Astraweb $8 US/~$10.20 AU for 60 Days and Then $8 US Every Following 30 Days (Normally $15 US)

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madllama on 07/01/2018 - 18:09 astraweb.com (205 clicks)
Last edited 07/01/2018 - 18:27 by 1 other user

My news reader client was unable to download from the free Astraweb service that Internode offered. In the details, they said that Internode hadnt paid their bills and had this offer.

I have always found Astraweb to be good and they have both US and EU servers.

From the deal page:
$4 first 2 months
$8 every month after
No Speed Limits
No Download Limits
Exactly the same as Unlimited DSL Plan
You will pay $8 for every month as long as your subscription remains active. We will not raise the price.
Pay with either Visa / MasterCard
Normal price: $15 - Special $8!

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  Piranha2004 on 07/01/2018 - 18:37

  The Internode usenet has some issues (it works but is up and down in speed). I think they are working on it.

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    NeggerOfDeals on 07/01/2018 - 20:13

    -1

    It's been useless for 2-3 years now. I switched over to a paid Usenet service (Giganews) and never looked back.

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      Piranha2004 on 07/01/2018 - 20:21

      +3

      Considering its been working fine up until last month, I find that hard to believe.

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        NeggerOfDeals on 07/01/2018 - 21:04

        -4

        Oh yeah? The reduced retention, reduced number of concurrent connections, SSL broken…

        But it's hard to believe, okay.

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        Piranha2004 on 07/01/2018 - 21:41

        +3

        @Dagmar:

        Internode one never offered SSL anyway so your point is irrelevant. I for one enjoy the free usenet, yes I have a paid block account which Ive barely used anything thanks to the Internode one

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        NeggerOfDeals on 07/01/2018 - 22:58

        -2

        @Piranha2004:

        Internode one never offered SSL anyway so your point is irrelevant.

        Ignorance at its finest.

        I was an Internode customer for 12 years. I know what I'm about.

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        Piranha2004 on 08/01/2018 - 06:09

        @Dagmar: and I'm still an internode customer after 10 years. What's your point?

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        crayner on 08/01/2018 - 12:13

        +1

        @Dagmar: Sorry, but I think you’re mistaken as Internode have never offered SSL.

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  Nousernamehere on 07/01/2018 - 18:39

  +4

  Better off going with XS Usenet for ~$2.87AU a month. Much better value.

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    GarrusVakarian on 07/01/2018 - 19:10

    Awesome! Many more articles for me to read up on calibrations

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      Diji1 on 07/01/2018 - 19:50

      -1

      It has the best spam of anywhere, hands down. You will not find finer spam anywhere!

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        GarrusVakarian on 07/01/2018 - 20:06

        more importantly, spam relating to calibrations!

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  redcreek200 on 07/01/2018 - 20:25

  Just be aware the usual price of $US15/month they claim seems inflated.
  The general undiscounted price of any quality provider is around $US10/month

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  noise36 on 07/01/2018 - 20:51

  +1

  Astraweb no good these days cheaper better elsewhere.

  Saying that I still have a block account with them as a backup.

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    EightImmortals on 08/01/2018 - 07:01

    Care to share?

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  4wd on 07/01/2018 - 21:26

  If you can live with 10Mb/s bandwidth limit the $20 per 3 months is a better deal than the normal Unlimited DSL.

  I used to use it rather than the bandwidth unlimited version because I couldn't get more than 7Mb/s on ADSL1/2 anyway, it didn't really matter if it took a little longer to download (~4GB/hour), and it was the cheapest option.

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  donkey on 08/01/2018 - 02:17

  Astra sold to UsenetXS in December. one of the last you would have ever thought to sell after the history of the company. Now just another highwinds arm.

  I'd steer clear from this point on. Usenet is a dead end, binnews Morganelli decided owing MPAA 15 million dollars wasnt enough so he offered his services to instead dismantle binaries and is doing a pretty decent job of it

  the PayPal ban did them in, plus the writings on the wall anyway…its time to get back to xdcc packs

  anyone with a current Astraweb account can prove what I said by logging in on news.usenetxs.com with your astraweb details, also check the ip address you connect to will be eweka

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    finger on 08/01/2018 - 16:13

    Xdcc packs… Holy shit that's a blast from the past. Does that shit still exist? I think I'd rather pay for my content.

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  Nousernamehere on 09/01/2018 - 16:13

  +1

  For anyone wondering, the Astraweb feed from Internode has been officially shut down.