Anybody use Simply Usenet?

mr_fishbulb

They have a deal on at the mo - couple of pounds off each package.

I was thinking of giving them a go as it's only a 1 month rolling contract. I haven't been on usenet for years!

Has anyone used them - are they any good?

bat999

@ mr_fishbulb
Hi
I haven't used Simply Usenet, but please may I ask you a question?
My ISP (Virgin Media) allows me access to newsgroups, what's the difference between that and a 'Premium' account such as Simply Usenet?

mr_fishbulb

bat999 wrote: »

@ mr_fishbulb
Hi
I haven't used Simply Usenet, but please may I ask you a question?
My ISP (Virgin Media) allows me access to newsgroups, what's the difference between that and a 'Premium' account such as Simply Usenet?

ISPs will usually only have access to text-only groups (i.e. people can only write messages to each other, but not post attachments). There is also the question of how far back they will store messages on their servers, before deleting them. This is called the Retention Period. ISPs will probably have a short retention period, but the paid for ones will go back hundreds of days.

There are also other things a premium provider may provide like SSL encryption and guarantees that they will not keep records of any downloads - these are more for people who want to download things of questionable content.

My isp doesn't do usenet, but I can get a £2.99/month package with Simply. Think I might give it a go, only 3 pounds to lose.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Virgin have two servers on their farm, text & binary

- news.virginmedia.com

- the binaries used to be good, but no longer, *.pdf binaries are still good the rest are rubbish since they moved the farm from North America to Holland.
- private farms will give 8 connections

- Astraweb used to be very good, you paid £x for a download quantity not a time period, whan you maxed out your pay-up-front money their server blocked you, this was a good thing because you controlled your credit card - not them !

- Claims on rentention are usually dreams, the headers may be 200 days old and still there, but the files the nzb links to are often missing.

- if Simply are a £iver a month give it a shot - make sure your credit card isn't tied to continue paying after the first month !

mr_fishbulb

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- if Simply are a £iver a month give it a shot - make sure your credit card isn't tied to continue paying after the first month !

They accept paypal, which is nice.