surfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(C B) wrote:
> Mitch <mitch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article <20080512161057.420$Gr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, C B
> > <surfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > As you can see I use Newsreader.com. I've always been happy with
> > > them. But lately all downloads have slowed to less than 300 kbps.
> > > Today in fact just over 100 kbps. But, only with this newsreader.
> > > When I download updates from Apple or something from Tucows etc
> > > average is 1.2 to 1.4 mbps.
> > >
> > > Can you recomend a Newsreader? One of he things I like about
> > > Newsreader.com is that all you need to use it is a browser. Any
> > > settings are few and simple.
> > >
> > > When I e-mailed them, they advised problems with one of their
routers
> > > on one of their servers. Nothing since.
> > >
> > > I've looked at some newsreaders and also download managers and most
> > > (IMO) just have too many options that I don't understand and most
> > > likely don't need.
> >
> > You don't seem willing to use a news reader. You are trying to use a
> > site that needs a browser. That means you do not, and cannot use a
> > newsreader; you're using a browser. It's a different connection.
> >
> > Connection to the server used is what is slower -- that shouldn't
> > improve just because you use a different browser.
> > Obviously, it will be different every time you use a different SERVER,
> > which is what you are doing when you switch from one site to another
in
> > your browser.
> >
> > So let's clarify terms:
> > SERVER -- machine you are connecting to
> > News server -- machine holding newsgroup data
> > Web server -- machine holding web site data
> > news READER -- software on your end that opens a NEWS SERVER
> > browser -- software on your end that opens Web servers.
> >
> > So you aren't using a newsreader at all, and you're not using a news
> > server directly.
> > Everyone that's tried using newsreaders avoids browser access; it's a
> > horribly more difficult method of connecting and keeping track of your
> > activity. Just awful. It's not the settings (a few settings takes only
> > a minute or two, once). It's the ability to track and filter all the
> > stuff you don't want to see any more, and that it remembers what you
> > have seen and shows it to you in a much more detailed list.
>
> Ahh... Give a little time to digest this and I'll be back.
>
> Thanks...
First, my thanks to all who replied.
I've downloaded: Thunderbird, Pineapple, and XNNP (in beta). Trying to
get straight and pick one to keep.
Thanks again........
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