TimeWarner/Comcast vs Charter newsgroups

[SBSuperfly]

Like many people, I use NewsLeecher to download content from newsgroups. When I had TimeWarner cable (now Comcast), I could download headers @ 600kbytes/sec and download content @ about 450kbytes/sec +/-. With Charter I can download group headers at 350kbytes/sec and download content at a crappy 22kbytes/sec. Both internet services are 3Mbit, so why the disparity? Does Charter cap my rates? This is killing me because what used to take a couple hours to download now takes days.

[civictyper16]

I download at 1.20Mb/s they probably are recently i had to open up more ports to retain that speed the other day i wasnt even passing 800kb i love newsgroup though downloaded about 300gbs of hd movies in a couple days and i still browse the web online unlike torrent.

[SBSuperfly]

I spoke with someone with Charter via "live chat." She claimed it was not capped. Then later claimed the download speed for newsgroups is 128kbps. Basically, she made no sense. 22Kb/s is terribly unacceptable.

[delemorte]

Its all about the news server. the speed at which they are set up. the retention rates and how much traffic they are supporting.

Time warner news servers are a joke so noone really uses them. never used comcast so i cant say for sure. I have also used verizons and they rock. its all depedent on the ISP and how they they have their news servers set up...

[mordenkainen]

It sounds like they do cap your rates. I've used newshosting in the past and am currently using usenetserver for my newsgroup needs. Paying 15 bucks a month for unlimited uncapped downloads is worth it to me.