surfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(C B) wrote:
> 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........
Just a update. Finally settled on Unison. Working well so far.
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Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB
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