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=> Best Usenet specials: UsenetServer $10 for every month as long as your subscription remains active
=> Top Usenet trials: Binverse 14 day free trial as 150GB (that how much you can download over 14 days)
Usenet Terms and Information - Newsgroup Glossary
Usenet or Newsgroup: is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by subject. Binary groups are intended for postings with file attachments. The attachments are usually; pictures, movie clips, sound files, or software programs
Usenet Provider Account Types:
- Unlimited usenet access : The unlimited usenet accounts have no set download limit in bytes. No bandwitch limited. 100% unlimited newsgroup download, that means no limit at all. Ex: Newsdemon
- Limited usenet access: Metered usenet accounts have a certain quota (daily or monthly), and when it's reached it's not possible to download any more until you pay again. But some usenet provider "rolls over" any part of the GigaBytes not used during a month/day and is available for use in the next month/day and following months/days. ex: Newsdemon and Newsgroupdirect
- Block account (pay by the download): A block account is an account that you refresh as you use up your allocation (with no time limit). Blocks are purchased as you need them. ex: Newsgroupdirect
- Webnews usenet access: You can read, post, and decode newsgroup content with a web browser. ex: Easynews
Binary Retention: means how long the news server keeps articles around before expiring them.. On each news server the administrator will determine the retention for each usenet newsgroup usually by allotting it a certain amount of hard drive space. An easy way to tell what the retention is for a newsgroup is to look through the list and see when the oldest messages are from.The best retention rates are provided by Giganews , Newsdemon and Newsgroupdirect
Payment type:
- Credit card: All usenet providers
- Paypal: Giganews, Newsdemon and Ngroups.net
- WorldPay: Newsgroupdirect and Newsdemon
- Moneybookers or E-Gold: Ngroups.net
SSH: Secure Shell or SSH is a set of standards and an associated network protocol that allows establishing a secure channel between a local and a remote computer. A ll your data was encrypted before it even left your computer ex: secure-tunnel.com
SSL: SSL Encryption is another layer of NNTP traffic security protection that Usenet providers offers. All data passed from Usenetprovider's servers to the customer's computer is encrypted.
List of Usenet providers
Last Updated: June /28/2009
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My Best Choice |
Unlimited account 1m: $17.99 (300 days w/ 8 connections) Unlimited account Plus 1m: $20.99 (300 days w/ 20 connections) Unlimited account with SSL Encryption 1m: $22.99 (300 days w/ 20 connections) |
Binary Retention: 300 days Binary Retention and rising to 400 ! Hostname: news.newsdemon.com europe.newsdemon.com port(s): 119, 443 and 8080 useast.newsdemon.com port(s): 119, 443 and 8080 us-secure.newsdemon.com port(s): 563, 80 and 81 (Encrypted Access) europe-ssl.newsdemon.com port(s): 563, 80 and 81 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 8 or 20 |
A good Premium Newsgroups Servers. A bit more expensive than Newsgroupdirect , but I have never had an outage and they are increasing retention to 400 days. Very fast support too - Live Chat is very efficient . Paypal accepted and Worldpay Note: |
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10gb per month: $7.99 35gb per month : $12.99 Unlimited account 1m: $24.99 Giganews is offering your first 2 months of Platinum for only $12.49 Unlimited account with SSL Encryption with 10 Bonus Connections 1m: $29.99 Giganews is offering your first 2 months of Diamond for only $14.99! |
Binary Retention: 310 days Binary Retention and rising to 365 days ! Hostname: news.giganews.com news.giganews.com Concurrent Connections: 10 or 20 |
A Premium Newsgroups Servers. A bit more expensive than Newsdemon , but it's the longest newsgroups retention. Although the price is high, Giganews is recommended. Exellent service. Completion + retention were both excellent. They are now supporting the PayPal payment system for their service.
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They offer all types of accounts !!! |
1 GB Per Day: 8.95$ 3 GB Per Day: 12.95$ 5 GB Per Day: 15.95$ 50 GB Block: 14.95$ 100 GB Block: 22.95$ 200 GB Block: 39.95$ 500 GB Block: 104.95$ 20 GB Per Month: $7.95 35 GB Per Month: $11.95 60 GB Per Month: $14.95 Unlimited account with SSL Encryption and 20 connections 1m: $19.95 |
Binary Retention: 300 days Binary Retention Hostname: news.newsgroupdirect.com port(s): 119, 443 news-eu.newsgroupdirect.com port(s): 119, 443 and 8080 news-ssl.newsgroupdirect.com port(s): 563 and 80 (Encrypted Access) news-eu-ssl.newsgroupdirect.com port(s): 563 and 80 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 20
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The unlimited plan (with Free ssl encryption) is an excellent value for money. Newsgroupdirect offer 300 days binary retention. They now allow 20 connections too. They provide all types of accounts (Best provider of non-expiring block accounts and unlimited account) Support service is very solid
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and their sister compagny: Premium usenet providers |
Unlimited account 1m: $14.99 (6 streams // 200 days) Unlimited account 1m: $19.99 (12 streams // 125 days with SSL Encryption) |
Binary Retention: 200 days Binary Retention Hostname: news.powerusenet.comport(s): 119, 23, 80 news.powerusenet.comport(s): 563 and 443 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 6 or 12
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A Premium Newsgroups Servers. Powerusenet and Usenet.Net resells Giganews servers. They have great speeds. Like giganews but with 200 days binary retention. They offers 256-Bit Encrypted Access (SSL) Note: |
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The manually paid accounts can be paid via PayPal, Moneybookers or E-Gold |
5gb per month: $ 5.99 Unlimited account eco 1m: $14.99 | 3m: $39.97 (Free SSL encryption and 12 connections) Unlimited account extra 1m: $19.99 | 3m: $54.97 (Free SSL encryption and 24 connections) |
Binary Retention: 260 days Binary Retention Hostname: news.us.Ngroups.NET port(s): 119, 443 news.eu.Ngroups.NET port(s): 119, 443 news.ssl.ngroups.net port(s): 563, 80 and 81 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 12 or 24 |
A reliable usenet service. The price is reasonable and the support is great. Good download speed. Retention at over 250 days now. Free SSL encryption included. Note: |
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25gb per month: $12.99 Unlimited account (8 Streams) 1m: $15.99 Unlimited account Plus (Encrypted Access, 15 Streams) 1m: $19.99 |
Binary Retention: 200 days Binary Retention Hostname: news.supernews.com port(s): 119, 23, 80 news.supernews.com port(s): 563 and 443 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 8 or 15 |
Recently Giganews buys Supernews corporate users(Outsourcing Services for ISP's and Corporations) Now they only provides personal usenet accounts. Up to 200 days retention . They provide Unlimited at a good price with ssl. Reliability and support are both good. You can trust them. Note: |
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Best Webnews interface (no 'newsreader' software required)
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$9.98 for 20 Gigabytes or 30 days, which ever comes first (100 days of retention) $14.97 for 30 Gigabytes or 30 days, which ever comes first (200 days of retention) $29.94 for 150 Gigabytes or 30 days, which ever comes first (200 days of retention)
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Binary Retention: 100 or 200 days Binary Retention Hostname: news.easynews.com proxy.news.easynews.com port(s): 21, 22, 23, 53, 80, 110, 443, 1080, 8080 secure.news.easynews.com Concurrent Connections: Unlimited HTTP and NNTP connections |
EasyNews offers a completely unique newsgroup service unlike any other. It's web interface (no 'newsreader' software required) has been designed to make downloading binaries as easy as possible for new users. There are also many advantages that Easynews has over using standard NNTP 'newsreaders'. Users can also view media files as thumbnails, and also access an excellent search engine/NZB generator/header retrieval system. You can earn free downloads with surveys and using the grid program(cancer esearch). |
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Unlimited account with 200 days and SSL Encryption: 1m: $21.99 | 6m: $114.99 | Y: $217.70
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BinaryRetention: 200 days Hostname: us.thundernews.com Port(s): 119, 443 or 8080 secure.us.thundernews.com Port(s): 563, 80 or 81 (Encrypted Access) secure.eu.thundernews.com Port(s): 563, 80 or 81 (Encrypted Access) Concurrent Connections: 8 or 20
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Thundernews provide a similar service to Newsgroupdirect. But they are more expensive. Prefer newsgroupdirect, it's only $19.95 and they offer more accounts Note: |
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Unlimited account 1m: $17.95
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Binary Retention: 150 days Hostname: Port: 119 |
Newsgroupdirect provide provide unlimited account with 150 day retention (and no SSL) via their Sister PlanetNewsgroup Same service as newsgroupdirect with less retention and a low price !!!
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Only block account |
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Retention: 200 days Hostname: us.Usenet-News.net Concurrent Connections: 20 (But unless you have a serious speed issue we don't recommend using more than 5-8 connections) ssl.Usenet-News.net only allows encrypted SSL connections on ports 443, 563, 8080 |
No other company offers such a large selection of sizes of never-expire blocks as Usenet-News (as little as 2GB per purchase). But Newsgroupdirect provide best prices Note: |
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3 gb 3 Day: $3.95 (metered account) 10gb: 1m: $7.95 (metered account) 60gb (Express) 1m: $10.95 (metered account) 50gb (Extra) 1m: $14.95 (metered account) Unlimited account 1m: $19.95 |
Binary Retention: 140 days Hostname: Ports: 119, 443 |
NEWSGUY provide nntp access and web usenet access. NNTP: Newsguy provide unlimited and limited account (SSL included). They provide more than usenet service with too much options included: e-mail and web hosting !!!. Download speeds aren't always consistent and occasionally slow down to about 450 KB/sec (Expect a slowdown when using SSL ) HTTP: Web interface isn't good. Reliability and speed are average. Note: |
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Agent Premium Newsgroups (APN)
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12 gb 1m: $2.95 (metered account) 25 gb: 1m: $5.95 (metered account) 70 gb 1m: $9.95 (metered account) Unlimited account 1m: $14.75 |
Retention: 100 days Hostname: Ports: 119, 443 |
Agent Premium Newsgroups is a reseller of highwinds. A decent service. But just 100 days binary retention , NO SSL and Speed is average (Only 4 streams). Note: |
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| USENET.COM (alias name NEWSFEEDS) | 2gb 1m: $4.95 (metered account) 10gb: 1m: $7.95 (metered account) 20gb 1m: $11.95 (metered account) Unlimited account 1m: $18.95 |
Retention: 150 days Hostname: Concurrent Connections: ? Ports: 119 |
Usenet.com , Newsgroups.com , Binaries.net and Nuthinbutnews are resellers of newsfeeds THE BIG MUSIC companies have sued Usenet.com for copyright infringement (16 October 2007). So they have removed the groups due to circumstances surrounding the lawsuit the RIAA filed against them (MP3 binary groups) Retention: Their retention claims are over-rated (only 80 day) Speed: Speed is average with all servers (300-400ko/s). Prefer Newsdemon Note: |
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10gb 1m: $10.00 (metered account) |
Binary Retention: 30 days or 90 days ? Hostname:
Concurrent Connections: Ports: 119 |
Problems with completion. Retention fluctuate. Just 30 days binary retention and no ssl Note: |
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25gb 1m: € 9.95 (metered account) 50gb: 1m: € 14.95 (metered account) 125gb 1m: € 24.95 (metered account) Every package includes unlimited Downloads with up to 1000 Kbps |
Binary Retention: 200 days Hostname: news.usenext.com or news.usenext.de Ports: 119 , 443 |
The software thats included with your subscription is extremely good and easy to use but the packages are expensive. Anything they offer you can get twice as good for a cheaper price. Note: |
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10gb 1m: € 7.90 (metered account) 25gb: 1m: € 9.90 (metered account) 50gb 1m: € 19.90 (metered account) |
Retention: ? Hostname: ? Ports: 119 |
The packages are very very expensive. It looks like they are out of business. Note: |