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I just saw that there is an Ubuntu list - I should have posted it there I think. I can't find where to transfer this over to that list.

no, just the one on SSL port 563 and I went back to 119 unencrypted, but made no difference, sab won't respond to Restart - seems locked up showing downloading, but it's stopped cold.

Ubuntu 10.04, was downloading and got the file down to 650Mb and the velocity shows 26kb/s (slow) and no activity on my net monitor. Other software works (email, etc). I checked the Usenet server and it checks out fine, Sab just seemed to lock up. Any ideas? I even tried to Restart Sab with no effect.

Hope Shypike is still out there, cause I found an irregularity which "might" be related with Sab, I just subscribed to another usenet provider, newhosting, set it up and got 5-6Kb/s, went back to Astraweb server and using the same downloaded file, got 56Kb/s!. When I combined the two, I go...

I'll go after Astraweb and see what happens - logically it makes no sense that it would be SAB because I did get a good couple of downloads and I can't believe SAB has the ability to change options on it's own.

Thank you for all the info and help

Yes I was able to download (on two separate days)  a movie and a tv show, both gave me 50Kb/s or better, but everything else gives me this crazy 5Kb/s or so. I used nbzmatrix, which under free use, only gives 20 day max retention files for download. As a test, I tried 6 of them a little while ago an...

How do I find out if my ISP does traffic shaping? All my downloads, Ubuntu updates etc are always good, never had one dip below say 45Kb/s.

I tried both Europe and US, both give me the same low download speeds.

Is any data being downloaded at 6Kb/s, or is it just handshaking signals?

Thank you

Thanks for responding, rascalli, This is what is in the connections tab.... us.news.astraweb.com:8080: 10 Thread #1 -> WwSxls4JHrrrQbYWnZtc@JBinUp.local -> None -> filename Thread #2 -> ANdfQKfqLQuXUk1SFAo5@JBinUp.local -> None -> filename Thread #3 -> AS5enpDQBlHrtKKQZqi@JBinUp.local -> None -> fil...

I've searched and searched the Astraweb faqs and tech recommendations, searched Google, and I've done all the recommendations to get a decent connection, but no dice. I have used nzbmatrix, binsearch, and newsleech, and when I toggle add nzb, I get it, put it into the file box, click on add, and rar...