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Subject: Re: Spidey: Question For You
From: Johnny Fever <mlovett55@att.net>
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Spidey <Hannah_Qe@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:ma98ad1jv9btaokl4lv2hsk2o1r389n083@4ax.com:
>
> I suppose the good news is that now you know.
>
> Three year retention is terrible by today's standards. As you also
> probably know, the actual limiting factor here is disk space, and
> that's now relatively dirt cheap.
>
> In their defense, Usenet participation has shrunk to a tiny, tiny part
> of what it used to be, so there's not much money to be made any more
> in the business of being a provider, and this doesn't make much of a
> case for investing even more money into the business.
>
> I don't have any real recommendations. I use one service to download
> from and another to upload to. In the former case, I want long
> retention and in the latter, no record logs (Yes, I use a VPN, but I
> still feel better leaving no trail behind).
>
> I use giganews and astraweb, respectively.
>
> A good way to check around for what's best for you would be to Google
> "usenet comparison" or just try
> https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-usenet-providers
>
> Let me know if I can be of any more assistance,
>
> Spidey
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 08:01:21 -0600, Johnny Fever <mlovett55@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Spidey <Hannah_Qe@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>news:8hp5ad9pl0c8qhkohd4srof7pteqg1me4r@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> Supernews advertises 2357 days retention, which is about 6.5 years.
>>>
>>> This somewhat less than the competition, but if you're getting only
>>> half that, I'd open a ticket with them to see what's up.
>>>
>>> If you think of it, let me know what you find out?
>>>
>>> Spidey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:09:00 -0600, Johnny Fever <mlovett55@att.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I currently use Supernews as my usenet provider. I can only get
>>>>downloads from three years back. Is there a better usenet provider
>>>>outh there? Many thanks.
>>>>
>>>>JF
>>>
>>
>>Spidey, Received this reply: We can't guarantee that anything older
>>than 3 years will be retained on our servers. If you'd like to provide
>>any NZBs for files that you've been having trouble with, we can check
>>the status of those files on our server.
>>
>>JF
>
Thanks. Will check around.
JF
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