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Usenet (English) => Usenet providers => Topic started by: networkn on September 12, 2011, 07:43:42 am

Title: Usenet Alternative to Astra
Post by: networkn on September 12, 2011, 07:43:42 am

Hi There!

Due to a huge increase in my bandwidth speed, and the fact I don't seem to be able reach capacity due to some issue they won't sort, I am now considering alternatives to Astra for usenet. My preference is Pay as you go type plans where you can buy 90GB for $25 or something like that. Ideally I would like someone who has servers in the South Pacific or as close to Australia or NZ as I can.

Thanks for any recommendation.

Title: Re: Usenet Alternative to Astra
Post by: Jesus on September 13, 2011, 11:57:54 pm

You'll still need an Astraweb block account for a fill or backup server.  If you don't want to do that, keep it as your single server and forget about alternatives.  Cheapest block is 1TB for $50 from Newsgroupdirect offered only on occasional Tuesdays, like once a month.  Locations are Washington DC and Amsterdam.  Giganews has locations in Los Angeles and Hong Kong but doesn't offer block accounts.  Astraweb's US server is located in San Jose.

Title: Re: Usenet Alternative to Astra
Post by: networkn on September 14, 2011, 12:01:10 am

Thanks. I tried a few other vendors over the last few days like xennews and thundernews and the speeds were considerably worse. May just need to persist with Astra.