Commercial Usenet News Servers
Occasionally I get email requests for a reference to a good site that sells Usenet News. I have listed several commercial servers on this page. Anyone that works for any of these services and would like to add to the information here, please feel free to contact me.
In the table below, if there is not information in a field, it doesn't mean anything specific. Some services I just haven't had time to look at yet, others don't give me enough access without joining to see what they really have to offer. If I don't make a comment it usually means that I had no real opinion about the service, they were just "average".
Indexed Servers
Days Text Retention
Multi Gigabit Backbone
Servers in the Asia, Europe & the USA
spam filtering
10GB/Mo $8.99
50GB/Mo $14.99
Unlimited $24.99
Giganews Usenet provides one of the most complete newsfeeds available with very few missing posts. They also provide spam filtering and an unlimited download package. Great as your primary provider or just to download fills.
days of retention across binary newsgroups
2+ years of retention across text newsgroups.
Unlimited and metered plans.
30-60 simultaneous connections.
SSL Encryption and Lightning Accelerator (header compression tool) included with all plans.
days retention across binary newsgroups
2+ years retention across Text newsgroups
Up to 20 simultaneous connections
Alternate server names to help choose fastest route
8GB/month download limit
They have a very impressive appearing configuration. Also, with the separate names based on the DS3 connection, users can use traceroute (or connect using all 3), to get the best possible connections.
unlimited GB Usenet
unlimited speed
servers in amsterdam & north america
256-bit ssl encryption
800 days of binary retention
30 simultaneous connections
Unindexed Servers
8,000+ MB of RAM!
10,000 Gig Spool drive on a full array!
Some of the longest retention times available!
Quad T-3 Backbone
Capable of handling THOUSANDS of simultaneous connections, without breaking a sweat!
They operate their own servers. They have a ton of available bandwidth using their Quad T-3 backbone. They do not log who posted articles to their servers. And, finally, my personal connection speed to them is excellent.
- 110,000 newsgroups
- controversial uncensored groups
- instant access
- OC-12 connections to the internet
1 carries all the adult groups
1 carries all the binary groups
500MB/day download limit
