Prodeje79
join:2005-06-24
Pickerington, OH
|  [TWC] Recommend Newsgroup Usenet Providers Cheap Unlimited FAST!
OK OK so we all know about this now:
»[TWC] Road Runner Newsgroups Discontinued
Let's sticky a thread (perhaps this one) to provide recommendations and the best bang for the buck for unlimited pay per month newsgroup services! Please no other posts here!
»www.newsgroupdirect.com/ 20% off for life
unlimited $19.95 normal => $15.96 month
20% Discounts For Time Warner, Verizon
Attention Time Warner, Verizon, and Sprint customers. We will give you a 20% lifetime discount if you convert your usenet service to NewsgroupDirect. Just enter coupon code ngd09348 at checkout to receive your lifetime discount.
»www.giganews.com/ top notch, but too much money!!!
I googled around etc etc.... way too many out there....
This should be the ultimate place to post this!
So what is the best deal for unlimited high speed newsgroups thru a paid service provider????? |
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kingdome74
Emotionally Unavailable
Premium
join:2002-03-27
Syracuse, NY | Re: [TWC] Recommend Newsgroup Usenet Providers Cheap Unlimited F
»www.newshosting.com/en/index.php
I use the unlimited for 14.95 and have been with them for over 4 years and never had a single problem that I can recall. |
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Beachie
Stranded in paradise
join:2001-07-12
St. Pete, FL
 ·Bright House
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by kingdome74  :» www.newshosting.com/en/index.phpI use the unlimited for 14.95 and have been with them for over 4 years and never had a single problem that I can recall. Same here, rock solid and fast for 5 years now. |
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Ky Nutcase
join:2003-03-03
Morganfield, KY | reply to Prodeje79
»blocknews.net/
They have a deal 3 month UNLIMITED for $30.00 then $42.00 a quarter. This seems like the best I have found yet with unlimited. |
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wkpower
join:2001-11-08
New York, NY | how good is blocknews.net? are they reliable? |
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jduffy
join:2006-08-20
Cincinnati, OH | reply to Prodeje79
teranews.com
$3.95 one time sign up fee and you get 50MBs of downloads per day. Fine for up to moderate users and virtually free.
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jjz
join:2002-11-24
Los Angeles, CA | This site seems to give good reviews: »www.newsgroupservers.net/ |
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Ky Nutcase
join:2003-03-03
Morganfield, KY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to wkpower
said by wkpower :how good is blocknews.net? are they reliable?
So far, I have has 1 issues, a server problem that was resolved within a few hours, otherwise, its great, faster response that TW had. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Prodeje79
»www.usenetserver.com
$15/mo unlimited
$12/mo in 3 month increments
I've had them for years, and been very happy with em. 99+ day retention on most of their stuff
Buy a backup block account from »news.astraweb.com for $25 and get 100GB backup with 120+ day retention.
Those 2 together are a pretty unbeatable package, imo.
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PeterDLai
join:2003-07-26
San Diego, CA
2 edits | reply to Prodeje79
I think one of the best deals for us Road Runner users is from Ngroups.NET, a sister company to Usenet-News (which I have used for block accounts and have had no problems whatsoever).
Quarterly unmetered
RoadRunner SPECIAL
Limited time until July 31!
You MUST sign up using your
rr.com e-mail address to take
advantage of this offer.
Offer not valid for users who
had an active Ngroups.NET
account on 6/23/2008.
$29.99/quarter
(less than $10/month!!)
ROADRUNNER SPECIAL!!!!
Recurring subscription, unlimited downloads, 12 connections,
for ONLY $29.99 per Quarter
for as long as you keep the subscription! |
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sidewinder1
join:2008-06-24
| reply to Prodeje79
Free usenet for Brighthouse
»www.newshosting.com/bhn-en/
Beginning Monday, June 23, 2008
Newshosting is excited to offer Bright House Networks High Speed Internet customers access to Newshosting newsgroups at no additional charge. This complimentary service is only available from your home Bright House Networks Road Runner connection. Newshosting account creation and login information is NOT needed for Bright House Networks customers unless you purchase a premium service from Newshosting. After you have agreed to the Terms of Service you will be provided with a new newsgroup server name which you can then enter into your newsgroup application (be it Outlook Express or other).
Newshosting is your premier Usenet newsgroup provider with retention and completion rates among the highest in the industry, allowing fast and reliable access to over 60,000 newsgroups from our servers located in the United States and Europe. Usenet is the world's most comprehensive online message base with newsgroups containing both text and binary content. If you're new to Usenet, check out Usenet Learning Center and discover all the Usenet has to offer. |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
Premium
join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | reply to wkpower
Re: [TWC] Recommend Newsgroup Usenet Providers Cheap Unlimited F
I've been using Blocknews.net since December with only one or two hiccups. I get fairly consistent download speeds of about 16Mbps. |
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hakujin
join:2004-02-19
Chicago, IL
4 edits | reply to Prodeje79
IMO, values to look for in choice of binary providers are:
a. retention
b. completion rate
c. transfer rate and connections
*SSL (REQ for some, I think it's redundant)
Power users shouldn't even entertain a free binary provider because they are a joke (afaik) in a,b, and c.
Here's a good review site:
»www.anchordudes.com/
Here's another:
»www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-dea···?start=0
Easynews, Giganews, and Newshosting have in the past been good (as well as a couple of metered services one just assume forget).
Easynews price for performance sucks as retention is lower, unless you utilize their craptacular GUI. Giganews has the best retention in the business at 200+ days but they are steep. Newshosting is the best middle ground. Competitive unlimited @ $15, great retention @ 80-100 days, and usually always complete for me.
Things to live by:
*If you need something older, use torrent.
*If you only need text groups, you're not affected as you can use Google Groups or a host of other news servers, free of charge.
*If you think any other ISP is going to give you unlimited binary, guess again  |
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Stem Bolt
Premium
join:2002-11-08
Cleveland, OH
1 edit |  reply to Prodeje79
AstraWeb Usenet
»news.astraweb.com/
AstraWeb is NOT a reseller (Highwinds). They are an independent usenet provider.
3 months for $39 = $13 a month, unlimited, Free SSL
Retention: 128+ Days across ALL groups
- Retention is being upgraded. Keep watching it rise!
Completion: 99%+
Connections: 20 connections (Unlimited Plan)
50 connections (Pay-by-download Plan)
Servers:United States (us.news.astraweb.com)
Europe: (europe.news.astraweb.com)
SSL: (secure.news.astraweb.com)
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Pay-by-download plan:
Non expiring block accounts: 110 gigs for $25
Network: Level 3
Tiscali
Cogent
Excellent Price - Best Value for Money Usenet
Anonymity - No logs are kept, Anonymous Group Requests, Anonymous Posting
Uncensored News - No Discussions are Censored
SSL Enabled - SSL Available now on ALL accounts. No extra charges.
Completion - High number of peers. 99%+ completion
Speed - Multiple Links to High Quality Providers
Connections - 20 Simultaneous Connections
Retention - Long retention, always increasing.
Posting Propagation - Well connected peers ensure excellent propagation of posts
US & EU Farms - Serverfarms in the US and EU
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teranews
@rr.com | reply to jduffy
Sure, $3.95 one time setup fee is reasonable and 50MB/day is more than sufficient for me. But, is it working? |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
2 edits | reply to Prodeje79
Re: [TWC] Recommend Newsgroup Usenet Providers Cheap Unlimited F
Tip for those who have EarthLink (even dial-up accounts like Experience) can use its newsgroup service that uses Giganews (used to be SuperNews and internal). In fact, you can log into it from any ISPs.
However, it uses 2 connections at most, no SSL, and speed is random (fast or slow). That is what I noticed. |
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aelfwyne
join:2004-01-28
Beaumont, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to tiger72
I second UsenetServer.com.
$14.95 for unlimited usenet.
$3 for 3 days if you want to trial it or whatever.
You'd think you would get better service paying more to a bigger name, but you do not. UsenetServer.com has awesome retention and is very fast.
Also, you are not tied to buying by the quarter like you are on some of the others listed. |
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hakujin
join:2004-02-19
Chicago, IL
| reply to antdude
said by antdude :Tip for those who have EarthLink (even dial-up accounts like Experience) can use its newsgroup service that uses Giganews (used to be SuperNews and internal). It's capped at 5GB a month right? I've been thinking of switching over to EL. TWC would still provide the equipment and connection, but I'd pay EL. |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
| said by hakujin :said by antdude :Tip for those who have EarthLink (even dial-up accounts like Experience) can use its newsgroup service that uses Giganews (used to be SuperNews and internal). It's capped at 5GB a month right? I've been thinking of switching over to EL. TWC would still provide the equipment and connection, but I'd pay EL. From what I read and heard even from ELN's LiveChat, there are no caps. |
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