Current Usenet/Newsgroups Provider Deals (Updated 01/03/2008)

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Rating: 53 Posted By: kcobra
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The goal of this thread is to have an ongoing list of the current deals/specials on Usenet providers/search engines/etc. The listed deals are just the specials. The providers also offer standard monthly accounts which usually cost around $15 per month.

Please post new deals and I will add them to the original post.

Special Usenet Provider Deals:

Ngroups.NET - $39.97 for 3 months

-- Unlimited access
-- 100+ Days Retention
-- 12 connections
-- SSL

BlockNews.Net - $28.95 for first 3 months, $42.00 thereafter

-- Unlimited access
-- 100+ Days Retention
-- ??? connections
-- SSL

NewsRazor.net - $10.95 per month for 3 months

Expires: Unknown
After 3 months subscription price automatically increases to $14.95 per month

-- Unlimited access
-- 60+ Days Retention
-- 10 connections
-- NO SSL

Astraweb.com - $25 for 90GB block account

Block account does not expire

-- 115+ Days Retention
-- 50 connections
-- Headers are not counted towards quota
-- NO SSL

Megabitz.net - $23.95 for 100GB block account; $28.95 for first 3 months, $39.95 thereafter

Block account does not expire

-- Unlimited Access
-- 110+ Days Retention
-- 20 connections (block account), 8 connections (quarterly account)
-- SSL
-- 8 day free trial (user must actively cancel)

Usenet-News.net - $24 for 100GB block account

Block account does not expire

-- 100+ Days Retention
-- 20 connections
-- 10% of your download is not counted against quota to make up for headers
-- SSL

UsenetServer.com - $39.95 for 3 months; $3.00 for 3 days

Expires: Unknown
UsenetServer is one of the big players in Usenet. The are a big Usenet reseller.

-- Unlimited access
-- 101+ Days Retention
-- 10 connections
-- SSL

POWERUSENET.com - Power User: $9.99 per month for 2 months; Secure Power User: $12.99 per month for 2 months

Prices increase to $14.95 (Power User) and 19.99 (Secure Power User) after two months.

-- Unlimited access
-- 105+ Days Retention
-- 6 connections (Power User); 12 connections (Secure Power User)
-- SSL (Secure Power User)
-- 5 Day free trial (user must actively cancel)

Giganews.com - $19.99 for 1st month, $29.99 thereafter

Expires: Unknown
Giganews is another big player in Usenet. Pricey but they have an excellent reputation and are known for their very long retention rates.

-- Unlimited access
-- 200+ Days Retention
-- 20 connections
-- SSL
-- 3 day free trial (user must actively cancel)

Agent Premium Newsgroups - $9.95 for 60GB block account

Block account does not expire

-- 40+ Days Retention
-- Headers count AGAINST the block account quota
-- 4 connections
-- NO SSL
-- Free trials offered (user must actively cancel)

UseNeXT.com - See website. Strange pricing.

-- Up to 120 Days Retention
-- Site does not specify number of connections
-- NO SSL
-- 14 day free trial offered (user must actively cancel)

Teranews.com - 50MB per day for one time $3.95 charge

This looks like a good deal for someone who needs text/discussion group access. No details on retention, SSL, etc.

Triton.net - $1 first month, $8.95 thereafter

Website does not give specifications. One user reported 100+ days retention for some groups and 6mb+ download speeds.

Special Usenet Search Engine Deals:

Newzbin.com - Half price access (Roughly $12 USD for a year of service)

-- Expires Dec 28, 2007





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