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From: Harry Palms <uce@ftc.gov>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.camille
Subject: Re: Advice on news serversComing back to Giganews after a long lay-off, I find that much has changed - ie disappeared. Which do you folks reckon are the best - ie uncensored news servers ?Coming back to Giganews after a long lay-off, I find that much has changed - ie disappeared. Which do you folks reckon are the best - ie uncensored news servers ?
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In article <4bd12cac$0$1596$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
"Who really cares." <You_Have_Me@Mickysoft.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:14:35 +0100, lost wrote:
>
> > Coming back to Giganews after a long lay-off, I find that much has
> > changed - ie disappeared. Which do you folks reckon are the best - ie
> > uncensored news servers ?
> >
> > TIA
>
> I have tried Giganews and found them okay but only on a trial basis.
>
> I use astraweb.com and they seem pretty good at a better price. The
> problems that they had have seemed to disapear from last year. Still have
> posts from last summer that are complete. :)
>
> It would depend on what groups and what server you are trying to go
> through. EU servers may be blocking groups where the USA servers may not.
I second the Astraweb if price and retention are your objectives. I got
a special for Astra, I think it was $96 for 12 months. Retention is
really good too, going back a year or more. They even have good
completion and retention in boneless, which is saying something given
the volume in that group.
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