I have a sonic adsl2+ line (2 line bonded) (resold thru Coastwave).
news.sonic.net works fairly well for me, but I do have some issues/questions.
The biggest issue is that I can't get more than 2000000 headers when I download a new group (or update an existing group.) I use Newsbin Pro, but it's not a Newsbin problem. The GROUP command always returns 2000001 as the maximum number of headers available, even though far more are actually downloadable. I'm not sure what's going on.
Here's the NNTP commands:
GROUP alt.binaries.hdtv.x264
211 2000001 1160415116 1162415116 alt.binaries.hdtv.x264
I also have various problem with posts sometimes being temporarily unavailable. Occasionally I will download some and have lots of missing headers. If I re-download it, it's fine!?
I have no problems with news.giganews.com, but I like using the sonic.net local server if it would work better for me.
news.sonic.net works fairly well for me, but I do have some issues/questions.
The biggest issue is that I can't get more than 2000000 headers when I download a new group (or update an existing group.) I use Newsbin Pro, but it's not a Newsbin problem. The GROUP command always returns 2000001 as the maximum number of headers available, even though far more are actually downloadable. I'm not sure what's going on.
Here's the NNTP commands:
GROUP alt.binaries.hdtv.x264
211 2000001 1160415116 1162415116 alt.binaries.hdtv.x264
I also have various problem with posts sometimes being temporarily unavailable. Occasionally I will download some and have lots of missing headers. If I re-download it, it's fine!?
I have no problems with news.giganews.com, but I like using the sonic.net local server if it would work better for me.