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Saeren
Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Posts: 15
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 8:46 am Post subject: Anyone have any info on this news server? |
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http://www.teranews.com/
It says it's a free unlimited access news server. They limit you to 50 megs a day, which bites, but it could be a good back up to my very low retention ISP server.
Anyone have any information on this? Retention, propogation, download speeds and such? Do they try to slip spyware to you or something. Seems a bit too good to be true. |
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_elle
Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 5 Location: Southern Paradise,USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 10:40 am Post subject: Well,it works... |
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Note that downloading headers also counts towards the daily 50 MB download limit.
Retention is nice. Last time I counted, it was around 20 days. I could check again but that would be a pain.
I'd say a good 90%+ shows up.Although yesterday (might be the day before yesterday.. weird sleeping patterns ya know), it crapped out on a few posts.
Download speeds vary. Sometimes it's as good as my ISP's ngs and other times....
There's the little one-time "fee" but just for fills, it works. So far, using it to post has gone pretty well. Have to see how the Shin Hakkenden 02 post goes tho. |
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_elle
Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 5 Location: Southern Paradise,USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:43 pm Post subject: Just an update |
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Hmm... interesting... Wonder what they're up to.
Today,it's retention is up to 7 days with around 80% complete. Gee.. like predicting the weather. |
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Saeren
Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Posts: 15
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info. I think I'll check it out and see how it does. |
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