Premium Usenet Service provider reviews

Any serious Usenet users will enjoy the benefits of an unlimited Usenet account. PowerUsenet is one of the best Usenet servers on the web and is highly recommended.

- Powerusenet 5/5 - Powerusenet Review
- Giganews 5/5 - Giganews Review
- UsenetServer 5/5 - UsenetServer review
- Supernews 5/5 - Supernews Review
- Astraweb 4/5 - Astraweb Review
- Newshosting 4/5 - Newshosting review
- Newsdemon 4/5 - Newsdemon review
- Binverse 4/5 - Binverse review
- SimplyUsenet 3/5 - SimplyUsenet review
- Newsgroupdirect 3/5 - Newsgroupdirect review
- Thundernews 3/5 - Thundernews review
- Easynews 3/5 - Easynews review
- Ngroups.net 3/5 - Ngroups.net review

Usenet Newsgroup special Offer

Discounts and Coupon Codes and special offers

- UsenetServer $10 for every month as long as your subscription remains active or Only $95.40 per year (Comes to $7.95 per month!)
- Astraweb $11 for every month as long as your subscription remains active
- Giganews Giganews Adds VPN to Usenet Service. 50% off your first month of Diamond unlimited Usenet newsgroup access + a free VyprVPN account
- Powerusenet 50% off the first month
- Usenet.Net 50% off the first month
- Newsdemon 50% off the first month
- SimplyUsenet 30 % savings for a one year subscription !!!

Usenet provider free Trials

Sign up for a free trial and don't forget to read the terms and conditions on website.

- Binverse A 14 day Free Trial Includes 5GB and Unlimited 1Mbps Downloads (up to 150 GB)
- UsenetServer 14 days of free service (up to 10GB total transfer)
- Newsdemon 15GB over 7 days
- Giganews 14 days of free service (up to 10GB total transfer)
- Newshosting 14 days of free service (up to 10GB total transfer)
- Powerusenet 5 continuous days of access with 10GB of usage
- Usenet.net 5 continuous days of access with 10GB of usage
- newsgroupdirect 1 GB of usage per month and 4 connections

Usenet Service provider Pricing plan

All prices below are the month-to-month prices with unlimited usenet service access (minimum 350 days retention), ssl encryption and maximum connections.

- Supernews $11.99
- Astraweb $15
- UsenetServer$17.95
- Newshosting $19.95
- Powerusenet $19.99
- Ngroups.Net $19.99
- Newsgroupdirect$20
- Binverse $21.99
- Thundernews $21.99
- Newsdemon $22.99
- Giganews $29.99

List of the best non-expiring block accounts. Best Block offers by Usenet providers with SSL encryption

- Newsgroupdirect 50 GB => 15$ - Expiration: None - 0.30 USD/GB
- Usenet-News 100 GB => 22$ - Expiration: None - 0.22 USD/GB
- Newsdemon 100 GB => 24$ - Expiration: 12 Months - 0.24 USD/GB
- Astraweb 180 GB => 25$ - Expiration: None - 0.13 USD/GB

List of the best Speedcapped usenet access. Best speedcapped newsgroup access with SSL encryption. Renewal Term: Monthly Term

- SimplyUsenet 2 Mbit/s: 8.99$ // 8 Mbit/s: 11.99$ // 16 Mbit/s: 14.99$ // 24 Mbit/s: 17.99$ // 50 Mbit/s: 21.9$
- Astraweb Rate Limit 1 Mbit/s: 10$

List of the best limited (metered) usenet access. Best metered newsgroup access with SSL encryption. Renewal Term: Monthly Term

- Newsgroupdirect 20 GB => 8$ // 40 GB => 12$ // 60 GB => 15$
- Newsdemon 15 GB => 8.99$ // 30 GB => 9.99$ // 45 GB => 12.99$ // 75 GB => 15.99$
- Thundernews 10 GB => 6.99$ // 25 GB => 9.99$ // 50 GB => 13.99$ // 75 GB => 16.99$
- Binverse 30 GB => 13.99$ + Unlimited 1 Mbps Downloads
- Newshosting 20 GB => 9.95$
- Giganews 35 GB => 19.99$

Usenet Service provider : reviews by retention

Retention means the time the Usenet server keeps articles around before expiring them.

- Giganewsdays
- Astraweb 565 days
- UsenetServer 545 days
- Newshosting 545 days
- Newsdemon 545 days
- SimplyUsenet 540 days
- Newsgroupdirect 530 days
- Ngroups.net 515 days
- Thundernews 515 days
- Binverse 500 days
- Powerusenet 401 days
- Supernews 350 days
- Easynews 200 days

ISP special Usenet

ISP's like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Time Warner and Comcast are discontinuing or restricting their free Usenet Newsgroup services. Click here for more details

- Comcast newsgroup specials Click Here
- AT&T newsgroup specials Click Here
- Verizon newsgroup specials Click Here
- Time Warner newsgroup specials Click Here

Usenet - newsgroups Tools

Utilities for Newsgroups and access to Uncensored Newsgroups: Find, Download all posts, Repair and extract your downloads binaries and burn them.

- Powerusenet Best Newsgroup provider
- Binsearch Best Search Engines
- Grabit Best Binary grabbers
- Quickpar Verify and repair or create PAR2 files
- Hj-Split It splits files of any types and sizes
- Winrar Decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Usenet
- Vlc Free cross-platform media player
- Codec Pack DirectShow filter pack
- CDBurnerXP Powerful CD and DVD Burning Package

Usenet Tutorials

Tutorial for Using Usenet to Anonymously Get Any FileYou Want

- Usenet University

Binary grabbers

Designed specifically for easy and efficient downloading of multi-part binary post attachments. Most support NZBs, and SSL.

- Grabit Free
- Altbinz Free
- Newsleecher US$ 19.99/yr
- Newsbin Pro US$ 35/one time fee
- Newsrover US$ 29.95/yr
- Ultraleecher US$ 19.95/one time fee
- Binbot US$ 29.95/one time fee
- Newsreactor US$ 15/one time fee

Nzb Sites

NZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers. NZB is effective when used with search-capable websites. These websites create NZB files out of what is needed to be downloaded.

- Binsearch Binary usenet indexer
- Nzbindex.nl Binary usenet indexer
- Tvnzb TV NZB Source
- Showdates TV NZB Source

Usenet-Newsgroup on Twitter

Follow your favourite Usenet provider and latest Usenet news on Twitter

- Newsgroupdirect on Twitter
- Giganews on Twitter
- Newsdemon on Twitter
- Usenetserver on Twitter
- Easynews on Twitter
- Thundernews on Twitter


GIGANEWS NEWS:

=> Giganews is offering VPN service to Diamond customers free until June, 2010. VyprVPN was developed by Golden Frog, from the creators of Giganews. This VPN service encrypts ALL traffic to and from your connection. => More information about VPN Providers is available on VPN-Providers.Net

=> Giganews announced special discounts on Giganews Usenet service for Verizon customers affected by the elimination of Usenet service. Verizon announced that on September 30, 2009, Verizon will discontinue its Usenet newsgroup service. Subscribers will not be able to access the Verizon newsgroup service after this date.  Verizon customers currently connecting to Usenet groups via Verizon will have until September 30th to choose a new source of Usenet access.
Giganews is offering several special pricing options to affected Verizon customers:
50% off for 3 months of Giganews' most popular, unlimited Diamond Plan.
20% off for 3 months of your choice of other Giganews plans, ranging from value to premium plans

=> Members subscribing to Giganews' premium Diamond plan will get 30 additional connections for a total of 50 simultaneous connections per account - more than any Usenet providers in the world. All other service plans have been upgraded to 20 connections per account.

=> AT&T customers will receive 50% off for 3 months of unlimited Diamond Plan and 20% off for 3 months of all other accounts. AT&T Special

=> Usenet Easier to Access with Expanded 14 Days Free Trial!

=> Comcast customers will receive 50% off their first month of Diamond access and 20% off their first month of all other accounts. Comcast Special

=>Time Warner customers will receive 50% off their first month of Diamond access and 20% off their first month of all other accounts. TIME WARNER SPECIALS

=> Giganews is supporting the same special for Sprint and Verizon customers. SPRINT and VERIZON SPECIALS

Giganews Newsgroups

Giganews
Homepage: http://www.giganews.com/

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5/5


Access Type: Unlimited account (Uncensored , Unlimited speed, Unlimited downloads)

Pricing Plan:

$24.99/month - Unlimited (20 connections)
$29.99/month - Unlimited (50 connections w/SSL) =>50% off your first month of Diamond unlimited Usenet newsgroup access + a free VyprVPN account

Free Trial: 14 days of free service (up to 10 GB total transfer)

Number of connections for this server: 50 or 20

Retention: days

Hostname:

news.giganews.com port(s): 119, 23, 80

news.giganews.com port(s): 443, 563 (THIS IS 256-BIT SSL ENCRYPTED)

How do I contact Giganews?: Giganews provides all support and customer service through email. Support is available 24/7 every day of the year

Payment type: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Visa Electron, Eurocard, Mastercard International Debit, Visa International Debit, and Paypal

Giganews Offers VyprVPN Free to Diamond Customers

A Premium Newsgroups Servers. A little more expensive than Powerusenet , but it's the longest newsgroups retention. Although the price is high, Giganews is recommended. Excellent service. Completion & retention were both excellent.

Giganews has just announced a new VPN service (partnered with Golden Frog) for all Diamond customers. The service (called VyprVPN) helps you to ensure your privacy online. VyprVPN is free for all Diamond account customers until June, 2010.

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