r/usenet - Usenet Discussion

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/iszoloscope on 2024-10-13 09:22:48.

I've been on TweakNews for over 17 years and I have a (the?) sweet recurring deal, but as everybody knows they increased their prices. Maybe I can stay on the old plan by contacting them, I believe my account renews in December. But I want to prepare myself properly in case this isn't possible for whatever reason.

So I definitely want a main sub on an Omicron backbone, TweakNews (Base IP / HW Media) has always served me well. I few gaps here and there, but maintainable with a few blocks on other backbones.

I do feel that the Eweka and the 'other' HW Media backbone (EasyNews, Ninja, Newshosting) might be a bit better then the Base IP one. They have longer retention for one...

So between those two backbones, which one would you advise? The HW Media backbone (AS33438) also has a location/server (or however you should call it) in the US as well opposed to the Eweka backbone. I don't really know if that's an added plus being from Europe myself. Maybe takedown policy is different and could be used as a backup?

Thanks in advance! :)

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/the_mojonaut on 2024-10-12 11:19:21.

I've been with Easynews for 14+ years and seen the price rise to $11.99 pm. As a very infrequent Usenet user I decided to cancel.

Within a few days I got a renewed 'special offer' to remain for $4.99 pm + 3 months free, the email said they had been 'allowed' to offer me this as I was a long term user. I ignored that and a few days later was offered a one-off special 24 hours price of $1.99 pm which I also ignored.

I keep receiving these $1.99 offers occasionally and wondered if this is usual practice amongst other service providers.

I should add Easynews service was always great (which is why I never switched) and I never had any issues, it was just the pricing which finally went outside my budget and I was using it less and less.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/ng_Ds on 2024-10-12 10:40:27.

HTTPS://nzbs.cc Hell as good as my paid ? Nice. Thought I’d share while they are doing no signup bs!

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/SlovenianSocket on 2024-10-12 08:07:33.

Going through my transaction history and email archives I noticed my newsdemon sub went from $3.75 up to $5.75 in May without a notice of increase email being sent out. Obviously not a whole lot of money, but still not cool

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/pentag0 on 2024-10-11 20:51:12.

I wanted to know what are Usenet equivalent to torrenting cabal private trackers, those very difficult to get in?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/DariusIII on 2024-10-11 09:28:45.

I have been contacted lately by couple of redditors that someone is selling "lifetime pass" Tabula Rasa accounts on Facebook, Discord and other social networks. I have started receiving emails with complaints from conned users:

comment : purchased a lifetime pass and unable to log in

Tabula Rasa has no "lifetime pass" or anything similar, we never had and we will never have it, as i have stated numerous times. Also we have closed our registrations and are opening them from time to time for new users to join.

If you are foolish enough to buy an account, or "account" that is on you. Tabula Rasa has nothing to do with that.

We delete accounts that are suspicious and ban users, we do not sell accounts and do not allow users to pay they way into Tabula Rasa.

Regards,

DariusIII

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/usobeta1000 on 2024-10-10 16:59:34.

How well do these things do for Usenet processes (decoding, etc)? I want to set up a new station, but would like to avoid buying a new computer if I can.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Bokaii on 2024-10-10 07:59:10.

I recently made the switch to Usenet, previously using only private torrent-sites for my Linux ISO needs. Most of those sites took great pride in not having crappy releases or fake/mislabled ones.

The Usenet Indexers I have been using since making the switch does not seem to have that focus at all? The amount of mislabled(or intentionally fake?) items I have found have gone up a lot(majority is still correct though!).

Is this just the nature of Usenet and its indexers, or have I only been unlucky?

My Indexers so far are:

NZBPlanet

NZBGeek

nzb.su

NinjaCentral

DrunkenSlug

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/GenderFluidFerrari on 2024-10-10 03:18:12.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/SailorOfDigitalSeas on 2024-10-09 20:23:13.

Honest question. I took a look at Usenet.Farm, because I thought about getting a Block account on there backend to fill some blanks. However, after trying out their free trial (10GB of free grabs) I ended up with a whopping 2% article availability.

TWO percent

I had them as a priority 2 provider in sabnzbd yet still this is horrible.

Am I missing something? Are they just not good for certain content but great for other stuff? Really interested in your experience with them.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/amdjml on 2024-10-09 17:42:26.

Hi all,

Wanted to get your opinion on my setup and what I can (if anything) to improve my availability.

Currently have newhosting which gets me 83% of what I have been looking. Can I add another provider to make my results better?

Also, do you think beside geek and DS, anything else will be useful?

I do have 2 blocks as well but they are at 0% atm.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/pikatumm on 2024-10-09 16:54:50.

I haven’t been able to access it since last couple days. Is it just me or something else going on? Thanks

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/idontbelieveyouguy on 2024-10-09 14:26:46.

So, i have AstraWeb and Frugal. i've had some issues getting some older stuff, so i decided to go look into it. it looks like first of all my two providers fall under the same backbone which sucks. also though i noticed that Abavia is HW Media which according to the document it's self is also Omnicron. so what am i missing here? i'm just trying to find a second backbone that's different.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/sua16 on 2024-10-09 08:30:54.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/gdavidp on 2024-10-08 21:43:23.

I have been getting connection timeouts with this provider since earlier this afternoon, at least 3 hrs now. Doing a "Test" connection within SABnzbd is also failing. Other Usenet providers continue to work and I haven't changed anything.

Curious to know if others are also experiencing issues today?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/nathanolivo on 2024-10-08 12:56:36.

• 1TB Prime Block + 1TB XSNews Block- $18
• 6 Months Prime Unlimited + 1TB XSNews Block - $18
• Prime is a reseller of UsenetExpress
• XSNews is on a EU backbone

UsenetPrime Deals

Thanks for the continued support...

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/theferos on 2024-10-08 11:48:55.

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The original post: /r/usenet by /u/TheSmJ on 2024-10-07 22:41:34.

Yesterday my Paypal account was charged for the annual fee. This morning I get an email stating my account has lost its VIP status, and I need to log into the site to renew.

I logged into the site, and my profile role is "User" with a 13 day countdown.

This is the first time that I've renewed with them as I signed up for the first time last year. Is this typical? Do I only need to wait or should I try to contact an admin?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/No-Move-7360 on 2024-10-07 20:18:11.

So far things have been great with news hosting. However, certain material is consistently missing. I was just curious if Anyone had experience with adding additional Backbones and the benefit being tangible. From lurking here, it seems that the backbone from news hosting is usually reliable And recommended. So is there any other backbones recommended for folks already with news hosting?

Thank you.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Mean_Entrance_6118 on 2024-10-07 11:05:14.

It looks like only credit cards can now be used to pay now, at least I don't see another available payment method. Can someone confirm / clarify this?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/fender4645 on 2024-10-06 19:08:59.

Just got upgraded to 2.5G internet. Before I go and get a 2.5G-capable SFP-to-RJ45 module, just wondering what speeds I should expect from NewsgroupDirect? I already have a 2.5G switch and adapters for a few of my computers. Just need to connect the last link between my UDMP SE and 2.5G switch.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Material-Raccoon-87 on 2024-10-06 17:12:18.

Not wanting to dis the devs of the nzbget reboot but after years of using v21 I'm unsure if it's worth upgrading. Going through r/nzbget I can see people are having problems - as can be expected with any application. I'm lazy so I'm weighing the possibility of hours of debugging against enhanced performance and features.

Compared to the stuff I used to use, like xnews or alt.binz, nzbget works like a dream. I prefer it to Sabnzbd. Totally satisfied with 21's performance so I'd like to know if there are any reasons that would make an upgrade worthwhile. Appreciate the opinions of those who've done an install.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/foundfootagefan on 2024-10-06 05:42:32.

Mine just stopped. Anybody else?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/BestestBeekeeper on 2024-10-04 15:27:11.

Have the potential to get a deal on Tabula membership and being told it’s one of the absolute best out there. Is it worth adding?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Genevieve_Summer on 2024-10-04 17:42:34.

I recently bought a $60 yearly Unlimited package from Frugal Usenet but have been let down severely. Roughly 90% of my attempts to download have failed due to missing files. I reached out to their support hoping for a refund, given the service’s poor performance, and they've asked me to send the nzb files from the failed downloads. Is this normal? Has anyone experienced similar issues? Did you manage to get a refund, and did you have to provide nzb files?