astraweb

[Smiling Costs Nothing :)]

It's fine now, it just farted....

Also, means, no TV post probably for awhile now either, auto posters use Astraweb.

Reason they went down

"There was a problem with the authentication system which caused all connections to be dropped. This lasted for about 1.5 to 2 hours. This has now been fixed.

Steps are being taken to ensure the error does not occur again in the future.

We apologize for any inconvenience."

 

[courtneyrhodeisland]

Just signed up for $96 deal using link below. No need for emails to customer service or anything.

http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/voucher.cgi?t=zgufplhxfr2cwsw

Was previously on $11/month which I cancelled a three weeks ago.

 

[Skeezux]

From: Astraweb Helpdesk Add
To: [email protected]


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Pat,

Yes, we are still offering the $96/year plan.

If you would like to upgrade your account, please signup again for your new account on our website for the special:



When prompted for your username/password, do not proceed. Instead, email us your new order number and username and we will convert your account. A pro-rated refund will be issued on your previous order.

You will be billed $96 immediately and a refund will be issued for the unused time on your old account.


Your E-mail is much appreciated.

Best Regards,
Daniel

They were still selling the $96 annual sub yesterday. Works out at $8 a month. :happy:

 

[hyp44]

you signed up for the unlimited $10 a month plan which has the 1mb capped speed...1mb=128kb/s

so your getting what you payed for...follow the link someone posted for unlimted DSL plan which has no speed caps and is only $1 more per month

what is your advertised ISP speed?

 

[Fred Weasley Lives]

Honestly I would look into getting the $25 for 180gb, *depending on how much you download*. In 3 months you'll spend $33 for unlimited, but you might not even download 180gb in 3 months.

Also, Tech support for astraweb is exceptional.. I submitted a ticket the other day and within an hour it had been taken care of.

-Mutantx

 

[kim c]

It's fine now, it just farted....

Also, means, no TV post probably for awhile now either, auto posters use Astraweb.

Yep, running here too, a little slow though. Most of the TV looks good, I'm sure the auto-posters have a backup server or two. Looks like everything is complete so peering must have been unaffected.

 

[#10]

Yeah, speeds were normal at first and once everyone realized there were back up, I was getting like 21kb/s, horrible, so everyone was overloading them all at once. So now it's still slow, flucuating big time right now, I can see there servers are clogged right now, I'm sure it will still be a few more hours till everything is completely sorted.

 

[Fiz501]

A few days ago there was a cable cut in the Atlantic. Earlier they were having an authentication problem.

 

[Caral]

They were still selling the $96 annual sub yesterday. Works out at $8 a month. :happy:

:blink: Is this for real?

 

[-kaulitz]

Seems fine for me. However, I'm on the European server.

 

[malt_soda]

That's good to hear they have decent customer service.

On a related note I signed up for the 180GB block 4 days ago and already cleared about half that space, so now I'm deciding between the $96 plan and the $11 plan. Tbh I'm leaning towards the $96 plan. It's hard to beat that bang for the buck, plus Astraweb's service has been top notch so far.

Now if only another ISP besides Compost, er, Comcast would come to my area.

 

[marissasaurus7]

I really don't actually download that much real stuff either... but I tend to download porn (or HD porn :whistling) and the porno ends up not being what I expected. So I try again. That actually takes a decent amount of dl traffic...

Decisions decisions...

 

[swtkoreanpanda]

...not a wind up.
I was following this thread - submitted a ticket on Thursday and got the above reply on Friday.

 

[hayati]

timeouts again Even putting the 1-2 hours from yesterday aside, I seem to be getting more and more timeouts on astraweb.

 

[mcmosinee]

I always say Astraweb reply within 24 hours.

Also, rart, yes it's true.

 

[little_pedro96]

The $96/year was a special that they ran back in June or July. Apparently they are still offering to who are lucky enough to get the special link in their email reply.

 

[monkey1401]

if going for block accounts there is better deals out there, usenet-news and blocknews would be the way to go for block accounts.

 

[sneely3]

Been fine for me today, slow this mourning, but back to normal speed....

 

[crazyhorsegirl]

The $96/year was a special that they ran back in June or July. Apparently they are still offering to who are lucky enough to get the special link in their email reply.

all you have to do is send them an email saying another company is offering it...which they are...any they will match it

a yr is a long time in news server time and while astraweb is on top now in all around service/price, who knows in a yr...ill stick with the $11 a month for now

 

[butin4]

a yr is a long time in news server time and while astraweb is on top now in all around service/price, who knows in a yr...ill stick with the $11 a month for now

same here. im sticking with 11 a month.