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MrCodeDude posted:Is Astraweb dying a slow death? I was seeing this same issue recently after using Astra for several years. So I bit the bullet and moved to SuperNews a couple weeks ago and have been seeing much better speeds, although Sabnzbd does need to reach out to Blocknews now and then for completion of older stuff.
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May 23, 2016 00:42
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I'm happy with Astra and XSNews free... I get the odd incomplete but not many.
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I too am seeing my backups get hit harder with Astraweb primary recently. I would complain more if I they were still charging me.
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I'm having an issue where Sonarr will grab multiple copies of the same episode even if it successfully completes. I use Jackett to add my torrent sites so it has more places to choose from but I end up with an NZB download and a torrent download. Currently, all NZB downloads from Sonarr go to the Drone folder for automation. Torrent stuff via Deluge does not due to using it for other minor stuff. I'm just not sure if it's a delay I need or if maybe my setup is the problem. Any suggestions? edit: I'm not above moving to a different client for NZB or Torrent so those are valid suggestions too. Irritated Goat fucked around with this message at 18:43 on May 25, 2016 |
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Keito posted:I felt that Astraweb had become unusably bad over half a decade ago, and was even more disappointed with Supernews and Giganews in testing them. Been staying with UsenetBucket for the past couple of years without really needing any backup providers I like usenet bucket also, but the retention is a little low.
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Irritated Goat posted:I'm having an issue where Sonarr will grab multiple copies of the same episode even if it successfully completes. I use Jackett to add my torrent sites so it has more places to choose from but I end up with an NZB download and a torrent download. Is it downloading the exact same file or is it downloading different quality versions of the same episode?
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May 25, 2016 23:39
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I was having 90% failure rate on astraweb lately even on things released within 30 minutes. It started about a month ago and I've never seen it this bad as ago customer for years. I've switched to another provider and haven't had any failures.
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Sepist posted:I was having 90% failure rate on astraweb lately even on things released within 30 minutes. It started about a month ago and I've never seen it this bad as ago customer for years. I've switched to another provider and haven't had any failures. Same. I haven't switched yet but my backup is taking it hard.
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May 26, 2016 02:44
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Just cancelled my Astraweb account because I was seeing the same issues as everyone else. Is SuperNews the next best option? I'm also looking at UsenetBucket based on the two mentions on this page, but I don't think my home network is fast enough to justify paying 13 euros for UsenetBucket's 400 mbit plan instead of 10 USD for SuperNews's 100 mbit plan
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May 26, 2016 03:16
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The Modern Leper posted:Just cancelled my Astraweb account because I was seeing the same issues as everyone else. Is SuperNews the next best option? I'm also looking at UsenetBucket based on the two mentions on this page, but I don't think my home network is fast enough to justify paying 13 euros for UsenetBucket's 400 mbit plan instead of 10 USD for SuperNews's 100 mbit plan I've been on SuperNews since early 2010. Never had an issue outside of expired articles that Blocknews still has.
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I'm not a fan of any Giganews provider, backups just get hammered every time I've used one. Tweaknews is the best one as a main from my experience, Astraweb still gets used quite a lot as a backup as does UsenetNews, which is Blocknews
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May 26, 2016 13:06
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is it downloading the exact same file or is it downloading different quality versions of the same episode? The exact same file. I notice it's using different providers but yeah, same file.
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uhhhhahhhhohahhh posted:I'm not a fan of any Giganews provider, backups just get hammered every time I've used one. Tweaknews is the best one as a main from my experience, Astraweb still gets used quite a lot as a backup as does UsenetNews, which is Blocknews I have a backup block from BlockNews, so it looks like Tweak or Super. Super's a little cheaper because of the exchange rate, but I'll research. The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 14:42 on May 26, 2016 |
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The Modern Leper posted:I've got a BlockNews block for backup. Tweak previously was the slowest on DMCA take downs.
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If you are mostly pulling recent files, frugalusenet is something to consider, mostly because $5/month or $50/year is pretty drat cheap for unlimited downloads. The big drawbacks being "only" 600 day retention and the fact that it is blocknews, so finding a good backup provider is a huge pita. That said, I've just been running without backup servers for over a year at this point with minimal issues.
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Fancy_Lad posted:If you are mostly pulling recent files, frugalusenet is something to consider, mostly because $5/month or $50/year is pretty drat cheap for unlimited downloads. The big drawbacks being "only" 600 day retention and the fact that it is blocknews, so finding a good backup provider is a huge pita. Yep i'm using Frugalnews flawlessly for a couple of months now. If you're grabbing stuff as soon as it's posted then retention is irrelevant.
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YouTuber posted:I mean I could be mad at Astraweb for being bad but they aren't exactly charging me for service any longer Exactly, I don't understand how they haven't fixed that poo poo yet.
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Considering you can't even navigate their member area without having to login after each page, it's amazing it has even operated this long
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I was paying through Paypal. Paypal was being "honest," so I don't know if they were ever actually charging me. Thanks for the feedback. I only ever pull stuff through Sonarr and CouchPotato, so I'm only grabbing things as they become available. I've got about 48 gigs left in my Blocknews account, so I'll probably let that burn out before signing up for Frugal Usenet. BlockNews has been reliable when I've needed it, so there may not be too much need for a backup from Frugal. Will probably buy 50 or 100 gigs from Tweaknews, just in case. NewsGroupDirect (Highwinds reseller) sells 50 gigs for $10, but I understand that Highwinds is a shitshow.
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So i've been using Usenet on and off for probably 4-5 years without much issue. I don't have any fancy couchpotato setup or anything like that. I've just been using nzbclub to find nzb's and manually downloading them. I never got any fancier than this and never kept up with the latest and greatest tools or indexers or anything like that because my setup worked for what i needed. Suddenly, nzbclub has gone dark and i'm about 3 years out of date in terms of awareness of whats out there. Without getting into invite discussion territory, are there any open indexers that are somewhat reliable/usable? I spent a few hours googling, checking Reddit, etc and every open indexer i found had missing files galore. Is there anything both open and reliable?
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That's the worst way to ask for invites I've ever seen. PM me your email address for an NZB.su invite.
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I've been out of the loop on usenet for years and I decided to come back and see what it had to offer. Am I correct in saying you used to have to pay a one time fee for an Indexer? I I bought a VIP pass or something at http://nzbs.org/ ages ago but it doesn't seem to load, and nzb.su seems to be defunct? The above post seems to be implying it's not defunct. Would I be able to PM you? If not, I'm happy to pay for another Indexer or whatever.
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It appears my account has been disabled. Ah well, not too surprising considering its long inactivity.
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Rookoo posted:It appears my account has been disabled. Ah well, not too surprising considering its long inactivity. Maybe try emailing them? Their "contact us" page links admin as their primary contact email username. I dont know if they'll read or do anything to help you but I also don't think I ever paid for my nzbs account ever and there was a period where my account was inactive for 2-3 years straight. It's a long shot but couldn't hurt, especially if you've paid for it somehow in the past and can prove it. Otherwise it seems like people are more than happy to send invites in this thread. I don't really know why the title says "don't talk about it?"
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Boris Galerkin posted:I don't really know why the title says "don't talk about it?" Because there was a time (and it still might be that time) when the thread would be nothing but invite requests. NZB sites weren't always so locked down.
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I contacted them, and they gave me a free trial with the service, which is fine, i'm happy to pay when it's up. Cheers.
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Anyone else noticing stuff being posted like 9 different times? Its basically making any web interface useless.
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apatheticman posted:Anyone else noticing stuff being posted like 9 different times? I noticed it on dogzb, but seemed not so much on nzb.su. I don't have an nzbs account (hint) so I don't know how they're handling it.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Because there was a time (and it still might be that time) when the thread would be nothing but invite requests. NZB sites weren't always so locked down. Was there some kind of precipitating event that caused that change? It's been kind of frustrating getting into Usenet over the past month or for just that reason; so many of the recommended indexers are invite only.
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If something is affected by a DMCA takedown, does it show as missing articles, or does it dissapear? I was trying to get a show that's a few days old and it had thousands of missing articles.
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ego symphonic posted:Was there some kind of precipitating event that caused that change? It's been kind of frustrating getting into Usenet over the past month or for just that reason; so many of the recommended indexers are invite only. I'd say Newzbin shutting down back in 2010 started it, then this whole mess is where things started getting really difficult. Rookoo posted:If something is affected by a DMCA takedown, does it show as missing articles, or does it dissapear? I was trying to get a show that's a few days old and it had thousands of missing articles. Missing articles.
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Rookoo posted:If something is affected by a DMCA takedown, does it show as missing articles, or does it dissapear? I was trying to get a show that's a few days old and it had thousands of missing articles. Yes, that's a DMCA takedown. You're getting whatever is still replicated to their servers and hasn't updated yet.
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Apparently somehow my nzbcat api key got into the hands of 18 other people so my account got suspended for a couple hours while they got hold of me to see if I'd just been account sharing. They can't tell if it was someone logging into my account to get the keys or if someone got it from my sonarr install somehow because they don't track logins so that's an exciting potential security problem for me to look at!
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SciFiDownBeat posted:I know this is the usenet thread but does anyone have any recommendations on VPN's? PIA is pretty good. Can pay with gift cards to star anonymous.
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MAKE WAY NEW STARS posted:Apparently somehow my nzbcat api key got into the hands of 18 other people so my account got suspended for a couple hours while they got hold of me to see if I'd just been account sharing. Same here.  But they told me that it was either due to SABnzbd or Sonarr.
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