Roadrunner news services has been outsourced

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to Newshosting



RoadRunner
Last Update: January 3rd, 2007
Usenet access: Yes
As of mid December 2006, RoadRunner news services has been outsourced to Newshosting
Homepage: http://help.rr.com/HMSLogic/tutorial_index.aspx
Server: news.rr.com, news-server.[yourarea].rr.com (e.g. [yourarea] for New York City is nyc. news-server.nyc.rr.com) tho they all resolve to the same host now
Login: Setup video shows RoadRunner main e-mail account name (without @rr.com)...though it is reported to work without a login
Password: Setup video shows RoadRunner e-mail account password...though it is reported to work without a password
Download Quota: Most likely unlimited. Reports of 100GB and 400GB downloaded in a month.
Download Speed: Modem limit
Retention:
Binaries: 45+ days
Text: 100+ days
Free Headers: Since download quota is most likely unlimited, then headers are probably not counted.
Supports MsgID's (NZB files): Yes
Maximum Connections: 4 per server
Web Interface: No


source (http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:ISP_Providers#RoadRunner)

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wow. that's pretty sweet for an ISP.

[meyou123]

I WISH my ISP outscourced it's newshosting servers....but I am glad someone is getting a sweet deal. I will stick with GIganews for now.