BT Usenet service closing 3rd December
oh 
I've not used it ages but it was always nice to know it was there.
Pity they aren't going to supply their own Usenet service like Virgin do.
I've not used it ages but it was always nice to know it was there.
Pity they aren't going to supply their own Usenet service like Virgin do.
Originally Posted by Aye Up:
“They have a usenet service?
Jesus how have I missed this?”
“They have a usenet service?
Jesus how have I missed this?”
news.btinternet.com
It's actually not that bad from what I remember, at least if you only needed recent posts. I'm with Astraweb now but prior to that a few years back I used to use the free service provided by BT.
- Mirror of Giganews
- ~30 day retention
- Max 3 connections per BT IP
- Speed is capped - back then I was on 2mbit ADSL and it could max that but apparently that was about the limit.
And yes they do (did?) have all the binaries.
Originally Posted by s2k:
“news.btinternet.com
It's actually not that bad from what I remember, at least if you only needed recent posts. I'm with Astraweb now but prior to that a few years back I used to use the free service provided by BT.
- Mirror of Giganews
- ~30 day retention
- Max 3 connections per BT IP
- Speed is capped - back then I was on 2mbit ADSL and it could max that but apparently that was about the limit.
And yes they do (did?) have all the binaries.”
“news.btinternet.com
It's actually not that bad from what I remember, at least if you only needed recent posts. I'm with Astraweb now but prior to that a few years back I used to use the free service provided by BT.
- Mirror of Giganews
- ~30 day retention
- Max 3 connections per BT IP
- Speed is capped - back then I was on 2mbit ADSL and it could max that but apparently that was about the limit.
And yes they do (did?) have all the binaries.”
I wouldn't be surprised if that's why they're closing it for, because people with FTTC or fast ADSL2+ see it as way too slow.
Originally Posted by s2k:
“news.btinternet.com
It's actually not that bad from what I remember, at least if you only needed recent posts. I'm with Astraweb now but prior to that a few years back I used to use the free service provided by BT.
- Mirror of Giganews
- ~30 day retention
- Max 3 connections per BT IP
- Speed is capped - back then I was on 2mbit ADSL and it could max that but apparently that was about the limit.
And yes they do (did?) have all the binaries.”
“news.btinternet.com
It's actually not that bad from what I remember, at least if you only needed recent posts. I'm with Astraweb now but prior to that a few years back I used to use the free service provided by BT.
- Mirror of Giganews
- ~30 day retention
- Max 3 connections per BT IP
- Speed is capped - back then I was on 2mbit ADSL and it could max that but apparently that was about the limit.
And yes they do (did?) have all the binaries.”
On the other hand, Giganews, which they are now pushing us towards, have:
2,279 days binary retention
3,102 days text retention
50 connections and optional encryption
Effectively unlimited d/l speeds (78Mbps? No problem).
At a cost of course. And their top package also has addons:
VPN proxy servers covering most Countries
30 GB online storage
Usenet browser with full search.
EasyNews ain't too shabby, either.
Probably predictably, it is now the 4th of December and the BT News Server is still function fine. Perhaps no one knows where the off switch is?
Originally Posted by tiv:
“Probably predictably, it is now the 4th of December and the BT News Server is still function fine. Perhaps no one knows where the off switch is?”
“Probably predictably, it is now the 4th of December and the BT News Server is still function fine. Perhaps no one knows where the off switch is?”
If it's anything like some customer sites I've been to, perhaps there's no-one left who knows where the server is, never mind the switch
Originally Posted by Jono:
“Just tried now looks like it has finally been turned off today”
“Just tried now looks like it has finally been turned off today”
Yes, been off since first thing this morning, end of the year is a much more logical date for the turn off.
do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.
Originally Posted by Hurlley:
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
You don't need to pay anything, just use something like Thunderbird. Instead of creating an email account you create a Newsgroup account.
I have not used newsgrups in a good number of years now and had though they had come to an end a while back as you hardly ever hear about them now.
Darren
Darren
Originally Posted by Hurlley:
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
I used Grabit which is free.
Originally Posted by Hurlley:
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
“do you lot pay for that software to actually get on to usenet? that was the big put off for me, Im all for paying for software but it seems like paying for a web browser.”
sabnzbd+ is very good and free.
