Virgin News Servers

[mladen]

Anyone else noticed how good virgins free news servers have been over the past few months? I've been regularly downloading things that are 200 days old without any problems.

Maybe worth a go for those who are struggling to keep up payments with their premium service.

[B.I.G.]

yeah i noticed the retention had gone up but never noticed by that much......no doubt they'll start charging for access to them soon.

[Timmaa]

My previous experience with ntl news servers were that they were just rubbish. Low on content as well as retention. Has the content improved as well?

[B.I.G.]

Yeah much better than they used to be content wise.

[Q-Ball]

i've been paying for newshosting for a while, but now am trying to penny pinch - how do i use the virgion ones? What are the login info?

thanks
Q

[B.I.G.]

news.virginmedia.com

no login required...you do of course have to be a customer which i'm guessing you are.

[Mooncat]

news.virginmedia.com
port 119

no need for username and password if you have Virgin Broadband

I find it very hit and miss

[XBOX4LIFE]

No ssl support though, the astraweb offer is still going for £7.68 a month, worth that just for ssl imo