What usenet server do you use

[kurtis5561]

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

[scottish]

Usenet started in '80, didn't ARPANET start in '73?

[Agnostic Bear]

Server: Giganews
Package: Platinum
Transfer allowed: Unlimited
Retention for binary files: 240 days
Cost: $24.99/month

Server: Giganews
Package: Diamond
Transfer allowed: Unlimited
Retention for binary files: 240 days
Cost: $29.99/month

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[kurtis5561]

Server: Giganews
Package: Diamond
Transfer allowed: Unlimited
Retention for binary files: 240 days
Cost: $29.99/month

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I don't need the 10 extra connections and SSL,

Actually you may know the answer, the giganews accelerator, does that give you free SSL, or not?

Usenet started in '80, didn't ARPANET start in '73?

I mean to form the internet we have today

[Robbie]

Giganews Silver (can't afford the others )

[timROGERS]

I am interested in trying Giganews Jade. Is it any good? How much is there around to download? Is it safe? (can people see what you download easily like in Bittorrent?) How do you access it?

[Robbie]

Theres a lot to download if you find the nzbs (www.nzbmatrix.com). With SSL they can't see. And Giganews do a 10gb trial so test it with that and if you don't like it, cancel it.

[timROGERS]

Cool! I'm gonna give it ago - I will try Jade first but will probably go to Bronze later just for the increased retention - 30 days is rubbish. I don't need very much bandwidth cos I just wanna download bits and pieces.