AstraWeb Usenet $11.00 a Month (£7.00) Unlimited DSL!

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  rufus bezak3 years, 5 months ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  I signed up to this when it was on offer last year, haven't looked back since. Dirt cheap really at this price. As good as if not better than Giganews, and much much cheaper.
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  tek-monkey3 years, 5 months ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Anyone else comment on this? Seem to get all I want from free places, is it worth paying for?
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  Wotan3 years, 5 months ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Moved to these from giganews last time this deal was posted and haven't regretted it. Much cheaper and the service is just as good.
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  loaky3 years, 5 months ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  I was with Giganews but switched to these a few months ago due to price, for the price they're brilliant!
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  BlackCloud3 years, 5 months ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Is there a minimum term or is it just sign up and leave when you wish?
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  stunno3 years, 5 months ago1 Like #6Show comment toolsReply

  I just use the virgin free groups and can get virtually everything I need from there
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  rufus bezak3 years, 5 months ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  tek-monkey

  Anyone else comment on this? Seem to get all I want from free places, is it worth paying for?

  
  
  In comparison to torrents, your bandwidth will be constantly maxed out, meaning much faster download time. The selection and amount of 'stuff' on offer is immense. I only resort to torrents now if I come up short finding it on usenet, which is almost never.
  
  For what is essentially 24p a day, you'd save ten times that in electricity bills from not having your PC on 24/7 downloading s-l-o-w torrents :p:-D
  
  @ BlackCloud: No minimum term. You can cancel at any time, you may even get a refund for the unused days of the month you cancelled.
  
  @ Stunno: I'm betting the retention is p!ss poor and you have a very minimal monthly download allowance?
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  BlackCloud3 years, 5 months ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  loaky;7121901

  I was with Giganews but switched to these a few months ago due to price, for the price they're brilliant!

  
  ...in the 'old days' usenet used to be included in an ISP package, and very good with companies like Demon is the 90's! By that standard, £7 a mont seems expensive! :w00t:
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  cralittlewood3 years, 5 months ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Been on this for ages and it is very good. As far as I remember there is no minimum contract. Cancel whenever you want.
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  mistermoneysaver3 years, 5 months ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  Unlimited $10/Month Unlimited 1 Mbit/s 20 ? surely better to get this unless your dl more than 1mbps
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  rufus bezak3 years, 5 months ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Cheers, thecheekymonkey :thumbsup:
  
  You won't look back. You've just saved yourself over £80 over the coming year if you stick with the plan for 12 months, whch you will, believe me :-D
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  mistermoneysaver3 years, 5 months ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  delete sorry
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  zermattbusby3 years, 5 months ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks rufus... think I might give it a go
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  BlackCloud3 years, 5 months ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  Uk has to be credit card right? No paypal?
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  thesaint3 years, 5 months ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  BlackCloud

  Uk has to be credit card right? No paypal?

  
  
  I pay by Paypal.
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  smokieUK3 years, 5 months ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Astraweb is better than Giganews, and cheaper, but I also use VM. Means I can easily max out my connection by downloading multiple articles from three news servers.
  
  For those that mention about ISPs that used to provide News for free, remember how much some ISPs used to charge, for a 48k connection (if you were rich enough to afford a modem)?
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  rmehta1693 years, 5 months ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks Tdrtnlz ... very good information .
  
  Once you have the newsgroup say like AstraWeb and have got grabit ...do you know how to view files to download?
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  therealjohnpeat3 years, 5 months ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  stunno

  I just use the virgin free groups and can get virtually everything I need from there

  
  
  Including Virgin keeping a log of everything you download - and possibly having to hand that log over to the copyright holders on request...
  
  Apart from that - and the retention issues - it's certainly better than nothing tho!!
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  rufus bezak3 years, 5 months ago1 Like #19Show comment toolsReply

  Years from now they'll be glad old TV programmes etc were so widely 'distribute' Just look at all the 'lost' episodes of classic stuff from the BBC etc, and series that cease to be available on any format. Digital distribution and sharing is keeping a lot of enetertainment media alive. It may not seem that way now, but years from now we'll see. Usenet is already the only source for some deleted, copyright disputed, or other such rare and hard to find media.
  
  I'm not defending piracy. But I don't agree with the way the term is used in such a blanket way.
  
  For example: Take a look at my avatar? Do you know the ONLY place you can almost gurantee to get a clean copy of that classic Channel4 drama/sci-fi/black comedy? Take a guess! lol
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  rmehta1693 years, 5 months ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  guys thanks - this is a great deal .. heat and rep to both :)

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