Newsgroupdirect review

Newsgroupdirect review

Newsgroupdirect is a US based provider providing USENET access. The unlimited plans are great (Unlimited Plan + NGD Triple Play), but we also like the option to buy blocks of data. One of the major reasons behinds its popularity is the variety of plans.

Newsgroupdirect Features

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Corporate offices
based in US ✔
Tier-1 Provider
Yes ✔
Backbone
UsenetExpress
Plans
Unlimited downloads and block accounts ✔
Price

Unlimited Usenet - Starting at $6,25 /month ✔

The block plans range from 50 GB at $6 to 2000 GB at $75 ✔
Free Trial
7 day, 15 GB money back guarantee
Maximum download speed
1 GB/s ✔
SSL Connections
100 ✔
Completion
99 % ✔
Servers
US and European server farms ✔
NNTP Retention
4,200 days
Newsreader
No
Newsgroups
110,000 ✔
Logs
No ✔
Shared account
Yes for block accounts ✔
VPN
Yes

NewsgroupDirect Pricing

Newsgroupdirect offers tons of plans:

UNLIMITED PLAN - Newsgroupdirect is currently offering two plans:

  • Unlimited Monthly $9 Plan (only uses UsenetExpress backbone) - The monthly subscription plan costs $9 and gives you Unlimited access, Up to 4200+ Days Binary Retention, SSL Encryption and 100 connections. The 1 year plan runs $75, also with the same features. Newsgroupdirect resells UsenetExpress newsfeed. Newsgroupdirect has partnered with UsenetExpress (Tier-1 Usenet Service Provider), which maintains their own Server Farms.

  • Unlimited monthly $13 Triple play - Recently Newsgroupdirect partners with GN and Farm to offer unlimited Usenet from 3 Backbones. With NGD Triple play you access to 3 different backend providers (UE - GN - Farm) with only having 1 account. NGD uses a combination of UE & Farm & GN backbone.

While this Usenet provider doesn’t have a free trial, they do offer a 7-day/15GB money-back guarantee for those who sign up with their service. 

USENET BLOCKS - Newsgroupdirect also offers block accounts where you pay for the amount of data you plan to use. Newsgroupdirect is a Block-account specialist.

➜ Newsgsroupdirect offers a variety of Block packages: A range from 50 GB to 2000 GB !!!!.

➜ Block account comes with account sharing option.

➜ You can use Newsgroupdirect as backup server.

▶ 50 GBs ➜ $6

▶ 100 GBs ➜ $10

▶ 250 GBs ➜ $16

▶ 500 GBs ➜ $25

▶ 1000 GBs ➜ $45

▶ 2000 GBs ➜ $75

You get the following features with Block Packages:

Up to 4,222+ days of binary retention
100 connections
Free Headers
Free Posting
Unlimited Speed
Ability to share with your friends

NGD Triple Play - Premium bundle

We recommend NGD Triple Play from Newsgroupdirect to get access to as many Usenet files and messages as possible. NGD Triple Play includes:

  • Unlimited Usenet downloads.

  • 3 backbones: UE + GN + Farm

  • Ghost Path VPN Access

  • 100 SSL Connections

  • 4,200 days of binary retention

  • Servers in both the US and EU

Key feature of NGD Triple Play is you get 3 backbones for the price of 1. The great advantage is redundancy. With millions of new articles being posted to usenet newsgroups each day it is important to have a reliable provider with a great redundancy. Even in the unlikely event that one backbone go down, data and files are backed up and accessible via another. So users should find no trouble in getting articles.

How it works?

The principle is pretty simple. Newsgroupdirect is a reseller for 3 different Tier-1 Providers (backbones). Their feed does not depend on one Tier-1 but on several. Their goal: promote Usenet with high redundancy!. It's a good way to get the best reliability and completion rates.

You can also construct your own “high redundancy” package by subscribing to different Tier-1 providers and resellers (Unlimited and/or Block accounts). The absolute key is to know about backbone providers when choosing one provider to use in combination with others.


Newsgroupdirect

NEWS SERVERS / PORTS / CONFIGURATION

They have severed in the US and EU. Following are the details of the Servers:

news.newsgroupdirect.com
United States
UsenetExpress Backbone
Ports: 119, 23, 3128, 7000, 8000, 8080, 9000
SSL (Recommended) Ports: 563, 80, 81, 9119
100 Connections

europe.newsgroupdirect.com
Europe
UsenetExpress Backbone
Ports: 119, 23, 3128, 7000, 8000, 8080, 9000
SSL (Recommended) Ports: 563, 80, 81, 9119
100 Connections

super.newsgroupdirect.com
GN Backbone
Ports: 119, 23, 80
20 Connections

farm.newsgroupdirect.com
Farm Backbone
Ports: 119, 80
SSL (Recommended) Ports: 443, 563
20 Connections

Newsgroupdirect performance

Newsgroupdirect is a good USENET service provider:

➜ Newsgroupdirect is a reseller of UsenetExpress. Newsgroupdirect has partnered with one of the most reliable Usenet providers.

➜ Newsgroupdirect offers a very comprehensive package that works well for power users. One thing we do like is Unlimited monthly Triple play. This makes it an excellent option for those planning to download large amounts of data.

➜ Retention rate – Retention is key for most Usenet users. It relates to the size of the Usenet archive served by the provider. Newsgroupdirect offers the retention period of 4200 days. This makes Newsgroupdirect a competitive and robust provider in the market.

➜ Completion rate – Newsgroupdirect also has a 99.9%+ completion rate, which is the industry standard.

➜ Servers – Newsgroupdirect provides server clusters in North America and Europe, so servers are nearby to ensure fast speeds and low latency no matter where you are.

➜ Speed – Newsgroupdirect offers the 100 concurrent connections with each package. So regardless of location, you should be able to max out your broadband connection. OUR TIP: You can easily max out your connection with around 20 concurrent connections.

➜ Security and privacy – Newsgroupdirect considers security and privacy. The company will never share your information with outside parties or track your downloads. Newsgroupdirect comes with 256-bit secure connections. Newsgroupdirect also does not monitor downloads or maintain log files: "We do not and cannot log what you download. All we can see is the volume of information that you download, not the content."

➜ Newsreader – Newsgroupdirect doesn’ t have its own newsreader. This means that you will have to find your own program to browse Usenet. There are numerous open-source browsers like SABnzbd and NZBGet.

➜ GhostPATH – Newsgroupdirect offers VPN protection for free. Ghostpath is a good VPN Service and it provides solid online protection.

➜ Payment options cover all credit cards, PayPal, SEPA, IDEAL, and Bitcoin. One of the few Usenet providers that accepts Bitcoin for anonymous payments.

FAQs - all questions about NewsgroupDirect answered

Conclusion: Final words on NewsgroupDirect

Newsgroupdirect is a solid USENET provider. Newsgroupdirect offers a good Usenet experience with an improved retention rate.