Newshosting - any good?

SexyGreyFox · 1 Dec 2006 at 07:09

I've been with Easynews for 4 years but after doing a little bit of research I've decided to try Newshosting.
£80 for 12 months unlimited sounds excellent.
Any good or bad points about them?

SexyGreyFox · 1 Dec 2006 at 12:11

Thanks for that.

Easynews has an amazing front end and you don't have to have a Newsreader. It has an excellent search facility called Global 4 which even brings up thumbnails of peoples home movies etc and samples of their home made MP3's.
All newsgroups are shown within the web browser and looks similar to a newsreader. Obviously you can also use the old fashioned way and put your details in a newsreader.
I've been with a Usenet search engine for four years (www.binnews.com) and only last night found out how to create NZB files with it so that I can use a newsreader + Newshosting.

2nd question -

How do you guys search for all your LINUX OS's and games demos on Newshosting?
Surely downloading headers would take forever?

SexyGreyFox · 1 Dec 2006 at 16:39

After 2.5 hours of experimenting I've decided to sign up for a year

SexyGreyFox · 2 Dec 2006 at 13:15

Ste said:
Newshosting and NTL seem to have some speed issues at peak times, so be wary if your on NTL cable.

I hear giganews is better but its a little more expensive.

From about 14:30 yesterday up until now there has been no speed issues and I'm on NTL.
I sometimes get it with Easynews though.

I can't see how Giganews can be any better unless its cheaper (which its not).

I've just paid £80 for 12 months Unlimited but I'm keeping Easynews because its got the best search engine you'll ever see.
A lot of Easynews members have never seen it so here it is - Easynews Global