fex Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 It's been a while since I have been signed up to any usenet service and I was thinking of signing back up again. I'm fairly sure I was with UsenetServer, but it's been so long. So how are you signed up with and how do you rate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I actually just signed up with Power Usenet, and probably a good idea to do so too, they just increased their binary retention to 200 days and I've had zero problems with them. There's a 10 day/10GB free trial also if you want to try that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Its something I've always been ashamed as an IT guy, but I never understood what exactly is a usenet. Can someone explain it to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fex Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'm sure it has legal purposes, but my use wasn't so legal. I basically used it to get albums, film, tv eps, software etc. It's basically just a download service but instead of using torrents, which the majority of the time take ages to download due to the lack of seeders, usenet was always fast on the download. If you download a lot of stuff, or don't feel like waiting 5 days for a torrent to download its well worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I use Usenet-News. Although their retention isn't all that (120 days) the price model is pay-as-you-go and that suits me very well. 50GB is $15, which is like £10/£11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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