kurtis5561
14-01-2009, 01:45 PM
You may or may not know, the internet was started to the public (Before Arpanet evetually took over) with bulletin boards known as USENET, Basically you would dial in and you would get a bulletin board with posts (Like this one) and binary files such as movies, pictures, audio etc. USENET is still used today but to keep most of the "kiddies" away and the costs of running the servers, a membership fee is levied against members of the servers (costs between $1.99 to $24.99) and binary retention (How long from the binary files are kept on the server) of between 7 to 240 days and text retention of over 1600+ days across the board. Some ISPs offer free access but these are known to be unreliable
So what USENET server do you use?
Server:
Package:
Transfer allowed:
Retention for binary files:
Cost:
For me it would be:
Server: Giganews
Package: Platinum
Transfer allowed: Unlimited
Retention for binary files: 240 days
Cost: $24.99/month
If anyone wants to read up more on usenet you can do so by visiting these links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Newzbin:Basics (This link tells you about a binary search site aswell)
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php
So what USENET server do you use?
Server:
Package:
Transfer allowed:
Retention for binary files:
Cost:
For me it would be:
Server: Giganews
Package: Platinum
Transfer allowed: Unlimited
Retention for binary files: 240 days
Cost: $24.99/month
If anyone wants to read up more on usenet you can do so by visiting these links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://docs.newzbin.com/index.php/Newzbin:Basics (This link tells you about a binary search site aswell)
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php