Hi, Im just starting to use news groups and im using the xnews prgram but im only getting a 10kbs speed when downloading headers or decoding files. I am on a cable connection and using a router. Is there any ports i should open to get a faster speed?

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I did a speed test at dslreports and it shows me at 2.0 mbs so i think i should be getting a faster speed on usenet

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my suggestion...do u really need the router?

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Originally posted by Alastor
Hi, Im just starting to use news groups and im using the xnews prgram but im only getting a 10kbs speed when downloading headers or decoding files. I am on a cable connection and using a router. Is there any ports i should open to get a faster speed?

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What server are you using? I can tell you if its free it sucks

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i use easynews and I just about always hit my cap on the http service.

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Might be your ISP. I know plusnet put a cap on port 119 recently so it ran at about 10kb/sec for some users.

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Originally posted by Sobaku
i use easynews and I just about always hit my cap on the http service.

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News.usenetserver.com or news.giganews.com I usually have a sustained speed of about 350 kb/s they are about $15 and $24 a mos respectively but well worth it.

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Ya im guessing its just my isps sever because i took out the router and it still was slow. Might try easynews

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