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In article <19960922.001512.26@mike.old-inn.demon.co.uk>, Mike Lane
<URL:mailto:mike@old-inn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a 14k4 modem
> TCPIP gives me news downloads of 2600 cps but is too much hassle to use
> regularly. Termite can only manage 1600 cps at best, so I have upgraded to
> ANT 2, and what do I get? 900 cps that's what :-(

Until ANT admit there's a problem (they probably will now there's so many
folks mentioned it) try using FreeNews for downloading. I've been using it
like this (with beta versions of Release II) since April/May and it's fine,
giving a typical real download speed of 2700 cps (with a 14k4 modem). It's a
minor hassle really - you just need to ensure that ANT doesn't download news
as well (there's a config option) and keep FreeNews and ANT newsgroup
subscriptions the same.

I've stuck a converter on my web site which converts FreeNews downloads so
that they can be debatched by ANT and read with Marcel.

The converter is at http://www.beard.demon.co.uk/software/fnconv.html

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