looks like they're using Giganews, that definitely wont be a candidate.... Hunter wrote: > Arrrggghhh, iinet has recently moved its' users onto the westnet news > server, and it's dropping posts left/right/centre, including my own > which somehow seem to propogate through it to receive replies but in > many cases are not being held on it. > > Anyone know of a good news service that ain't super expensive and is > decently speedy when pulling headers down to Oz?
From: Rob on 28 Nov 2009 00:36 Hunter wrote: > Hmmmm, looks like they're using Giganews, that definitely wont be a > candidate.... > > > Hunter wrote: >> Arrrggghhh, iinet has recently moved its' users onto the westnet news >> server, and it's dropping posts left/right/centre, including my own >> which somehow seem to propogate through it to receive replies but in >> many cases are not being held on it. >> >> Anyone know of a good news service that ain't super expensive and is >> decently speedy when pulling headers down to Oz? http://www.eternal-september.org/ seems OK, free you have to signup. Worth a try. just had my ISP drop the news server - which was free - now have to count the external downloads - there is also - nntp.aioe.org been down a bit of late. r
From: CyBorg 0091 on 28 Nov 2009 01:55 On Nov 28, 4:36 pm, Rob <mesam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hunter wrote: > > Hmmmm, looks like they're using Giganews, that definitely wont be a > > candidate.... > > > Hunter wrote: > >> Arrrggghhh, iinet has recently moved its' users onto the westnet news > >> server, and it's dropping posts left/right/centre, including my own > >> which somehow seem to propogate through it to receive replies but in > >> many cases are not being held on it. > > >> Anyone know of a good news service that ain't super expensive and is > >> decently speedy when pulling headers down to Oz? > > http://www.eternal-september.org/ > > seems OK, free you have to signup. Worth a try. > > just had my ISP drop the news server - which was free - now have to > count the external downloads - > > there is also - nntp.aioe.org been down a bit of late. > > r try usenet.com.au (I think)or googlegroups.com work ok
From: Hunter on 28 Nov 2009 01:15
CyBorg 0091 wrote: > On Nov 28, 4:36 pm, Rob <mesam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hunter wrote: >>> Hmmmm, looks like they're using Giganews, that definitely wont be a >>> candidate.... >>> Hunter wrote: >>>> Arrrggghhh, iinet has recently moved its' users onto the westnet news >>>> server, and it's dropping posts left/right/centre, including my own >>>> which somehow seem to propogate through it to receive replies but in >>>> many cases are not being held on it. >>>> Anyone know of a good news service that ain't super expensive and is >>>> decently speedy when pulling headers down to Oz? >> http://www.eternal-september.org/ >> >> seems OK, free you have to signup. Worth a try. >> >> just had my ISP drop the news server - which was free - now have to >> count the external downloads - >> >> there is also - nntp.aioe.org been down a bit of late. >> >> r > > try usenet.com.au (I think)or googlegroups.com work ok No nntp with google groups and from a quick look usenet.com.au has a very limited list of newsgroups? :( |