Thanks for supporting WebUseNet in the past and present, we are announcing a new platform for UseNet access. The following new plans are available now:
High Speed Unlimited Unlimited Downloads, 6 Connections, 2Mb/sec $14.95
Dial-Up Unlimited 1 Unlimited Downloads, 1 Connections, 64Kb/sec $5.95
Dial-Up Unlimited 2 Unlimited Downloads, 2 Connections, 32Kb/sec $5.95
New System:
We will be offering this on the new Tornado based software, this system allows us much greater use of our current cap-x and provide for much higher retention amounts. This system has a front end which talks to several back end servers, allowing us to be more granular with retention numbers. Can?t promise retention yet, because the back ends still haven?t rolled over, but a little tease is; text groups currently back to Jan 2002, *pic* groups over 14 days, *multi* groups over 10 days, and all other bin groups over 5 days. I am hoping for 30 days of *pic* and 15-20 days for the other binaries. These will increase over the month of September, as we move equipment back to Atlanta. We are also aggressively spam filtering these back ends to provide a more pleasant usenet experience. Speed has increased significantly, as the headers are totally handled by the front ends, only calling to the back ends for the bodies. The completion and resilience of the system is also increased as the front ends now talk to multiple back ends, this allows one server to fill in the missing parts from other servers, we are seeing great results from this. In fact we can take down servers on the backend to add disk with out any user knowing it.
New Billing:
If you currently are an active UseNetServer subscriber, you will be converted and credited a pro-rata amount for multi month accounts automatically. You will also receive a special grandfathered account of $13.95 for high speed accounts for the 1st year. We will be billing monthly on all accounts, there will no longer be multi month accounts. We will also be accepting payments via money orders for as many months as you would like to purchase (minimum 3 months). Please note billing will also now be every 30 days, not based on a date
Getting commpetivive arent we? thanks Easynews 2Mb is fine with me and unlimited is super sweet
Mole
High Speed Unlimited Unlimited Downloads, 6 Connections, 2Mb/sec $14.95
Dial-Up Unlimited 1 Unlimited Downloads, 1 Connections, 64Kb/sec $5.95
Dial-Up Unlimited 2 Unlimited Downloads, 2 Connections, 32Kb/sec $5.95
New System:
We will be offering this on the new Tornado based software, this system allows us much greater use of our current cap-x and provide for much higher retention amounts. This system has a front end which talks to several back end servers, allowing us to be more granular with retention numbers. Can?t promise retention yet, because the back ends still haven?t rolled over, but a little tease is; text groups currently back to Jan 2002, *pic* groups over 14 days, *multi* groups over 10 days, and all other bin groups over 5 days. I am hoping for 30 days of *pic* and 15-20 days for the other binaries. These will increase over the month of September, as we move equipment back to Atlanta. We are also aggressively spam filtering these back ends to provide a more pleasant usenet experience. Speed has increased significantly, as the headers are totally handled by the front ends, only calling to the back ends for the bodies. The completion and resilience of the system is also increased as the front ends now talk to multiple back ends, this allows one server to fill in the missing parts from other servers, we are seeing great results from this. In fact we can take down servers on the backend to add disk with out any user knowing it.
New Billing:
If you currently are an active UseNetServer subscriber, you will be converted and credited a pro-rata amount for multi month accounts automatically. You will also receive a special grandfathered account of $13.95 for high speed accounts for the 1st year. We will be billing monthly on all accounts, there will no longer be multi month accounts. We will also be accepting payments via money orders for as many months as you would like to purchase (minimum 3 months). Please note billing will also now be every 30 days, not based on a date
Getting commpetivive arent we? thanks Easynews 2Mb is fine with me and unlimited is super sweet
Mole