Announcement for Giganews and NewsDemon Users, Please Read

[hijackthat5]

This whole affair is rather silly, although, like dog vomit, it catches your attention.

I 'say', to each their own.

I use:

astraweb (~11 USD/mo, I paid slightly more, my mistake)
Rapidshare Premium (~24.50 USD, purchased enough 'rapids' to last 1 1/2 years)
Private Trackers + μtorrent (Totally free)

This provides everything I want. I am content. I am also more than content to let others use as they choose. I do not assert superiority or inferiority as I really do not know. I simply purchased what I purchased, the next person could do it differently and enjoy it as a better value.

 

[Gym Babe]

I'm saying you're full of shit because not one person has been able to name a show that I cannot download. No one. Old, new, or ancient fucking history.

I don't know if this topic only applies to HBO/SHO shows with articles/files missing and *non-completable* on Giganews, or other files missing on Giganews. It's already been pointed out (on other FST discussion threads) that there are files that won't complete on Giganews and can't be fixed using pars.

To name one example: how about Newzbin Report #5670754 ?

Skiz, Please try getting that one from Giganews before you continue your argument that Giganews is being unjustly criticized.

 

[sulaimanintokyo]

Took you long enough to get the hint. Please don't come back.

:glag:

Take a note here kids:

Never admit you're wrong. If in a proper discussion, cut/paste and answer only the very weakest part of your "opponent's" arguments, thus "pwning" him/her.

@RainmakerRaw - You'd be doing yourself a favor to ignore her like most of the board does. She's a twat with sand in her twat.

 

[Brittany G]

Does the included VPN justify the $30/month Diamond plan though? I've never used VyperVPN but I hear decent VPNs do wonders when just browsing the internet in general. Giganews is apparently also offering this new Usenet browser thing, though I think that's just a dinky little feature that no one would really use. But I just cancelled my NewsDemon plan (I've had issues where ~400 day old files were very broken and I've had the issue this post is referring to many a time and it's gotten to the point where I just want to cancel) and I'll have no service on July 29th or 30th and I would like some advice. Are VPNs really worth it? If they are, is VyperVPN any good? If I were to go to Astraweb, what VPN would you recommend (if at all) that is relatively inexpensive but high quality? I'd appreciate any answers and help

This is coming from a relatively n00bish person, but I do understand the basics of Usenet.

 

[Vasiq]

Really?Thats interesting
I cant find it on this newzbin report example.. Are u quite sure?

Why are you looking there? Reading text newsgroups is a long lost skill I guess.

 

[PAUL L]

Oh look, Skiz is here to whiteknight a fellow Giganews mug, again. RainmakerRaw probably just made a couple of support tickets here to ask for help.

 

[Con Asskicker]

Heh, all these years I just figured Astra was EU based. Ah well.

Astraweb's home office is in Singapore, and their server farms are located in San Diego and Amsterdam. I think the company is also still registered in Singapore, although this could easily change. (Usenet-news.net, owned by a Swede, has changed its official ("on paper") country of domicile several times already)

I can understand the confusion though. It's been a long time since Astraweb displayed their mailing address on the website. Although not operating under US DMCA law, Singapore is no pushover when it comes to copyright enforcement. The country has often been described as a police state with very tough laws in general, and I seem to recall one or two people even going to jail for ordinary file sharing.

 

[smashlee_1014]

is the message-id of a text article in 'giganews.general' where Philip Molter, CTO of Giganews, says that some articles were removed due to a DMCA takedown request.

 

[Brix L]

You herd wrong then, they just hide your traffic, but come with an overhead.

what VPN would you recommend (if at all) that is relatively inexpensive but high quality?

Any? They only cost a few dollars. Get one close to you if you want speed, or in another countries if you want some minor increase in protection from prosecution. Relakks? Hell, get your own virtual server and set up your own vpn, less chance of being blocked then.

 

[Audrie....♥]

Or did I misunderstand you?

Nope. We understood each other perfectly well =)
I justed wanted to share all the information on the subject i had so no question would be asked considering the details of the test

PS Kinda stupid way to DMCA stuff posted on usenet, but , hey, im not complaining at all lol
Wish they keep doing it this way =))

 

[Deanna[:]

You herd wrong then, they just hide your traffic, but come with an overhead.

That's what I mean. I've used proxies that literally turn my high speed cable internet into barely broadband.

Any? They only cost a few dollars. Get one close to you if you want speed, or in another countries if you want some minor increase in protection from prosecution. Relakks? Hell, get your own virtual server and set up your own vpn, less chance of being blocked then.

What service would you recommend for multi-national access? I do travel a lot, sometimes internationally, so I would like USA VPN, but I would also like international servers for security reasons. Not only that but I hear you can't get some things in the USA.

 

[Diem]

We don't do that, most movies and TV and games are bot posted not HUMAN posted.

And yes fine what ever so they don't deleted everyone, but they do get removed, not the whole thing, but just enough parts not to repair.

Just give it time you will get those errors

And yes it is a fact because we use ND and GN for posting/grabbing the NFO's during NZB posting and guess what I get "article not found" which means they've been deleted.

There were many posts about it HBO shows being deleted else where, and I've never EVER had one single article missing from Astraweb that I've downlaoded, the 200 days stuff is when Astraweb had completeion problems where uploads didn't complete and became broken. Most of that stuff is fixed now or has bee reposted....

The worst part is how can people pay an extra $20-30 more a month for Giganews....

Skiz yes it's a known fact, we get complaints in the IRC channel all the time about True Blood and HBO shows being deleted EP01-03 are un completelable both by users here and users at NZBSRUS, hence the many repostings of it.

Try downloading those HBO shows in 2 weeks or so, some aren't 24 hours, this was only an example, because it's been done and has happened.

For example Deadwood is just 100 days old and has been deleted from the servers...

Serious question here...why do some swear by Giganews - Yes the service is solid but it is dammed expensive. I was a with them for a couple months (completion issues) but left when I tried Astraweb w/ newshosting for filler account - all still cheaper than GN - what is the big mystery here?

 

[Brrtonman1497]

Ive searched for ur mathematical stuff....

1)660 days ago:
Parts checked: 631
Undownloadable parts: 0
All OK!

2)634 days ago:

Parts checked: 785
Undownloadable parts: 0
All OK!

3) 72 days ago ( ur newzbin report)

Parts checked: 881
Undownloadable parts: 47
5,33% of the data can't be downloaded!

cant be repaired, indeed.



But let me ask u just 2 questions:

1) Does astraweb give ther subscribers 100% guarantee that all stuff posted to usenet is available?

2)Wtf do u need for an nntp provider with 717 days+ retention if u dont use its full potential?

is the message-id of a text article in 'giganews.general' where Philip Molter, CTO of Giganews, says that some articles were removed due to a DMCA takedown request.

Really?Thats interesting
I cant find it on this newzbin report example.. Are u quite sure?

PS Posters should create larger PAR2 files so that miserable giganews users could repair 1-2 blocks missing from every rar, lol

 

[Vtec Powa]

LOL I've better things to do with my day than shoot the breeze with someone mid-PMS just looking to moan. This might be 'teh internetz' but I'm afraid I left the under 16s pissing contests behind a couple of decades ago. Enjoy the rest of your day, I know I will. Toodle pip.

 

[Jetfan]

This is getting as tedious as Xbox 360 vs PS3 debates.

Yes, astraweb is almost half the price of giganews but giganews does have much better customer service and in general is much more reliable as a service than astraweb, is that worth paying a extra $9 a month for that? Not in my opinion but that's up to the user to decide if it's worth that to them. Astraweb fanboys who call giganews users losers or whatever for paying what they pay for giganews are sad, how does it effect you? It doesn't one bit, it's their money, get over it. This is from someone who uses astraweb.

 

[Reyna M]

Serious question here...why do some swear by Giganews - Yes the service is solid but it is dammed expensive. I was a with them for a couple months (completion issues) but left when I tried Astraweb w/ newshosting for filler account - all still cheaper than GN - what is the big mystery here?

No mystery at all to me; they're a superb service. They have the highest retention, exceptionally fast customer service (the one time I needed it).

Yes, they're more expensive but with the constant complaints I hear on this board about poor Astraweb completion rates, and routine postings of how people have left them b/c it was so bad, I'm fine paying a few dollars more for the peace of mind that everything I download is going to complete. That includes HBO shows, contrary to what SOL has posted. That first post is so incorrect and deceiving....

 

[puck]

Why are you looking there? Reading text newsgroups is a long lost skill I guess.

u misunderstood. I was simply referring to newzbin report i wasnt looking there for headers RAB
For ur consideration ive been using usenet for years and ive always worked directly with headers( god bless compressed headers! lol)

 

[herth]

Indeed. I've been trying out Astra again this month (I left a year or so ago after the problems started) and although they've been OK overall they've given me enough issues to keep me paying $19.99 to Giga for unlimited use and free SSL. For example, just to redress the balance, I just ran a nice 1080p NZB through NZB Download Checker, and although it's 100% complete on Giganews, Astra has quite a bit of it missing (almost 1% damaged). Giga's support answers tickets within 10 minutes usually, whereas the last three or four times I've sent tickets to Astra (this week included), they've taken between 2 and 5 DAYS to reply. I last posted Astra and Giga tickets (at the same time) on Tuesday... Giga replied 5 mins later. Astra still haven't gotten back to me. THAT is what Giga users pay for, imho.

 

[megness93]

Why would I go to a server where I would get laughed at and kicked? Thanks, but no thanks. This is your battle, and a shit one at that.

The bottom line is, you're trying to say that Giganews is deleting posts and hence, users are not able to obtain their HBO downloads. I'm saying you're full of shit because not one person has been able to name a show that I cannot download. Not one. Old, new, or ancient fucking history. Sounds like a witch hunt to me...

Maybe I can be that "one person"

This was mentioned on another thread that virtually all the shows of "Big Love" season-4 in 720P are incomplete and non-repairable on Giganews and Highwinds. I noticed that season 03 is the same way. Here's a sample:

https://binsearch.info/?q=big+love+720p&max=250

Look at all the Big Love shows posted by "teevee" and "teh" between 200 and 600 days ago

S03: E02 thru 10
S04: E01 thru 08

These 17 releases all have 32 rar files in each set, each rar has one chunk missing, and there are not enough par2 blocks posted to repair any of them. A complete failure for Giganews and Highwinds.

I hope this is sufficient proof that SOL is definitely not "full of shit"

 

[irock0527]

Thought I would chime in on this. From my experience with Giganews, is that they are great and they better be for the amount of money they want for their service. I went with Astraweb nearly a year ago and have found them to be equivalent to Giganews in service but far less expensive. I rarely get missing pieces and when I do they are so few that they are usually repairable, easily. The other day, I downloaded something that was 760 days old. So far Astraweb have been awesome and I would recommend them to anyone.