Gotta love Astraweb - Retention

Well, Blocknews/Usenetnow is also around the 700 day mark and growing. Maybe it's time for all those Highwinds resellers stuck at 600 days to consider jumping ship.
 
So once again I had problems due to too many incomplete files on astraweb. This time it was Cassandras.Dream.2007.720p.BluRay.x264-ESiR . So I finally gave in and bought a block from blocknews. And guess what: The situation is exactly the same, the same files are missing the same information. Could this be due to a faulty nzb? i grabbed it off binsearch. it showed the release as complete though on their site.
 
The NZB is good. What's missing from Astraweb is surprisingly also missing from Blocknews. The post is a Biblical 666 days old and has expired from Highwinds servers such as Usenet-news.net. The only backup server that will work with it is Giganews which doesn't sell blocks..
 
I needed more than one backup server.

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Surprisingly, Blocknews didn't have the 6 missing articles either.

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They were filled in by Usenet-news.net (Highwinds).
 
cubbyche said:
I am having problems downloading this file (The.Story.of.India.2007.BluRay.720p.DT S.x264-HDxT]-[002/265] "Episode.1-Beginnings. Episode 5 is incomplete to)
with Astraweb I downloaded this same file a few weeks a go now I can't download the same file to many broken incomplete
its only 387 days old I don't get it why was it ok a few weeks ago and now can't even fix it with the pars ?
Is anybody else having problems with completion on Astra? I loved Astraweb (till now) over 700 days retention is great but if the completion is going to suffer then I don't know?
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I've also been using Astraweb also but I virtually never run across an incomplete file - probably because I have Astraweb set up using Blocknews and Usenet-News as automatic fill servers. I know I keep repeating myself here, but a one-time purchase of a $3 gigblock at Blocknews or Usenet-news, or other "buy once/use forever" block provider will buy you a lifetime of insurance that you'll never again run into a file that won't complete.

With fill-servers properly set up, even having to par-fix a file is extremely rare, as most everything is always 100% complete (better than Giganews at a fraction of the price) A number of newsreaders even let you set up a backup server to a backup server, in case the first two combined don't do it.

also see http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/419826-Blocknews-new-lower-prices!

@mesaman - what newsreader do you use? Since you have three usenet provider accounts, have you tried setting up your newsreader using all three servers to automatically fill in missing articles?
 
zone66 said:
Hi,

Giganews website screamed in big red print "240 days retention" which they did reach, but during Sept2008-Jan2009 they fell far short, as little as 190 days, and despite all the complaints of false advertising, they never corrected the posted retention they were promising. That is, until their retention eventually grew to 241 days, and ever since that day their actual retention has been correct and updated daily. (funny how honesty only works one way!)
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how did you expect them to resolve that?? upload 60 days worth of binaries to thier servers
 
I am having problems downloading this file (The.Story.of.India.2007.BluRay.720p.DT S.x264-HDxT]-[002/265] "Episode.1-Beginnings. Episode 5 is incomplete to)
with Astraweb I downloaded this same file a few weeks a go now I can't download the same file to many broken incomplete
its only 387 days old I don't get it why was it ok a few weeks ago and now can't even fix it with the pars ?
Is anybody else having problems with completion on Astra? I loved Astraweb (till now) over 700 days retention is great but if the completion is going to suffer then I don't know?
 
chakara said:
And btw, comparing block accounts and illimited accounts makes little sense.
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No point in getting off topic....but how so? Even a once off block account I can still break the cost down to a monthly cost. If it takes me 3 months to use a 200 gig account i am paying 7 dollars a month for usenet...6 months, 3.50. I download stuff I want and will actually use in the short term. My days of downloading anything and everything that I THINK I may use but never get around to is done. I got tired of giggling like a school girl while trying to impress my friends with my big disks! :D (they honestly didnt care either)

I will admit sometimes there is stuff I need that is quite large so I will just spend the 5 bucks for a week long unlimited account ad download as much as i can and i still come out ahead.
 
Astraweb: 710d 711d
Blocknews: 713d
Giganews: ???

I think the giganews fanboys are a bit shy.
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I just luv that giganews bashing by astraweb fanboys


Advertised: 717 days


715 days ago: CHECK
716 days ago:CHECK
717 days ago: CHECK
717 days 22 h ago: (The.Engagement.2006.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-VoMiT): CHECK
719 days ago(the.samurai.hdtv.xvid-fqm): CHECK

And here we go with incompletes, finally:

720 days ago(passage.ws.pdtv.xvid-remax):
Parts checked: 2117
Undownloadable parts: 21
0,99% of the data can't be downloaded!

Suck it up :D

PS i dont say that ALL stuff posted 717 + days ago is available but what i tested was.(some EFnet releases)
 
Giganews website screamed in big red print "240 days retention" which they did reach, but during Sept2008-Jan2009 they fell far short, as little as 190 days, and despite all the complaints of false advertising, they never corrected the posted retention they were promising. That is, until their retention eventually grew to 241 days, and ever since that day their actual retention has been correct and updated daily. (funny how honesty only works one way!)
 
binsearch
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Retention is not the problem with binsearch, at least for me.
Unfortunately ive found out that via binsearch one cant find posts which can be found using others nzb index sites within retention range.
Mostly HBO TV series.I suspect take down requests.

As for these tests i made i used superseach to create nzbs.

And i repeat once more its not 100% guarantee that everything beyond 717 days can be downloaded. Same as i guess with all other newsproviders.
 
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