Hitnews (NETHERLANDS ONLY)

[dacaid]

Ok, i open fire on that brand new section with my favourite (and.. well...the first and only i subscribed^^)

http://www.hitnews.eu/

€ 0,00  3 days free unlimited access to all news groups
€ 1,50  2 days unlimited access to all news groups
€ 2,95  1 week unlimited access to all news groups
€ 3,95  2 weeks unlimited access to all news groups
€ 7,50  1 month unlimited access to all news groups
€18,50  3 months unlimited access to all news groups
€36,00  6 months unlimited access to all news groups

http://www.hitnews.eu/english/damage.html

Pay with paypal
Excellent speed (use my max 3 MB/s)
No recurring fees. No need to unsubscribe

They say nearly 100 days retention... i even DLed files posted 120 days ago, but you re only sure to find 60 days files max.. older is luck
[update] looks like retention is getting better and better, 100 to 120 days sometimes

8 threads with account sharing (i use 4 threads at work and 4 at home)
Free SSL
Always giving feedbacks by mail if few hours down (getting rare)


nothing to say about support, i never had to deal with, so feel free to give your feedback on that topic

[davidq666]

Hitnews is one of the few providers supporting XPAT, which in fact gives somthing quite simular to header download. it does only work with one group at the time but it works. use the space bar to get (nearly) all posts in the newsgroup.

[dacaid]

Thx for the trick davidq666, i tried with a dot, i think i get even more than with a space.

So far i bought 6 more months... and still pleased of it

[davidq666]

Just as an info from an other thread:

why r u guys not using the build-in xpat search? by puting in a space u get (nearly?) all posts of a specific newsgroup. ok you can only browse one group at the time and when u changed groups you have to do the search again, but if you limit ur search to the last 1000-10000 posts it's quick enough. by the way hitnews is one of the suposed rare providers supporting it.

Correct way would be to use wildcard and search for * . That way you'll get all posts. All providers I've used/am using have xpat... xlned, hitnews, easynews, newshosting. The only one I'm sure doesn't support xpat is giganews.

he means wildmat...

[RichardJ]

Good newsgroup provider, retention could be a bit better perhaps. Really like the SSL and the port 80 option.

They updated their prices, 1 month costs 7,50 Euro. Due to transaction costs.

[Amphetamine]

Been using Hitnews for a few weeks now, very happy with them. Luckily they sent out a promo email on the 2nd day of my free trial to get 3 months for €13, which really is cheap for what you're getting.

Their support is good. Very quick to get back to you and they seem to work until quite late in the evening.

[davidq666]

yea i am quite happy with them aswell only the retention still sucks a bit that's why i will get a backup 100 GB block with 120 days retention which doesn't expire form www.usenet-sonderposten.de

[ezzzy]

i been with them  over a week now stable 20 meg download seems good so far!
i also got a block account with astraweb for back up.

Hitnews £6 month uk money good value and ssl

[RichardJ]

Not long ago I downloaded a post from boneless which was 112 days old, so the retention is getting better 

[davidq666]

yeah retention is rising i've downloaded two 130 day and one 135 day with no problems... the error quota was always smaller than 5 %

[dacaid]

I noticed that too.

Thx for your feedbacks, updated a bit the topic

[brianiscool]

This is the best deal I think. I signed up for 2 years. Cost me $200

[Jesus]

Hitnews is not a good provider for posting.

[davidq666]

why is that so? i remember they recently added an extra posting server that supports ssl encryption.

[Hellster]

I've heard nothing but issues about posting through them , so good luck