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Onakra

Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 89 Location: Geldrop, Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:36 am Post subject: Randori news? |
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Does anyone have any experiences with the newsserver www.randori.com?
It looks like it's not too expensive with reasonable speeds. Only the retention doesn't seem that high. |
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LaughnCynic
Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 105
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:56 am Post subject: |
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"AUTUMN SPECIAL - No Limit account - only $11.65 per month
(THREE MONTH MINIMUM - LIMITED TIME OFFER)."
Hmmm... No limit? They might regret that offer. Sounds good if completion is decent, however thier retention seems more on a par with what many broadband isp's offer as opposed to the better known premium servers.
"Our goal is to keep binary articles for 3 days and text articles for 4-6 weeks."
For folks with a fat pipe it looks on the surface like it might be worth checking out if they were in need of another premium server (or a replacement as primary server for those who's local servers really suck). The low retention kills it's potential usefullness for us tiny pipe folks.
I'm still quite content with Easynews. |
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(inc)

Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 356 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Haven't really explored it, but Forte's (the Agent people) new service might fit some.
Quote: | Low-cost, fast, reliable Usenet service.
Retention up to 14 days for multi-part binaries.
Completion rates up to 98% for binaries.
Speed that is as fast as your Internet connection.
Multiple Service Plans to fit your needs and budget: Plan Type Pricing Starts At...
*Measured Plans $US 2.95 per month for a 2 Gigabyte account
*Unlimited Plans $US 5.50 per month for a Dialup account | http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
Of course they all say *...retention up to..* or *...our goal is...* -- I'd rather see *...at least XX days....*
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Chung
Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Posts: 79 Location: North Carolina, USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:07 am Post subject: |
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"Retention up to 14 days for multi-part binaries. "
Heh, that could mean a retention of 12hrs for all anyone would know.. To me, it still seems like EasyNews is one of the best premium providers around. Just checked a few minutes ago and their retention for abma is at 21 days... and there was even a news log about them working on improving retention, so yay for easynews.. plus, $10/mo for 6GB as fast as your can pull.. Just depends on how you play the game I guess.. if you're dedicated at every day downloads.. that unlimited account sounds kinda nice.. especcially for those people who have the really crappy usenet servers on their end.. Not sure what RR's retention is at now.. but I'm pretty sure it's at 2 days or less, now.. Been having to renew my easynews more than once a month cause I'm not typically one of those every-day downloaders.. though, I've been getting better.. dont like popping off on easynews more than one a month like that.. heh |
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zanson

Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 41
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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(inc) wrote: | Haven't really explored it, but Forte's (the Agent people) new service might fit some.
Quote: | Low-cost, fast, reliable Usenet service.
Retention up to 14 days for multi-part binaries.
Completion rates up to 98% for binaries.
Speed that is as fast as your Internet connection.
Multiple Service Plans to fit your needs and budget: Plan Type Pricing Starts At...
*Measured Plans $US 2.95 per month for a 2 Gigabyte account
*Unlimited Plans $US 5.50 per month for a Dialup account | http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
Of course they all say *...retention up to..* or *...our goal is...* -- I'd rather see *...at least XX days....*
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Their broadband unlimited plans suposedly have 5 day binary retention.
The per gb plans do have retention around 2 weeks, I got a free 1 month 2gb account because I signed up to try to be in the beta test (but didn't get in) of their service, and when the went live they offered everyone who signed up for the beta a 2gb account free for 1 month.
No one states "at least XX days" who is smart, one server fubar and you get all kinds of people asking for refunds etc because you didn't live up to what you advertised... |
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Onakra

Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 89 Location: Geldrop, Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:44 am Post subject: |
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I'm not looking to switch to Randori, but more of an addon to my Newscene account. I still have the old account type (not available anymore); unlimited download with 2 connections per server and a 8 kb cap at $12,99 and I'm happy with that. Rentention is about 8 days in most groups and that's enough for me.
Luckily my ISP's server is ok too, but lately they have been dropping large volume groups. If I now want to get a game or DVD I have to do it at 4x 8kb/s which is not too fast... So I was looking to add a server which is not too expensive, no speed-cap and retention more than a day or 2. Randori seems ok for this purpose, but I haven't found people yet who actually have (or had) an account. Maybe I'll try it for a month to see how it is. |
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zanson

Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 41
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Have you checked out any of the news group server review sites? This one has a pretty decent list of servers: http://www.newsgroupservers.net/ |
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