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Astraweb

What server serves Aussies best on this server?

they have 3 options but it doesnt say which serves me best

cheers
us.news.astraweb.com
- europe.news.astraweb.com
- secure.news.astraweb.com

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I don't know about the number of servers in each of those locations but typically you'd just pick the closest one to you so whichever one you ping returns the lowest response. The third will be if you have ordered the SSL service.

That said, sometimes my European GigaNews server is slower than the US server so I end up switching it around.

Just try the first two (or third if you've ordered SSL) and see which one you get the fastest speeds from and then set that as the primary and the other as the backup.

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Rectum? Damn near killed him!

cheers, I will do that and see what happens, I just dumped giga for the 11 buck no limit plan but so far the speed sux

ssl is auto, does that account for anything?

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When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me over.

There comes a point in your life when you realise;
who matters,
who never did,
who won't any more...
and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

Are you sure you didn't order the €10 unlimited plan which is restricted to 1 Mbit/s? Cos I don't see any mention of a €11 a month plan on the website.

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Originally posted by Dutch
Are you sure you didn't order the €10 unlimited plan which is restricted to 1 Mbit/s? Cos I don't see any mention of a €11 a month plan on the website.

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Oh I see sorry. I followed the link you gave me. €11 a month unlimited is a good deal.

But I still don't see it mentioned on the homepage.....I'm looking at the right hand side! I must be blind.

11$ a month is a good deal

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Originally posted by Dutch
Oh I see sorry. I followed the link you gave me. €11 a month unlimited is a good deal.

But I still don't see it mentioned on the homepage.....I'm looking at the right hand side! I must be blind.

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Yoshy, Vamps is right... Open up a command prompt and "ping <servername>" and do all three servers and pick the quickest*














*Apologies if you know how to ping, too much info is better than not enough

Normally I wouldn't bother but this is bugging me. I've tried it in both Firefox and IE and can't see a link to a special offer....this is all I can see:

You haven't clicked on the link danimal provided. That is the main page you're on.

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Ah, i misread dutchs post, he says he can't see the link to that special offer on the main page.

Can't see it myself. Where the "Special Offer" should be it's "Corporate/isp Solutions"

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Originally posted by Gimp Mask
Ah, i misread dutchs post, he says he can't see the link to that special offer on the main page.

Can't see it myself. Where the "Special Offer" should be it's "Corporate/isp Solutions"

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Originally posted by danimal39
Try this https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/...D&product_id=12

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Hmm ,seems there is nothing about it on the home page. not sure why

good morning all

Problem solved. thanx for the input

I am using the secure one but I had the wrong port , so I changed the port and presto

I have to say, the speed is constant compared to giga and a bit faster too.

Yeah the 11 buck deal isnt advertised on the homepage, not sure why but I got the link from another*site and thought it was too good too be true.

Its locked and the retention is up to 180 and climbing every day.

That offer isnt forever so jump on if its cheaper.

*Cheers NS

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There comes a point in your life when you realise;
who matters,
who never did,
who won't any more...
and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

I used to use giganews myself but changed to hitnews

http://www.hitnews.eu/index_en.php?group=2

was going to go wih astraweb but for me hitnews is cheaper

hitnews is only available in the Netherlands and Uk but with the speed i get and the cost difference I save a further £2 a month.
Not much but I am happy with hitnews.

I also found a speed increase when I went to hitnews.

giganews used to be 325KB/s
hitnews is 410KB/s

average


hitnews is also 200 days retention and will probably climb like the rest of them

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Originally posted by olskoolfife
I used to use giganews myself but changed to hitnews

http://www.hitnews.eu/index_en.php?group=2

was going to go wih astraweb but for me hitnews is cheaper

hitnews is only available in the Netherlands and Uk but with the speed i get and the cost difference I save a further £2 a month.
Not much but I am happy with hitnews.

I also found a speed increase when I went to hitnews.

giganews used to be 325KB/s
hitnews is 410KB/s

average


hitnews is also 200 days retention and will probably climb like the rest of them

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I can't see where on the site it says that but there is a lot of talk on google about hitnews not supplying outside the Netherlands.

anyway you could always try it as they offer a free trial

I've been using it for a few months now and it's been fantastic.