Clara.Net are WANK

I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.

Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.

FOC wrote

> I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
> anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>
> Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.
>
>

You're about 4 years late with that discovery.
Do they continue to tell customers that the faults will be fixed
'next week'.
That new hardware will be installed 'next week'.
That staff are not available atm, but will be 'next week'

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
>anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>
>Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.

I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?
How much would I pay Altopia if I wanted to download at full
speed with 2Mbps ADSL?

On Thursday 06 January, Jim Davis wrote in
alt.binaries.news-server-comparison:

> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
>>anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>>
>>Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.

> I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
> you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?

I don't know about binaries, but retention is very poor in text groups
(3-5 days last time I checked). Altopia's many attractions for its
customers don't include retention.

> How much would I pay Altopia if I wanted to download at full
> speed with 2Mbps ADSL?

The website lists the costs of various accounts.

PJR :-)
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"Jim Davis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
> >anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
> >
> >Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.
>
> I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
> you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?
> How much would I pay Altopia if I wanted to download at full
> speed with 2Mbps ADSL?
>

Just over four years ago I was a Claranet customer and whilst expensive it
had a fantastic news server, following my move to another ISP I took out a
sub with Claranews, all was fine for about a year and then it was all
downhill. Many promises not kept etc.

Anyhow, Since those dark days I have been using giganews www.giganews.com
and I have no problem maxing out my 2MB ADSL line when connected to their
european servers. They offer various services levels determined by the
amount of data you will transfer over the course of a month.

Well worth consideration, long retention and high completion rates. The best
I have found.

Andy.

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:07:05 +0000, Peter J Ross
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thursday 06 January, Jim Davis wrote in
>alt.binaries.news-server-comparison:
>
>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
>>>anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>>>
>>>Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.
>
>> I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
>> you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?
>
>I don't know about binaries, but retention is very poor in text groups
>(3-5 days last time I checked). Altopia's many attractions for its
>customers don't include retention.

Does Altopia really offer more privacy or 'anonymity' than other NSPs?

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:22:27 -0000, "andy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Jim Davis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
>> >anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>> >
>> >Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.
>>
>> I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
>> you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?
>> How much would I pay Altopia if I wanted to download at full
>> speed with 2Mbps ADSL?
>>
>
>Just over four years ago I was a Claranet customer and whilst expensive it
>had a fantastic news server, following my move to another ISP I took out a
>sub with Claranews, all was fine for about a year and then it was all
>downhill. Many promises not kept etc.
>
>Anyhow, Since those dark days I have been using giganews www.giganews.com
>and I have no problem maxing out my 2MB ADSL line when connected to their
>european servers. They offer various services levels determined by the
>amount of data you will transfer over the course of a month.
>
>Well worth consideration, long retention and high completion rates. The best
>I have found.

I bet this one's popular: 2 GB/mo US$7.99.

On Thursday 06 January, Jim Davis wrote in
alt.binaries.news-server-comparison:

> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:07:05 +0000, Peter J Ross
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>On Thursday 06 January, Jim Davis wrote in
>>alt.binaries.news-server-comparison:
>>
>>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:39:52 +0000, FOC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>>I'm not sure what their ADSL service is like now, but if Claranews is
>>>>anything to go by, I'd recommend you avoid Clara.Net like the plague.
>>>>
>>>>Claranews can be summed up in one word - SHIT.
>>
>>> I'm not about to say they're the best news provider, but since
>>> you use Altopia can you tell me what the retention is like there?
>>
>>I don't know about binaries, but retention is very poor in text groups
>>(3-5 days last time I checked). Altopia's many attractions for its
>>customers don't include retention.

> Does Altopia really offer more privacy or 'anonymity' than other NSPs?

It offers you less chance of losing your account for the content of
your posts.

PJR :-)
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<alt.internet.providers.uk , Peter J Ross , (E-Mail Removed)>
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<Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:30:20 +0000>

> > Does Altopia really offer more privacy or 'anonymity' than other NSPs?
>
> It offers you less chance of losing your account for the content of
> your posts.
>

Altopia is a cracking news server - but most people tend not to mention
that fact .

In message <(E-Mail Removed) > KVL472
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Altopia is a cracking news server - but most people tend not to mention
>that fact .

A cracking news server? Was it dropped?


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