I follow a couple of binaries groups, so I do pay for Giganews. Aside from that, the free server I used a while back was unreliable. It missed a lot of posts. The paid server would show say, 100 posts in a given time period, the free server would have about 90.
Perhaps other free servers are better, but my initial experience with two of them sucked.
There are probably others paid servers as good, but cheaper than the
2.99 for Giganews, but I'm too lazy to risk making the change.
Well you should try aioe for the text groups and see if there's a difference.
And you know that the missing 10 posts were not spam?
You should mention which server it was that you claim was missing posts, and when exactly this was.
Which two were they?
And if I may say, your argument about them "sucking" just doesn't cut it.
And you use it for binary downloads - or just text?
The only thing I expect if I were to pay to access a usenet server would be to download binary posts. Do you have other expectations?
My binary downloads are satisfied gratis by one-click hosters (aka file-lockers).
I don't have to mess around switching.
Outlook works fine with Windows 7. It's Outlook Express that they discontinued.
But there are numerous free alternatives.
Switching - what?
from eternal_September
What a brain trust we have around here.
Of course there is a difference. There would be no binaries.
Yes, I was on both servers and saw the posts missing. They were not spam, they were from regular uses of the NG, including this one.
whatever eternal-september is now
Change ISPs. And tell your current provider why.
You are NOT locked in to the ISP provided by the company that owns the pipe. My cable provider is Comcast, but I use Earthlink as my ISP. Earthlink provides Giganews at no additional charge.
Eternal September has worked well for me for the last several years. It was down briefly only once. See:
Tomsic
Agreed... I've used it in conjunction with OE for years now with no complaints.
They were excellent, but the people they used to handle their payments were a complete disaster (maybe n.i.n use someone else these days) - it's the only time I've ever contacted an organisation to apologize for leaving them :-)
(I'm using motzarella/eternal-september these days, with no complaints)
cheers
Jules
Well, the IQ of the room will go up considerably as soon as you leave. This topic has been discussed to death here again and again. And it boils down to the guys who won't pay for binaries. And the guys who accept substandard service of some kind or another.
Having somebody come by and start whining about it isn't going to change anything. Why is is so important to you? I don't need to read your incessant whining. I will just ignore this thread from now on.
So when a dolt has a retarded conversation with me, I'm the one at fault?
Yes, and my basic 2 questions have not really been answered by anyone:
1) why use a paid usenet server to read/write to text newsgroups? 2) why is eternal september better than aioe?Um, no it doesn't.
If you want binaries - you have to pay for them.
If you want text - WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PAY FOR THEM?
I'd really like to know what you mean by substandard service, and who per chance is providing it?
Asking questions and pointing out when others evade them is not whining.
Why is it so important that you not answer the questions and even more, that you want me to stop asking?
Nobody's forcing you to cry like a baby in protest to my questions.
I accept your surrender of this argument to me.
No, but dismissing every answer you've received clearly shows you don't really want any answers to your constantly evolving questions, you jes wanna argue. Sorry, but I already have one Alzheimers mom for that.
nb
I also use news.albasani.net Like news.eternal-september.org it's free but does not allow binaries. The two news servers do not carry the same groups so if one doesn't permit subscription to something you want, try the other one.
I paid for certain services. I have a contract.
Interesting. I didn't know that but I decided to check it out because I have always resented the fact that Comcast and Verizon both killed off their Usenet service that used to be included with my Internet service. I have Comcast now and, based on what you wrote, I thought I would check to see if I could change to EarthLink for Internet.
Unfortunately, when I went to EarthLink.com I found out that the only Internet service they have in my area is DSL and Satellite. I can't use my Comcast cable Internet service or Verizon FIOS (if I had that) to get EarthLink Internet service. I assume that it is available elsewhere as you have suggested, but not where I am located.
If the services *you utilize* includes binary downloading, then great. More power to ya.
If you're paying for access to text groups (and you don't download binaries) then that's ok too. You're happy to pay for something that is widely available at no cost. It's your right to do it.
I just don't understand why you wouldn't clearly and unambiguously admit to it.
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