Bobcat Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I have been trying all day to access newsgroups - the alt.binaries type. I am using True ADSL ut I am not sue what their news server address is or ho to properly configure in outlook. Has anyone managed to set this up? Thanks, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I have been trying all day to access newsgroups - the alt.binaries type. I am using True ADSL ut I am not sue what their news server address is or ho to properly configure in outlook. Has anyone managed to set this up?Thanks, Bob Do true have servers? I use a paid service (usenetserver.com) and I get an excellent, consistent 56k / download rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I do not believe TRUE offers a USENET server. In any case none of the servers in Thailand are worth a bean as they only have a very small percentage of posts so if you are after something with many parts you will never get them all and just following a discussion group is next to impossible. The alternative is paying for access. Those servers have almost all posts. But my experience with the last server I used was that TRUE seemed to be limiting bandwidth so it became impossible to download anything more than a few KB. The free alternative is to try and find a free or unguarded server. There are websites that will give you current listing but you will have to keep changing as they come and go. USENET is a black hole here in Thailand in my experience. But would welcome hearing anything positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 (edited) I use Teranews (US based) which offers a free account (except for a one time $3.95 setup fee - lifetime) but limited to 50MB/day. They also offer several other plans for monthly or 6-month payments. Loxley used to have a news server, don't know if it is public or if still there. Getting a free public usenet server that has a large list is difficult plus they are very transient, changing or folding in short time. Edited April 22, 2006 by tywais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefoxx Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 You'd be lucky if you could get anyone at a Thai ISP to even know what usenet is. Even if they have a server, it would be pitiful. It's not that different for the majority of ISPs around the world... the volume of usenet traffic is in the terabytes, so having a full-fledged server means high costs for the ISP. Just pay for a service... it's not that expensive. I have an unlimited usenet service that gives around 1mbps throughput for $10/month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deve8 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Try easynews.com been with them for years, highly reccommened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickvan Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I use giganews one month unlimited 24,95 $ very good service 10 cconnection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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