Usenet provider question

alferret · 27-08-2010, 14:08

As my usage changes so does the need for a pay monthly account.

At the moment I DL in the region of 20gb'ish per month & I have cancelled my $11pm Astraweb plan.
I am looking for a pay-per-download package something similar to Astrawebs 180gb for $25.

Anyone know of any similar\cheaper products from other providers.

Cheers

**Damien** · 27-08-2010, 14:48

I use this: https://www.panic.com/unison/access.html

Quite good. Cheap. You don't need to use the application to access the service.

alferret · 27-08-2010, 16:15

Not quite what I'm looking for although the price is competative

I'm trying to get away from the pay monthly scenario due to not actually downloading that much. Rather than pay $xx per month I would rather pay £xx per set GB amount then top up as required, The Astraweb $25 for 180gb would last me about 6 months which would work out @ $4pm saving me $5-7 per month.

Trying to economise

berkut · 27-08-2010, 16:20

I use this one.

http://www.usenet-news.net/

What attracted me was being able to buy blocks that don't expire as I don't download regularly.

Never had any issues and they also do SSL access...

**Damien** · 27-08-2010, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by alferret

Not quite what I'm looking for although the price is competative

I'm trying to get away from the pay monthly scenario due to not actually downloading that much. Rather than pay $xx per month I would rather pay £xx per set GB amount then top up as required, The Astraweb $25 for 180gb would last me about 6 months which would work out @ $4pm saving me $5-7 per month.

Trying to economise

Oh, I apologise. I didn't read your question fully.

**Kymmy** · 27-08-2010, 17:28

There's very few that do the "pay as you download" packages

https://www.newsdemon.com/join.php
http://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get
http://www.newsgroupdirect.com/signup/

They're the only ones I could find besides astraweb

alferret · 27-08-2010, 18:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by berkut

I use this one.

http://www.usenet-news.net/

What attracted me was being able to buy blocks that don't expire as I don't download regularly.

Never had any issues and they also do SSL access...

Looks good, prices are nice

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kymmy

There's very few that do the "pay as you download" packages

https://www.newsdemon.com/join.php
http://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get
http://www.newsgroupdirect.com/signup/

They're the only ones I could find besides astraweb

Thanks for the links Kymmy, as with berkut's post usenet-news looks good. 200gb for $22 i'll look a little more into that one.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien

Oh, I apologise. I didn't read your question fully.

NP

Down the Pub · 27-08-2010, 20:45

avoid newsdemon full stop. i used them a few years ago when i first got into usenet. had nothing but aggro with them. retention on their servers was iffy and server access was a pain in butt. and worst of all their c/s & t/s is worse than vm's bangalore bob.

i suppose there was a reason that they were....cheap, they weren't wrong.