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Scoring Policy
| Provider Name |
skyweb |
| Date |
Dec 05 2002 |
| Review Location |
Winnipeg Canada |
| Cost Per Month |
$39.95 (Included with ISP) |
| Bandwidth Limits |
None Known |
| Download Speed |
N/A |
| Group Gount |
44172 |
| Free Headers |
Yes |
| Web Interface |
No |
| Xpat Support |
N/A |
| Access On Other Ports |
N/A |
| Spam Filtering |
N/A |
| Sporge Filtering |
N/A |
| Phone Support |
N/A |
| Filter Binaries On Nonbinary Groups |
N/A |
| Anonymous Posting |
No |
Post Propogation to
Local ISP News Server |
0% |
| Overall Rating |
25% |
Test Groups
| Group Name |
Header Count |
Oldest Post |
| alt.2600 |
15671 |
20-01-2002 |
| alt.binaries.cd.image.highspeed |
N/A |
N/A |
| alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm |
N/A |
N/A |
| sci.electronics.repair |
6245 |
22-12-2001 |
Comments
Skyweb has dropped many binary groups and increased their text group count.
I downloaded some headers in a few binary groups and purged them immediately. Most of the posts were all text with a few single part binaries. I didn't bother to test speeds for binary downloads.
Retention in the text groups are excellent. However I did not compare this news server to another to see if all text posts made it through. Bottom line - if you want usenet, get another provider. I left their review at the 25% they scored last time as they are not worth the time it might take to calculate a score.
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Usenet.com
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| The Internet underground uncensored access.
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Binaries.net
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| Endless software, music, movie & picture files.
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Newsfeeds.com
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| Welcome to the #1 Usenet Newsgroup provider on the planet!
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Par2.net
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| Par and par2 utilities and information
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