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hey guys,

I checked again tonight the rr newserver and woooo 750 kBps........so I am wondering why to pay for a premium newsserver , when I could use my IPS newsserver ???

thanku very much
 
I'm using the regular one (30 bucks per month for like 2 years)..

I put the max connections up (32), and there is no connection errors with roadrunner.. until at night for some reason. I tried to download a DVDr movie from newsgroups, and when I went to check this morning (I'm at work right now), the ones that weren't downloading last night all had connection errors..

Also, when I was downloading Mission Impossible III from Merlins-Portal, 3 "articles were not found." =\
 
I use grabit. it allows me to update the groups which i subscribe to which all the files available, then i can select what i want and start downloading, i believe you can do that on newsleecher too. heres a picture http://www.wintips.nl/files/scr/grabit.jpg
on the left you got all the groups you subscribe to like binaries.hdtv.x264 and on the right you got the articles in that particular group.
 
Does anyone here use road runner for newsgroup downloads? what speeds do you usually get. my max dl is about 650 KB/s when i download from torrent sites but i rarely get that when downloading from newsgroups. i usually get about 250-300 from newsgroup downloads with 4 connections. what're ur experiences with road runner. do they limit newsgroup download speed for you also.

i'm not complaining though because those are pretty good speeds for a free service but just wanted to know if other ppl were getting similar speeds.
 
nice speeds, can you report back once u use it a little more to say how often u get those high speeds compared to lower ones...like on weekends/weeknights...it would be very appreciated.
 
right now , nyc 12:26 pm is 800 KB/s 20 connections... I can tell u that it ranges beetween 700-800 kB/s.... for my standards it is superfast...I love it
 
I'm not quite maxing out my 10Mbps with only 4 connections so I'm only pulling in about 7.5-8Mbps. It's pretty good for free and so far I haven't ran into any capping or download limit issues, so I'm happy! :) Just encase your wondering the most I've ever downloaded was about 600+GB. Retention is also great, the oldest file I've downloaded so far has been 100 days, but that was a few months back so I don't know if that's still the case.
 
I'm in Austin and used to use my RR news service almost constantly. The highest speeds I've seen with it are around 820, though normally max at around 800. I used to see frequent irregularities in speeds so I eventually went to Newshosting and then on to Giganews, where I currently have an account.
 
marcolisi said:
right now , nyc 12:26 pm is 800 KB/s 20 connections... I can tell u that it ranges beetween 700-800 kB/s.... for my standards it is superfast...I love it
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Hey bro, what program did you use, I'm using Grabit and I only get 3 connections ( I switched to roadrunner, but they gave me a normal modem, and i needed wireless gonna drive down to their center in Queens and try get it replaced)
 
Thanks for the input guys. So its not just me who's not maxing out their speeds. I think the speed fluctuates probably because their newsgroup service is free and im sure amazing number of people use it, especially in a crowded place as my neighborhood. yea, i get the same great retention of about 100 days also. I try not to download too much so they won't start capping my speeds or downloads. maybe about 100 gigs max per month.
 
marcolisi said:
Thank u very much.
How do I know which group is wort subscribe to??

thank u very much
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you can list them by the number of articles they have, if you click the tab where it says "articles" the bigger ones have most files and are most worthwhile to look through...but stay away from alt.binaries.boneless on rr newsgroups because retention is like a couple hours haha.
 
yea. i think they cap their news-servers somehow when you use use them alot. i remember my speed went down when i was downloading loads of 360 games but it went back to normal after i didnt download for a while.
 
I don't think very many users are utilizing it. Probably has more to do with how RR prioritizes their bandwidth.

Also, not sure if you have the same limits as me, but I've downloaded an incredible amount of data in a month and was never "capped" or warned.

Just my two pennies.
 
Hey guys,
could u select SSL in your rr server setup?
I use alt.binz and it seems to me that whenever I select SSL , the download stop.
Does rr free server support SSL ??

thank u
 
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