Have any of your guys ever hosted news servers? I don't know exactly how they work and how data from all the news servers around the world get shared. Anyone recommend good software for it? Thanks

Trust me, get a supernews subscription, it'll be cheaper in the long run.

You can't begin to imagine the raw power a news server requires. And the bandwidth, oh man.

www.supernews.com (assuming they're still in biz) believe me you don't wanna mess with it, unless you're gonna only take a VERY small portion of the available groups that is.

Originally posted by Dixiesys
Trust me, get a supernews subscription, it'll be cheaper in the long run.

You can't begin to imagine the raw power a news server requires. And the bandwidth, oh man.

www.supernews.com (assuming they're still in biz) believe me you don't wanna mess with it, unless you're gonna only take a VERY small portion of the available groups that is.

Have you tryed offering premium news accounts? I just want to know if it can become profitable. I know it will consume terabytes of harddrive space and large amounts of bandwidth. How are companys like newsguy.com profitable?

First of all I can say is:

1) Massive web space - You will need at least 200-300 GB of space
2) Massive bandwidth

If you are still ok with this and don't mind downloading hundreds of GB's a day then tell me what O/S you run.


-- If you don't see how I am coming up with 200-300 GB. Think of every mp3 newsgroup, DivX, VCD, warez, cracks, PORN.

Originally posted by jic
First of all I can say is:

1) Massive web space - You will need at least 200-300 GB of space
2) Massive bandwidth

If you are still ok with this and don't mind downloading hundreds of GB's a day then tell me what O/S you run.


-- If you don't see how I am coming up with 200-300 GB. Think of every mp3 newsgroup, DivX, VCD, warez, cracks, PORN.

Hmm, I am interested in exactly how newsgroups work. Exactly how do news servers share files around the world and is there a fee to give newsgroup access? Do you have to pay USNET? I see SCSI 73.4GB drives for $375 on pricewatch which isn't too bad.

We are all here to learn from each other so tell me everything you know =)