r/usenet - Usenet Discussion

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/nathanolivo on 2025-06-11 00:42:34.

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The original post: /r/usenet by /u/AgentXByte on 2025-06-10 13:03:53.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Bokaii on 2025-06-09 12:06:08.

I'm looking to push my download speeds as high as possible just for fun. I'm sitting on 10Gbps ISP with hardware that matches(Using NVME cache pool on Unraid, Unifi UDM SE router + Switch).

It seems that my biggest bottleneck(as of right now) seem to be too many connections used simultaneously. I don't know if this is because of limitations in Docker on Unraid or if my router struggles with too many connections. No matter what, I've noticed that if I enable above 200 connection in total, my download speed drops below optimal.

So right now I'm looking for the provider that can give me the best DL speed per connection, to see how high I can go for shits and giggles. ;)

My max DL has been a sustained ~330-350 MB/s using:

• Frugal EU server 100 connections (~2.5 MB/s per connection)

• Newshosting EU 100 connections (~1 MB/s per connection)

So, any tips on fast providers for EU? Ewekas speeds sucked last time I tried, so strike them.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/teemise on 2025-06-08 22:11:35.

Hi,

I would like to download Dutch tv content. Either tv series films or talkshows etc. I read here that Usenet is popular for Dutch content so I want to try it out. But I am new to usenet system. I read the guides and what it is about. However, I still have some questions over it.

I understand that first I need a usenet provider and then an indexer. Does usenet provider matter in terms of the content you want to find? Because when I searched for Dutch content in this sub, the results only referred to Dutch indexers and not providers. ("What is the best Dutch indexer?" etc).

In that case, is indexer more important than the provider for what I need to find?

Do you have a recommendation as to what provider I should use for Dutch content?

I understand that usually Spotnet is the best one for indexer for Dutch content but don't know for the provider. Also pls let me know if you have any other indexer recommendation.

Thanks

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/jay_613 on 2025-06-05 23:05:50.

Hey guys,

Just curious if anyone is aware of any ~80% off promo's for usenetserver.com?

My yearly sub is expiring tomorrow, and the only promo's i've been able to find kind of suck.

I've been using usenetserver since they first came around ~25 years now, so would prefer not to change providers.

Would be much appreciated if anyone has one and can share!

Thanks!

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/gadimus on 2025-06-06 03:36:30.

I see a lot of files are exceptionally large like people wanted to have the most raw, uncompressed bits. I'm old and don't mind potatoe quality files as it saves space and lags less... But it seems that I can only get these large files to work... Is there a way to auto downgrade the RAW/200gb/9168p stuff to a reasonable size?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/papakuma on 2025-06-05 00:55:42.

I now have 3 unlimited accounts and 1 block account (all on different backbones).

Some of them have multiple server options.

I know that currently this is likely overkill and would like to figure out the best way to determine which to drop before they renew.

Looking at the server data in my download client sometimes a file is completed by provider 1 but the data is split between server 1 and 2. With both of those servers connected it never changes to other providers. Should I not have multiple servers installed and running on each provider and just have one?

Sometimes the file is completed by a combination of provider 1 and provider 2 or 3.

I can obviously disable or reorder server priorities to but I'm not sure the best way to go about determining if it's worth keeping or dropping any given provider.

Speed is not an issue because they all max out my connection speed.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Khorbal on 2025-06-04 18:38:04.

Hey, I'm currently trying to get some content from usenet. I have spotnet running with Eweka, as my provider. I found a link, from which I'd also like to download. But everything is gibberish. Can someone tell me, (or explain if I'm making a stupid mistake) can I use spotnet to read this list, so it's not gibberish, or how can I use this list, so it's actually useable.

This is the link: https://nzbindex.nl/search

Thank you

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Emergency_Draft1835 on 2025-06-04 12:47:47.

The unnameable indexers, DrunkenSlug, NzbGeek, NzbPlanet.

For retention and content. Is there anything else worth looking at?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/_w_8 on 2025-06-04 07:40:25.

New to usenet; wondering if everyone who is automating and downloading from usenet is just downloading a ton of ~linux isos~ constantly? Like... making your own personal labeled collection of isos? Or do you all use it more on an adhoc basis, like you are looking for a specific thing and go get it when you need it?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/ZemblaShade on 2025-06-03 15:20:14.

I've seen a flurry of new posts on Tabula Rasa in the past week or so with many incomplete articles (per my own client and also in the file details shown on TR's site). None of these posts include any redundancy blocks, so they universally fail to download. I haven't experienced this issue (especially lack of redundancy blocks!) on other trackers. Has anybody else noticed this, or is it just me?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Smartbrother20 on 2025-06-02 12:51:02.

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The original post: /r/usenet by /u/lordkuri on 2025-06-01 01:59:24.

I'm aware of Newsdemon and I'm looking for alternatives.

I know Easynews used to be in the Phoenix area but they appear to have been migrated to the Omicron systems in Reston, VA at some point.

Are there any other providers that have servers that are Denver area or further West? I find that I don't get nearly as good of speeds going all the way to the East coast, likely due to my ISP having some crappy routes going that direction.

Ideally I'd like something in the LA or SF Bay area, but I'm open to options.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/C4rter2k on 2025-05-30 13:46:46.

It's open again, started around 15 minutes ago

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/northparkbv on 2025-05-29 04:50:20.

I tried comp.lang.python, didn't work. did some looking around on the net and i found comp.dcom.telecom and alt.folklore.computers but i couldn't find any that connected. Can someone help.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Predatorxd6996 on 2025-05-24 20:41:23.

Just today I learned about Usenet as an alternative to torrenting, I had no idea. apparently it’s much better in a lot of ways. From my understanding it’s more like traditional downloads, client server kinda thing.

But that got me thinking, are there copyright trolls when using Usenet as well? I’m no expert in how copyright trolls work but I’d think it’s at least harder to do so with Usenet right?

Idk exactly how Usenet works either yet, is it like newshosting gets the data and hands it to u, or just points u in the direction of the server with the download for u to connect? I’d imagine the latter.

I’m honestly just interested to know. I’ll be using a vpn nonetheless.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/mdlafleur6 on 2025-05-24 17:13:39.

Did NZBIndex change its format? I liked it better the way it was 3 days ago. Harder to navigate now.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/greglyda on 2025-05-24 13:11:02.

May 24, 2025 9AM ET:

As we can see from the many posts and comments on this subreddit, we had a service impacting event last night for all platforms attached to the UsenetExpress backbone. I truly appreciate those of you who DM'd me, emailed me personally, or messaged me privately. Heck, I even had one of you amazing people message me through LinkedIn! Our dev team was aware, and working on the issue, but I was out of pocket and unable to make a post on Reddit or elsewhere to let people know what was going on.

Basically, we continue to outgrow the server cages we have been using as we have been adding a ton of new storage into our system. Our team has essentially been onsite for three straight weeks updating systems and adding enormous numbers of drives. The end result will be an even better product experience for our members and we will no longer have to maintain hardware in so many different data centers. Some people may have noticed some temporary issues on our system over the last three weeks as we were physically having to move entire server arrays from one location to another. At the tail end of the move, when we had monitoring turned off due to the many notices it would have been giving us as we were unplugging redundant systems and moving them, we had a dark fiber connection go down which apparently sent the entire system into disarray like my wife when I tell her we have to stay at a cheap hotel.

Usenet basically went mobile as we moved petabytes and petabytes of Usenet data down the actual street from one data center to another in the back of trucks! In my head I would like to imagine some child in the back seat of a car seeing a big truck loaded down with servers full of hard drives asking his Dad what heck he was looking at and his Dad accurately replying "That is the Usenet, son! That right there is the greatest social network ever invented!" Then the son looks on in amazement.

It appears we have resolved the issue and everything is green again, but we are still double and triple checking to be sure. The Newsdemon and Newsgroupdirect websites will return shortly.

I will update this post with more details and a final "we are 100% back" confirmation here soon.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Mysterious-Sock39 on 2025-05-24 10:28:51.

Website totally unreachable,sabnzd can't connect to server anyone have any news?

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/f54k4fg88g4j8h14g8j4 on 2025-05-24 08:11:46.

It doesn't work for me on the US or EU servers.

Edit: Damn, seems like a lot of providers are down. A UsenetExpress issue, maybe?

Edit 2: Seems everything is working again.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/lordkuri on 2025-05-24 01:56:11.

I'd get more useful answers out of an AI bot (which this could be for all I can tell). Yeah Greg, this is where I'd put my ticket number, if I had one. I've asked 3 times for one to be created and have been completely ignored. I've also been fed BS lines like "try a different port! that will reroute your connection over the internet!" which is so blatantly wrong I don't even know where to start.

You guys need to get your shit together. Your us west server craps out a lot, and gets god awful choppy and slow intermittently (like 5-6MB/s, then drops to 0 and lags with any replies, then spikes back up, then drops, rinse repeat) and takes FOREVER to reply to article checks, and templated replies with bullshit answers from support when I try to report it just pisses people off.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/DefendingMyDog on 2025-05-24 01:01:47.

What do you guys suggest? I'm tryin to keep the costs down and they want 70$ for the year..

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Akorian_W on 2025-05-23 13:43:57.

How are you guys scanning files? I am looking to get into usenet for bin downloads. But since I read in the FAQ that malware is quite common, I am wondering what everyone is using to check downloads.

Mostly interesting for me is this because from what I can tell, many have automated setups for usenet bin file downloads using the "holy trinity". But nowhere was a recommended malware scanner mentioned.

The original post: /r/usenet by /u/Woodehhh on 2025-05-23 11:07:08.

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The original post: /r/usenet by /u/SOconnell1983 on 2025-05-23 09:43:55.

Ok, so firstly this is NOT a backup solution before the nay sayers come out in force to say usenet should not be used for backup purposes.

I have been looking for a solution to share a folder that has around 2-3M small files and is about 2TB in size.

I don’t want to archive the data, I want to share it as is.

This is currently done via FTP which works fine for its purpose. However disk I/O and bandwidth are a limiting factor.

I have looked into several cloud solutions, however they are expensive due to the amount of files, I/O etc. also Mega.io failed miserably and grinded the GUI to a halt.

I tried multiple torrent clients, however they all failed to create a torrent containing this amount of files.

So it got me thinking about using Usenet.

Hence the reason I asked previously about what is the largest file you have uploaded before and how that fared up article wise as this would be around 3M articles.

I would look to index the initial data and create an SQLlite database tracking the metadata of this.

I would then encrypt the files into chunks and split them into articles and upload.

Redundancy would be handled by uploading multiple chunks, with a system to monitor articles and re-upload when required.

It would essentially be like sharing a real-time nzb that is updated with updated articles as required.

So usenet would become the middle man to offload the Disk I/O & Bandwidth as such.

This has been done before, however not yet tested on a larger scale from what I can see.

There is quite a few other technical details but I won’t bore you with them for now.

So just trying to get feedback on what the largest file is you have uploaded to usenet and how long it was available before articles went missing and not due to DMCA.