[Usenet] News Servers

What do people look for in a news server and how much are they paying for it? There are 9 questions in the poll, and it takes an average of 2 minutes to complete the poll. I am using this poll for a class project, so I appreciate honest answers. Thank you for your participation.

Do you pay for newsgroup access?

Yes

No, I get all I need free (skip to end and click "Done Voting")

What factor was most important in your decision to contract a news server?

My ISP does not offer access to newsgroups.

My ISP has a news server but it is too congested/slow.

My ISP has a news server but does not carry the groups I want.

My ISP carries the groups I want but censors the messages.

My ISP has poor retention times.

I want (more) anonymity than I would have with my ISP.

How much do you pay for access?

Less than $10 per month

$10-15 per month

$15-20 per month

$20-25 per month

$25-30 per month

More than $30 per month

What type of internet connection do you have?

What download/upload speeds do you normally achieve through your news server?

Less than 5KB/s (kilobytes per second).

5-10 KB/s

10-15 KB/s

15-20 KB/s

More than 20 KB/s

Not sure, but I can download a rather large (500MB) attachment in under a minute

Not sure, but it takes MORE THAN a minute to download a rather large attachment

What is the normal retention time you find in newsgroups with binary attachments?

My server carries complete threads from more than two months ago.

I am confident I can find almost all messages 1-2 months old.

I can still find all messages up to a month old.

Anthing older than a week is usually gone.

Messages last just a few days so I have to stay on top of things or I lose out.

How many days per week do you normally connect to your news server?

Every day.

Almost every day.

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday you'll find me there.

Just a couple of times per week, but not limited to the weekends.

Sometimes I go an entire week without connecting.

When you DO connect to the news server, for how long are you normally connected?

How much do you normally download when you connect to your news server?

Less than 100 MB (megabytes)

100-300 MB

300-500 MB

500-700 MB

700-1000 MB

WHY DO THEY LIMIT ME???

This poll was created on 2004-03-07 18:04:04 by SDLostboy