OpenWeb/IS and Astraweb?

[milomak]

from ping and speed tesst and the like i have done, i would always advise south africans to download from europe rather than the us. if you can avoid the us, asia and australasia.

my problem is that i prefer to use the ssl address. and that only has one address afaik.

 

[DVD007]

from ping and speed tesst and the like i have done, i would always advise south africans to download from europe rather than the us. if you can avoid the us, asia and australasia.

my problem is that i prefer to use the ssl address. and that only has one address afaik.

NO its not, I'm using the SSL server in EU. there are 3 adressess for SSL servers

 

[SQLGuru]

why not try switching to GigaNews??? I have not yet had a single day over the past 2 years where I have had an issue with GN....

 

[DVD007]

why not try switching to GigaNews??? I have not yet had a single day over the past 2 years where I have had an issue with GN....

Costs much more than Astraweb.

 

[mith]

i think the price is the factor for staying with astraweb
btw ppl what package are most of you on with astraweb, do you pay a monthly fee or pay for pay by download plans

stupid question...but what's the difference with using an SSL server?

 

[DVD007]

I'm on the $11 monthly speacial which is unlimited.

 

[mith]

I'm on the $11 monthly speacial which is unlimited.

roughly how much do you download a month?

 

[Natedogg]

On Astraweb for me, I get a constant 425 kB/s , and very rarely see it go over 440KB/s , Does anyone that uses giganews get over 440 kB/s ? I mean then what are you paying extra for?

 

[mith]

On Astraweb for me, I get a constant 425 kB/s , and very rarely see it go over 440KB/s , Does anyone that uses giganews get over 440 kB/s ? I mean then what are you paying extra for?

the download speed is what your line can handle, i.e - i usually get just about 440.
If you got a 8mb line then the max speed would be 1024KB/s.

The reason people use giganews is people generally feel you get less problems with giganews servers. i.e errors or missing files (which can easily be rectified by reloading the missing pieces)

 

[LazyLion]

why not try switching to GigaNews??? I have not yet had a single day over the past 2 years where I have had an issue with GN....

Giganews top account (platinum) = $24.99 with 10 connections
Astraweb top account (kleverig) = $11.00 with 20 connections

 

[LazyLion]

roughly how much do you download a month?

420 kbps gets me about 800 Gigs a month or more.

 

[mith]

damn...do you store all that stuff or you watch and delete the movies

 

[Zyzzyva]

We should lock gary in a room and give him 1 gig to keep himself busy. I wonder what would happen?

 

[LazyLion]

damn...do you store all that stuff or you watch and delete the movies

Keep most of it

We should lock gary in a room and give him 1 gig to keep himself busy. I wonder what would happen?

 

[Dan C]

ROFL

Here's Gary's computer room... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/114130811_f8fab42e1a.jpg

Anyhow had no problems with Astraweb lately.. well at least the last two days.

 

[LazyLion]

ROFL

Here's Gary's computer room... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/114130811_f8fab42e1a.jpg

Anyhow had no problems with Astraweb lately.. well at least the last two days.

Drools!

Ja... the American server is working again now for me.

 

[mith]

stupid question...but what's the difference with using an SSL server?

 

[LazyLion]

stupid question...but what's the difference with using an SSL server?

Just the anonymity and security. Nobody can see what you are downloading at all.

 

[mith]

Just the anonymity and security. Nobody can see what you are downloading at all.

thanks....thought it might be

 

[DVD007]

roughly how much do you download a month?

Between 400-800Gb depending on when I run out of stuff to download.