Announcement for Giganews and NewsDemon Users, Please Read

[hijackthat5]

This whole affair is rather silly, although, like dog vomit, it catches your attention.

I 'say', to each their own.

I use:

astraweb (~11 USD/mo, I paid slightly more, my mistake)
Rapidshare Premium (~24.50 USD, purchased enough 'rapids' to last 1 1/2 years)
Private Trackers + μtorrent (Totally free)

This provides everything I want. I am content. I am also more than content to let others use as they choose. I do not assert superiority or inferiority as I really do not know. I simply purchased what I purchased, the next person could do it differently and enjoy it as a better value.

[Gym Babe]

I'm saying you're full of shit because not one person has been able to name a show that I cannot download. No one. Old, new, or ancient fucking history.

I don't know if this topic only applies to HBO/SHO shows with articles/files missing and *non-completable* on Giganews, or other files missing on Giganews. It's already been pointed out (on other FST discussion threads) that there are files that won't complete on Giganews and can't be fixed using pars.

To name one example: how about Newzbin Report #5670754 ?

Skiz, Please try getting that one from Giganews before you continue your argument that Giganews is being unjustly criticized.

[sulaimanintokyo]

Took you long enough to get the hint. Please don't come back.

:glag:

Take a note here kids:

Never admit you're wrong. If in a proper discussion, cut/paste and answer only the very weakest part of your "opponent's" arguments, thus "pwning" him/her.

@RainmakerRaw - You'd be doing yourself a favor to ignore her like most of the board does. She's a twat with sand in her twat.

[Brittany G]

Does the included VPN justify the $30/month Diamond plan though? I've never used VyperVPN but I hear decent VPNs do wonders when just browsing the internet in general. Giganews is apparently also offering this new Usenet browser thing, though I think that's just a dinky little feature that no one would really use. But I just cancelled my NewsDemon plan (I've had issues where ~400 day old files were very broken and I've had the issue this post is referring to many a time and it's gotten to the point where I just want to cancel) and I'll have no service on July 29th or 30th and I would like some advice. Are VPNs really worth it? If they are, is VyperVPN any good? If I were to go to Astraweb, what VPN would you recommend (if at all) that is relatively inexpensive but high quality? I'd appreciate any answers and help :-)

This is coming from a relatively n00bish person, but I do understand the basics of Usenet.

[Vasiq]

Really?Thats interesting
I cant find it on this newzbin report example.. Are u quite sure?

Why are you looking there? Reading text newsgroups is a long lost skill I guess.

[PAUL L]

Oh look, Skiz is here to whiteknight a fellow Giganews mug, again. RainmakerRaw probably just made a couple of support tickets here to ask for help.

[Con Asskicker]

Heh, all these years I just figured Astra was EU based. Ah well.

Astraweb's home office is in Singapore, and their server farms are located in San Diego and Amsterdam. I think the company is also still registered in Singapore, although this could easily change. (Usenet-news.net, owned by a Swede, has changed its official ("on paper") country of domicile several times already)

I can understand the confusion though. It's been a long time since Astraweb displayed their mailing address on the website. Although not operating under US DMCA law, Singapore is no pushover when it comes to copyright enforcement. The country has often been described as a police state with very tough laws in general, and I seem to recall one or two people even going to jail for ordinary file sharing.

[smashlee_1014]

is the message-id of a text article in 'giganews.general' where Philip Molter, CTO of Giganews, says that some articles were removed due to a DMCA takedown request.

[Audrie....♥]

Or did I misunderstand you?

Nope. We understood each other perfectly well =)
I justed wanted to share all the information on the subject i had so no question would be asked considering the details of the test

PS Kinda stupid way to DMCA stuff posted on usenet, but , hey, im not complaining at all lol
Wish they keep doing it this way =))