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I'm using Astraweb and recently also took a little ($2.75 / 5 GB) BlockNews account to fill missing articles. It can't get any better than that, I haven't seen a single missing block yet.
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inpheaux posted:I mean, didn't they just expand past 200 days of retention? I use Binsearch and NZBIndex, recently NZBMatrix proved to be useful where others did not, but it costs some money.
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Dec 26, 2011 14:19
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Kontradaz posted:Either the quality of usenet is lower than I had thought, or blocknews is pretty much a terrible usenet provider. Either way, after having to slog through many failed downloads and random slowdowns of speed with blocknews, I really recommend that you guys stick with providers like supernews rather than block ones. I don't know why, but my experiene has been pretty terrible. Try supernews then and keep blocknews as a fill backup, it will be perfect.
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Jan 23, 2012 02:55
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SlipperyNipple posted:out of this world retention is over rated these days. Seeing all my downloads from > 500 days I wouldn't see 300 days retention as something worth paying for.
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Feb 18, 2012 14:39
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Dec 13, 2012 14:47
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What's a good software to browse text? Specifically big groups, Thunderbird seemed too clumsy.
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Dec 20, 2012 19:17
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drat you guys.
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Dec 20, 2012 20:34
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Thermopyle posted:In case you (or I) weren't (wasn't) clear: Google Groups is a real answer. Yeah I know, thanks. I was thinking about a classic application I could run from my connection, Google might cover it better though.
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Squibbles posted:Outlook express used to do it. Not sure if it still does though. That newer Mail app could do it too, but it was really slow last time I tried. Sperg Victorious posted:40Tude Dialog. It's kinda old, and you'll need to install it somewhere thats not in "program files" for it to work, but it's one of the better ones. Nice, never heard of it. Thank you!
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timmmmaaaah posted:So I forgot my nzb.su password and tried to reset it and the reset link just takes me back to the log in page? I mean my account still works in Sickbeard/Couch Potato because the API is still there but I can't use the site at all. Anyone had any experience with this? Did you disable JS? The reset link works.
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fivre posted:Is it possible to find older/more obscure stuff with fancier, more desirable indexers and more expensive providers, or am I just SOL for anything more than a month or so old? Like, early 2000s Russian Linux ISOs, are those basically hopeless? Usenet is no good for Russian whatever.
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Jan 28, 2013 18:46
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tarepanda posted:I've been using fastusenet.org for its connections and retention, but it looks like retention is spotty because I tend to get incompletes/errors on a lot of downloads (maybe 1 in 10?) ranging from two weeks old to three years old. Usually you don't need 50 connections, less than 20 would cover even a very fast broadband. They are Readnews reseller, this kind of retention is typical for other major providers, so whatever appeals to you in the first post suggestions, I guess.
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Feb 2, 2013 04:41
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tarepanda posted:I'm on 160 mbit, so... / 8 = 20 MB? Nice, but I believe it will be covered. Alternatively you may try to get a block account (like BlockNews or Astraweb) in addition to your current plan and set it up as a backup. This way I almost never have to deal with repair or broken files.
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Feb 2, 2013 05:06
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EgillSkallagrimsson posted:Who do I ask about getting in on this GoonNZB thing or has my endless procrastinating finally caught up with me? Here's the post.
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Mar 22, 2013 04:45
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Boris Galerkin posted:Is blocknews still the cheapest option for a block account for people who don't download too much? How much do you need? Astraweb has 1000 GB for $50 (vs. 1024 GB for $91.39 on Blocknews), if less than 500 GB Blocknews is cheaper.
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Teabiscuit posted:I keep getting incompletes, I have supernews as my primary, astraweb and usenetserver as my backups. It's a little frustrating. Should I try one from the holland provider? I'd wager this has something to do with your client or config, having all these servers would normally cover virtually 100% minus rare takedowns.
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Apr 12, 2013 12:42
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Torael_7 posted:Hopefully the last 'dumb usenet newbie' question - can I connect to and use both the US and EU servers if my provider of choice has them? If so, is there actually any benefit to doing so? You can. I did that on Astraweb, Giganews and Blocknews, without noticeable benefits. Articles are usually available on both servers, or on neither.
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Tommy 2.0 posted:I suspect it has to do with my usenet, Astranews? Nah, Astraweb is all right.
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Legs Benedict posted:So, what's the scoop on Giganews' Diamond Plan? I currently pay for Supernews + a separate proxy service which winds up running me about $20 a month. Diamond Plan is $35 after the first three months, but also includes their VPN service which is what interests me. Is it a good solution if I want something all-in one so I can just pay one company every month? For what it's worth, I currently use a proxy to bypass MLB.tv regional blackout restrictions. I used it for three months, after that switched back to Astraweb and converted my Giganews plan to Pearl + VPN ($15), you can do the same. (if having all in one isn't worth extra $10)
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I finally subscribed to Newsbin built-in search, after finding a bunch of items not on other indexers. Looks very extensive.
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Gozinbulx posted:Care to elaborate? I've never used Newsbin. Do you get NZBs from it and feed them to SAB? I download everything with Newsbin, it has a built-in search function, costs money ($20 for the client and $15/6 months for the search). It's probably not a good option for people using SAB and automated schedules and whatnot, I only download everything manually. You can make NZBs from the search results, but I don't know if it can be automated in any way.
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Crackbone posted:I'm using Supernews with a Blocknews fill provider but still having a LOT of problems with specific content lately. Would anybody have a suggestions on different block account, or even primary if SN has somehow gotten crappy while I wasn't checking? You can add Astraweb block and see how that works. But depending on what you're downloading, it may be either spam or something that gets DMCA'd everywhere. I.e. I don't think a lot of problems on one major provider will be gone on another.
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Aug 11, 2013 02:13
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frogbs posted:I'm getting a 'not enough repair blocks' error on pretty much every file i've tried in the last month. I'm using blocknews. Is this an instance of needing a second, supplemental provider or is something else probably wrong? Try it, Astraweb blocks start at $10 for 25GB (maybe some Highwinds resellers sell for less and you can try those instead, dunno). I almost never used Blocknews alone, but when I (accidentally) did, it wasn't any good.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Sick Beard grabs things before they can be taken down. Not really. I download manually, often at least hours after the release, it's all there. (Astraweb+Blocknews)
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Phiberoptik posted:Uh, is Block News still okay? Just bought an account there, but can't seem to connect or use their account pages. The site is probably down but the servers work fine. Shy fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Sep 14, 2013 |
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Sep 14, 2013 22:55
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yugge posted:Only a thousand?!? Is there any twitter or rss feed or somewhere to go to know when it goes live? From the site: quote:I guess it will probably last several hours. Will probably start around 7-8AM local time (GMT-6) They have an IRC channel, #DOGnzb @ irc.synirc.net.
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Le0 posted:I'm only using the ssl servers, should I add the others as well? Also are ssl servers lower on bandwidth or shouldn't there be any speed changes? You don't need ssl.astraweb.com, they have two locations and in my understanding it redirects to either ssl-eu or ssl-us. Blocknews also has usnews, so you could use that.
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Quit expecting a single provider to work perfectly all the time, BlockNews costs a couple bucks an it will last months. I switched to Giganews from Astraweb and I wouldn't say they magically solve all the incompletion problems (they write 100% on the site, but you wouldn't believe that)
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Former Human posted:When I used Giganews (admittedly years ago) it was pretty rare to have broken files, and virtually unheard of to have files that were too broken to be repaired. With Astraweb it's a 50-50 shot whether my downloads will work. Then again Giganews cost me $29 a month. I was using GN a year ago and recently switched again, incompletes haven't been rare. Without a backup they will be as problematic as Astraweb.
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The Diddler posted:How can you tell the difference? I thought all completion failures pretty much looked the same. Astraweb error messages explicitly mentioned takedown requests last time I had them.
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Who's your Usenet provider? Do you use SSL?
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busfahrer posted:I'm trying this whole thing out, currently on blocknews. Some stuff works great, but for a lot of items I get a lot of missing articles, even though they are well within blocknews's retention limits. For example, the retention limit is something well over 1000d, and the files I'm having troubles with are 200 to 300 days old. Is this a problem of the hoster or the indexer I'm using? Blocknews alone won't always be sufficient. You can buy the smallest Astraweb block and add it as a secondary server.
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busfahrer posted:Thanks for the hint, but I'm also trying to understand: Why is this? Is it due to retention? Due to Blocknews not carrying all the groups? They all have issues with missing articles sometimes, it's simply too much data to keep available all the time. And takedowns, yes.
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lokk posted:I'm a real idiot when it comes to this stuff. I've been using nzbs.org and SABnzbd for a few years with no problems. Recently all my files are showing up in folders with the correct name, but the actual .mkv file name will be like a 5000-digit 2048-hexagigatrillibillion security code. What's up with this yo!?!!? Makes it harder to identify (and take down) without a properly tuned indexer, I guess.
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FateFree posted:If you buy a block account as a backup that has both a US and EU server, should you add both as separate backup servers? Yes, that makes sense sometimes.
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Do you use all thirty connections? Try lowering the number a bit, they may overlap.
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Tanbo posted:I'm also using a highwinds reseller, who has the cheapest blockplans on another server for a backup? Still blocknews, I guess? astraweb is a bit more expensive if under 500 GB.
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Kin posted:I've never been able to pull anything older than 1000 days off of supernews, despite them saying it has like a 2000 day retention or whatever it is now. Before I went back to Astraweb half a year ago I had similar problems with Giganews (same company), anything past 650 days or so would take up to 15-20% backup, most of the time. On Astraweb I still need backup from time to time but it's definitely much better.
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