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Re: astraweb's deteriorating service

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On 2015-08-02 00:08:55 +0000, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> said:

> In article <55bca3a7$0$42942$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com>,
>  Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <vilain-D7E852.23093731072015@news.individual.net>,
>> Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> But on to Astraweb.  Much of the stuff I download is incomplete.  If I
>>> wait to long, it's gone.  I pay $11/mo for unlimited downloads but I
>>> think they're being throttled by my ISP.  I'm thinking of getting a VPN
>>> and trying accessing stuff through that so my ISP can fuck off and die.
>> 
>> I use Astraweb but I don't download binaries, so it's fine. I paid them
>> $10 a decade ago (or longer - I forget) for 25 gigs of download; I
>> haven't even used a full gigabyte yet, so it will last me the rest of my
>> life. The credit card I used has long since gone the way of the
>> Concorde, so they can't charge anything new to it. Anyway, it works out
>> to less than a dollar a year for a pretty decent text-based nntp
>> provider.
>> 
>> I use a VPN and torrents for downloads.
> 
> Any recommendations on on a VPN provider?

It isn't free, but Zenmate has proved to me at least, that it is far 
superior to some of the free offerings, especially that security hole 
Hola.
It works on my Macs, iPad, and iPhone.
<https://zenmate.com>

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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