symm <symm@nowhere.org> wrote in
news:2016120502014762287-symm@nowhereorg:
> On 2016-11-30 12:53:11 +0000, Wednesday Weld said:
>
>> Thank you Sara.
>>
>> On 2016-11-30 04:50:09 -0500, Sara Bellum said:
>>
>>> Wednesday Weld <notues@hotslot.com> wrote in news:583d8e1f$0$40855
>>> $b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-11-29 06:54:34 -0500, Sara Bellum said:
>>>>
>>>>> That's fixed them:-)
>>>>
>>>> Which servers are they? Can't find Fred's post.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is the final posts on the subject, which was under the heading
>>> 3000 days retention:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:23:05 GMT, Sara Bellum <Sara@cortex.com>
>>>> wrote
>>>>
>>>>> I have just tried to download Rogues Regiment, which was posted
>>>>> 2671 days ago, with Astraweb and it is not complete upon the
>>>>> server
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you using both US and EU servers ?
>>>> eu.news.astraweb.com
>>>> us.news.astraweb.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you are looking for posts from that age you should consider
>>>> getting
>>> a
>>>> non-expiring block from another provider such as Newsdemon,
>>>> Usenet-News or Newsgroupdirect to fill the gaps in Astraweb.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Fred.
>>> Yes, I always use both servers when I'm in Astraweb.
>>> I'll get wth one of your suggested other providers.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Sara
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> But a quick search for "non-expiring block Newsdemon" brings up the
> sales page for the account. It just seems like a pre-paid data plan
> for a usenet service, i.e. X GBs of data with no time limit until
> used. But it doesn't seem to be any special block of data; just the
> same data you get with a monthly/yearly plan form the same provider.
> Newdemon does currently advertise 3034 day retention but I don't see
> how that helps with "posts which have been taken down the same day"
> which is what grabbed my attention. I assume this to mean DCMA style
> takedowns of binary posts. Perhaps Newsdemon or one of the other
> listed providers is less likely to have this issue?
>
> I can see this being a good backup for your preferred service. Pay for
> X amount of data to supplement your normal usenet subscription service
> and not have to worry about your pre-paid data allotment expiring.
> While not a guarantee of compleness, it increases the odds, but again
> how does this help with "posts which have been taken down the same
> day"?
>
> Am I missing something?
>
>
Posts which were not available to download from my usual servers, where I
have still thousands of GBs of credit, were fully downloaded from one of
the non-expiring servers. Certain posts are taken down the day they are
posted. This is a practice performed on many popular posts. This is a
fact.
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