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> It costs about $20-35 US Dollars a month for Giganews usenet subscription That's the only thing that keeps on confusing me when it comes to usenet. I don't g
by rb2k_ 14y ago
> It costs about $20-35 US Dollars a month for Giganews usenet subscription
That's the only thing that keeps on confusing me when it comes to usenet. I don't get why people don't just use cheaper providers but flock to the ones with massive ads and referal links.
There are a lot of 10 USD / month providers without caps and the same retention.
I get that it might be easier just to pick the one that you're pointed at, but for a recurring 10-20 USD/month, it might be worth the 15 minutes or research.
- wccrawford 14y agoPerhaps it's because they've used the cheaper services and found them lacking? In particular, there seem to be a lot of issues with retention time (years, for Giganews!) and missing posts. Speed is also a factor. It's not that they haven't tried the cheaper services. It's that those services just don't have the same quality.
- rb2k_ 14y agoAs far as I recall there are basically just 3 large providers and tons of resellers. There are e.g. Eweka (http://eweka.nl/en/usenet_toegang/specificaties/ http://eweka.nl/en/usenet_toegang/specificaties/) Or The Cubenet (http://thecubenet.com http://thecubenet.com) which don't fall short compared to the expensive counterparts with the large advertisement budget. EDIT: Here's a small overview about who resells what: http://www.usenet-providers.net/newsgroup-resellers.php http://www.usenet-providers.net/newsgroup-resellers.php
- ChiperSoft 14y agoThere's still dozens of small, basic service providers. Many universities run NNTP servers, as do ISPs. Cox used to offer a base NNTP service, for example, which was part of my cable subscription. I stopped using it because they had awful data caps and horrible retention.