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Newsgroup Servers Features & Specifications: Corporate offices: based in Holland | Tier-1 Provider: Yes | Backbone: XSNews | Servers: Server farms in the Netherlands | Plans: Block or Unlimited | Prices: Start from 5,95 €/month | Retention: 1200 days | Newsgroups: 200.000 | Maximum connections: 30 | Maximum download speed: 800 mbit | SSL: Yes | Free trial: Yes (free 14-day trial) | Newsreader: No | VPN: No | Download amounts: Not capped | Logs: No | Shared account: No
XSNews Review
XSNews is one of the last few independent European Usenet feeds. XSNews is a Tier-1 Provider based in Holland that sells packages directly and for 12 Usenet resellers (Usenetbucket)
XSNews offers both flat rate and block accounts, which means you have a number of options. This is an advantage because you can access the XSNews network (and so files and parts of files on the network) as you want (Block or unlimited), and at modest prices. They are as follows:
XSNews Flatrate Packages
Basic - 5,95 €/month – Unlimited Usenet, 8 Mbit/s speeds, 8 connections
Pro - 7,50 €/month – Unlimited Usenet, 20 Mbit/s speeds, 20 connections
Elite - 10,95 €/month – Unlimited Usenet, Unlimited speeds, 30 connections
XSNews Block Packages
XSNews also offer Usenet block accounts. These are essentially pay-as-you-download plans.
Small - 9,95 € – 20GB, Unlimited speeds, 20 connections
Medium - 34,95 € – 100GB, Unlimited speeds, 20 connections
XL - 124,95 € – 1000GB, Unlimited speeds, 20 connections
XSNews is a TOP choice if a good speed is your top priority. XSnews provides speeds up to 800 Mbit/s, according to their site.
We signed up to Elite package at 10,95 € / month and were really impressed by the speeds obtained with 30 connections. Compare XSNews vs anothers Netherlands-based newsgroup providers, where the fastest plan caps out at 400 Mbit/s (Usenetbucket), it’s one of the fastest Usenet services we’ve tried, especially for Europe. The maximum speed of XSNews is around 800 Mbit/s, if that's enough for you I would recommend it.
With an unlimited plan:
You can use it alone it your downloading habits don't require an extra Usenet Service provider since your files come out at 100%. Dutch users should configure SpotNet 2.0 with XSnews and make the most of the referencing quality of SpotNet.
You want to make a combo Usenet to reduce the number of incomplete files, so an unlimited plan with XSNews can be the primary server. For Block Accounts you have the following who offer the best deals: Newsgroupdirect - Tweaknews
With a block account:
Block accounts are relatively cheap. As soon as your client detects that a Message-ID is missing on your main server (e.g: Unmited account from Newshsoting), the data missing will be downloaded from XSNews's block account.
Our tip for the XSNews network: XSNews is the Tier-1 provider of the network and has one sister company: EasyUsenet. We recommend EasyUsenet since:
EasyUsenet allows file sharing between users on some plans. Ideal to reduce costs!
EasyUsenet has a free trial offer without entering any bank details.
XSNews Alternative
Other Usenet provider based in Europe which offers both flat rate and block accounts is:
- Tweaknews: For a similar price you get much higher retention rates, a Free Newsreader and VPN is included