Bulknews - Usenet Block 2500GB €22 (AUD ~ $34.89)

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  Daniel Plainview on 03/07/2018 - 10:07

  +1

  Seems a good deal - reports on files being incomplete unless they're DL'd within the first day are a bit of a worry but you never know what the person was trying to DL and DMCA takedowns can be pretty quick on certain material. But for value its good if you're not a big DLer, so good fit for me.

  Thanks for sharing.

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    dangercharlie on 03/07/2018 - 10:23

    Bulknews has been pretty flawless for me as primary server. I also run Usenet.Farm and Newsgroupdirect as backup, so I have a good spread of fill providers.
    Depends what you are downloading, but for more retention it's always a good idea to have another provider for that.

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      Daniel Plainview on 03/07/2018 - 10:32

      +1

      Thanks, yes I've got an annual account with ExtremeUsenet - but that runs out soon and it's offpeak - also a few hundred GB block account with usenet.farm - so this one will work well to replace the former as the main provider for me.

      Signed up - the payment options were a bit of a PITA - very euro centric - had to use credit card, but their gateway service etc appeared legit so all fine with no dodgy fees etc.

      Again much thanks seems a good value block buy.

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      mikey31 on 03/07/2018 - 10:37

      How does having more than one provider help with downloads? New to using Usenet and currently using usenet.farm

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        Daniel Plainview on 03/07/2018 - 11:14

        Good practice is to have a main provider that uses a certain 'backbone' (servers that host their files) and then have a 'backup' who has their files with a DIFFERENT backbone.

        So if a file is taken down or just missing a few pieces on your main one - you can still complete it - a good ussenet client will be able to be configured to allow this. Many folks use a cheap subscription service for their main provider and then a block account for their backup - but you've got to make sure they're on different backbones or it's of no benefit.

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        mikey31 on 03/07/2018 - 17:40

        @Nikko:

        Thanks for that!

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        psych23 on 11/07/2018 - 18:26

        @Nikko:
        Any info you can give me on how the utilisation of these providers is of benefit would be great. For at least the next 6-9 months I am stuck with network access that basically has a parental lock on it but seems to allow me access like Mega which I find odd. Network is bloody slow but I have no choice. A simple and cheap get around would be useful so any info would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

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  nereus on 03/07/2018 - 10:40

  Is there an expiry date on the block?

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    dangercharlie on 03/07/2018 - 10:43

    +1

    Block doesn't expire, sorry adding that into description now.

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  toliman on 03/07/2018 - 11:22

  +2

  for reference, i.e. for the handful of people still reading/using usenet in 2018

  Abavia is the backbone for ~10 european usenet providers, in comparison to the 40+ providers using HighWinds.

  Upside is, you get different propagation, Downside is that Abavia has different DMCA provisions with EU compliance.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/UsenetTalk/wiki/providers

  if you need something outside of the Abavia/Highwinds networks, usenet.farm has blocks and ~30% off specials all the time, and frugal usenet is quite reliable.

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  naru6705 on 03/07/2018 - 17:55

  Sorry what is Usenet? Is it alternate to torrent?

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  Joz2988 on 03/07/2018 - 22:25

  Why do they not want complex passwords?

  "Password can only contrain letters, digits, a period (.) or a dash (-)"
  "Password can not be larger then 14 characters"

  Not filling me with confidence.

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    Daniel Plainview on 04/07/2018 - 11:46

    I found that a tad odd too - but TBH 14 random characters is still a very strong password - FWIW thats still a LOT better than certain major banks here. ING Direct still only allows users a maximum of 4 numerical digits to use as their online password! Seriously……the same you use at an ATM for your PIN is used as your online password - which I find really amateur.

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      Joz2988 on 04/07/2018 - 11:53

      I use NAB and I can have as complex a password as I want. I used to use one bank that made you use the mouse to type in the password. Very annoying when everything else works with a password manager.

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  pupdog on 08/07/2018 - 10:57

  Cheers, OP. I'll give this a crack.