Black Friday sale: Unlimited usenet, 5 dollars a month

[Drew]

I know some people had been thinking about opening a usenet account, looks like a new company is offering awesome pricing to build market share. The same account costs 12 a month on astra web. I just signed up:


http://www.thundernews.com/thundernews_blackfriday_deal.php


Black Friday special from Thundernews. Offering all monthly plans for $5.00. THIS INCLUDES THE UNLIMITED PLAN.

From Thundernews
10 GB / MONTH SSL
$ 5.00

25 GB / MONTH SSL
$ 5.00

50 GB / MONTH SSL
$ 5.00

75 GB / MONTH SSL
$ 5.00

UNLIMITED / MO SSL
$ 5.00

This is, by far, the cheapest I've ever seen any provider offer an unlimited plan for.

Here are the specs
* 710+ Days Binary Retention
* 1265+ Days Text Retention
* 50 Simultaneous Connections
* 256 bit SSL Encryption Included

* 2 US Servers
* 2 EU Servers
* 99% Article Completion
* Free News Reader Software

* 24/7 Chat & e-mail Support
* Unlimited Message Uploads
* Broadband Speed
* Multiple Access Ports



If you download a lot of TV/movies/game/books/etc usenet is much superior to torrents.

[Bobmuhthol]

This is insane. I signed up for an account but I haven't cancelled my Astraweb account yet, so I'm downloading with 70 total connections for now.

[Drew]

This is insane. I signed up for an account but I haven't cancelled my Astraweb account yet, so I'm downloading with 70 total connections for now.

Awesome, that would have ruled when I had a dual-wan connection.

[Bobmuhthol]

To further support how much I love the idea of this deal, if you have multiple people in the same household (or at least under the same IP address) 50 connections allows you to comfortably download on 2 or 3 computers simultaneously and max out your speed for each download.

[Mogonis]

What client(s) are you guys using?

[Bobmuhthol]

SABnzbd for downloading, nzbmatrix.com for indexing.

[Sam]

NewsLeecher/HellaNZB for downloading and newzbin.com for indexing.

[Buckwheet]

Sold out on the unlimited.

[Drisco]

What is this? I'm confused as to what Thundernews is and does.

[Bobmuhthol]

So glad I got in on the unlimited. I was considering getting two accounts but whatever. I am downloading Boardwalk Empire and an episode failed, though, so I'm not sure if it's Thundernews or if I did something stupid since I was playing with settings as it was downloading. Shouldn't be a retention issue.

[Drew]

What is this? I'm confused as to what Thundernews is and does.

Thundernews lets you download from usenet. Usenet was the precursor to WWW forums like this one, but now it's full of movies, shows, games, and pron.

[Bobmuhthol]

So much pron.

nzbxxx.com

No fee to register!

[4a6c1]

lol @ pron subscriptions.

[Buckwheet]

Couple friends bought this and termed their astraweb accounts, but are not able to download stuff that is older.

I heard its a highwinds reseller, and even though the deal is dead, just wondering what others are thinking of the service.

[BigWorm]

To further support how much I love the idea of this deal, if you have multiple people in the same household (or at least under the same IP address) 50 connections allows you to comfortably download on 2 or 3 computers simultaneously and max out your speed for each download.

Dude, I easily max out my 12mbps uverse connection with 6-8 connections. 50 should be more than enough to max out downloads in multiple locations.


SABnzbd for downloading, nzbmatrix.com for indexing.

Duh. This is the only way to go nowadays IMHO. I also use flexget to parse RSS feeds and automatically add new episodes to my queue.


Couple friends bought this and termed their astraweb accounts, but are not able to download stuff that is older.

I heard its a highwinds reseller, and even though the deal is dead, just wondering what others are thinking of the service.

So the claimed 710+ days of retention is false? Not that I download that many older NZBs, but still.

[Cephalopod]

Majorly pissed off I didn't check the PC for a few days, missed the unlimited deal. FUCK.

Thanks for posting it, though!

[Sam]

I'm curious as to how this turns out, since the "reputable" usenet providers I know of all seem to be 6x this price for unlimited + SSL. I guess even if they go under after a few months you're still getting your money's worth, unless their retention really is much less than claimed.

[kookiegod]

i never used usenet, is there a good guide out there to getting started to d/l stuff? what is nzb? whats the big deal on retention time?

argh

[Sam]

I'm sure there are some guides around, but pirating via usenet has traditionally been for the *E*lite, as opposed to torrents/p2p file sharing. Granted things have changed considerably in the last few years, making it almost easy to set up as any other software, but you're always going to need usenet access (sometimes your ISP will already provide this). Like I said though, things are nowhere near as underground as they were just a few years back, so I'm sure there are plenty of walkthroughs if you google for "usenet for noobs".

[Buckwheet]

So the claimed 710+ days of retention is false? Not that I download that many older NZBs, but still.

That is what I am hearing. Stuff that they had even as recent as 500 days are not completing from friends trying to grab some older blu rays.

I am sort of glad I missed it, Astraweb at $11 a month is plenty cheap for me.

I already have 4 broadband connections into my home for downloading, and I just about cap them all every month at the 250gb limit.

Not sure I need to make it cheaper.

[Drew]

i never used usenet, is there a good guide out there to getting started to d/l stuff? what is nzb? whats the big deal on retention time?

argh

Basically it's confusing until you figure it out then it's easier than torrenting (at least quicker). If you decide to try it I can halp.

[Cephalopod]

Cyber Monday deal for NewsDemon (http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/newsdemon-special-coupon.html). Eh.



NewsDemon NGR Cyber Monday accounts include:
- Special price of $9.99 a month for life!
- Unlimited downloads, unlimited speed
- 700 days binary retention
- 1,400 days of text retention
- 99%+ completion rate
- 50 connections
- Free 256-bit SSL
- Free News Rover newsreader
- US and European servers
- 24/7 tech support

[Bobmuhthol]

Dude, I easily max out my 12mbps uverse connection with 6-8 connections.

Not everyone has connections that slow.

I just added thundernews (50 connections) in conjunction with astraweb (20 connections) and went from 50 Mbps to 100+ Mbps. I'm considering keeping both accounts.

[BigWorm]

i never used usenet, is there a good guide out there to getting started to d/l stuff? what is nzb? whats the big deal on retention time?

argh

http://lifehacker.com/5601586/how-to-get-started-with-usenet-in-three-simple-steps

[BigWorm]

Not everyone has connections that slow.

I just added thundernews (50 connections) in conjunction with astraweb (20 connections) and went from 50 Mbps to 100+ Mbps. I'm considering keeping both accounts.

Fucking college kids.

[Bobmuhthol]

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