Usenet Reviews - 10 Best Usenet Services 2012

Rank Provider Features Reviews Price
1 Giganews
rating
  • • 1296 days retention
  • • 14 Days / 10 GBs Free Trial
  • • VPN Service & Newsreader w/ Search
$20
USD
2 UsenetServer
rating
  • • 1286 days retention
  • • 10 Days /14 GBs Free Trial
  • • Tier One Provider w/ Usenet Search
$10
USD
3 Usenet.net
rating
  • • 1286 days retention
  • • 5 Days / 10 GB Free Trial
  • • 
$9.99
USD
4 Easynews
rating
  • • 1275 days retention
  • • 10 Days / 30 GBs Free Trial
  • • Best Web Based Newsreader
$9.99
USD
5 Newshosting
rating
  • • 1286 days retention
  • • 14 Day / 30 GB Free Trial
  • • Tier One Provider @ $9.99 Month
$9.99
USD
6 Astraweb
rating
  • • 1285 days retention
  • • 24 Hour Money Back
  • • Non Expiring Block Accounts Also
$11
USD
7 Supernews
rating
  • • 1286 days retention
  • • No Free Trial
  • • Unlimited Speeds & Accepts Ideal
$9.99
USD
8 NewsDemon
rating
  • • 1266 days retention
  • • 7 Day & 10 GB free trial
  • • Free Newsreader & Filestorage
$10
USD
9 ThunderNews
rating
  • • 1200 days retention
  • • 10 Days / 10 GB Free Trial
  • • Long Term Signup Discount
$15
USD
10 NewsgroupDirect
rating
  • • 1200 days retention
  • • No Free Trial
  • • Good Reputation
$12
USD

Astraweb Announces Account And Speed Cap Upgrades

Astraweb Announces Account And Speed Cap Upgrades

Post Date: February 22, 2012

The first announcement this year coming out of the Astraweb camp is a pretty big one…they didn’t expand the retention, they have plenty, but they did up the caps on their speed limited accounts from a 5 Mbps allowance to 10 Mbps. This is a large jump, and it isn’t the only thing that hey [...]

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2011 Top Full Featured Newsreader: Newsbin

2011 Top Full Featured Newsreader: Newsbin

Post Date: February 21, 2012

The discussion of this category almost caused a rupture in a few friendships among our office staff…and what we finally agreed on is that: Newsreader preferences are subjective. It seems that different people like different things, so we had to do our level headed best to avoid personal biases…not an easy task. But,concentrating on the [...]

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theUsenet Giving Leap Year Usenet Special Discount

theUsenet Giving Leap Year Usenet Special Discount

Post Date: February 20, 2012

Late last year the newest Usenet provider, theUsenet, went live and offered a wide variety of block, metered, and unlimited accounts for their new service. We are happy to say that after observing and evaluating their service for a few weeks we have published a full review of their service and listed all the little [...]

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2011 Top NZB Search Index Site: NZBMatrix

2011 Top NZB Search Index Site: NZBMatrix

Post Date: February 18, 2012

There was a lot of contention when we discussed this category. Mainly because the main deciding points for this category are subjective, and everyone likes things a little different from what the other guy likes. But that’s okay, here at UsenetReviews we are all about the “To each his own” thing. But, in this category [...]

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Free VPN Service Announced By Easynews

Free VPN Service Announced By Easynews

Post Date: February 16, 2012

The other day we got great news from Easy news. They announced that they are giving their members access to a free VPN service for a short time. You will have to act quickly, the free access will only be for a short time. More good news came in the form of them giving the [...]

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2011 Best Small Usenet Newsreader: Binreader

2011 Best Small Usenet Newsreader: Binreader

Post Date: February 15, 2012

This category is reserved for not only the smallest, but the one that uses the least resources like the memory and processor time. But, size isn’t all that counts…the newsreader has to work excellently, and have no issues. And for the last year, Binreader has been one of the favorites with us. This may be [...]

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Twitter Starting Nation Based Censorship – Is Google Next

Twitter Starting Nation Based Censorship – Is Google Next

Post Date: February 13, 2012

We don’t take internet freedom lightly here at UsenetReviews…not at all. And, you may have noticed that we publish as much as we can surrounding censorship, blacklisting, and border related information. But when Twitter said that they were going to start honoring blacklisting and censorship rules, regulation, and laws, on a by country basis, we [...]

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2011 Top Usenet Search Index Service: Binsearch

2011 Top Usenet Search Index Service: Binsearch

Post Date: February 12, 2012

This year we picked Binsearch.info as our top Usenet search index because of their completeness and speed of search. There are several other things that also contributed to this decision, like the filters available, and number of newsgroups indexed. Their index includes more than 3,000 newsgroups and millions of binary files available. You can search [...]

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Anti-Piracy Group Says Burden Of Proof Should Be On The Accused

Anti-Piracy Group Says Burden Of Proof Should Be On The Accused

Post Date: February 10, 2012

GVU, an anti-piracy group based in Germany is claiming that the take-down of the massive file-sharing community, MegaUload, has created a boom in the registration rates of the companies competitors. They also claim that this upward trend is tending to lean toward the sites that offer incentives for the file-sharers that are then most popular. [...]

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Usenet.net Giving Up The Goods For 50% Off

Usenet.net Giving Up The Goods For 50% Off

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Usenet.net, one of our best and most trusted old school Usenet providers, has announced that they are having a 50% off discount for their new members. For a limited time, you can get their Usenet service for just $9.99 instead of the regular $19.99 monthly cost. And this isn’t a watered down account, it has [...]

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Deals / Coupons / Special Offers Only available through UsenetReviewz – you can use our discount link above to save money with Usenet.net – get top quality premium and unlimited Usenet access for $9.99/month. Free Trial Offer Details Usenet.net offers a 5 day money back  10 GBs  free trial. Subscribers will not be billed unless [...]

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2011 Stealth And Anonymity Provider Award: Astraweb

2011 Stealth And Anonymity Provider Award: Astraweb

Post Date: February 9, 2012

In this category, Astraweb distinguished themselves outstandingly. And rightly so. Many Usenet users are concerned about their security and privacy, and in this area Astraweb has provided service above and beyond the call of duty. One of the major points of using Astraweb is that they have servers both in the U.S. and Europe, but [...]

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Ex.ua Shut Down For Piracy Issues – Back Online Quickly Though

Ex.ua Shut Down For Piracy Issues – Back Online Quickly Though

Post Date: February 7, 2012

Ex.ua, the largest file sharing outfit in the Ukraine, was forced tto close down…and this, just a couple of weeks after the MegaUpload shut-down. The Ukranian Interior Ministry claimed that the servers were seized for many of the same reasons that the MegaUpload site was seized…facilitating copyright infringement. 200 servers were seized that contained more [...]

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75% Off Unlimited Account From Newsgroup Direct

75% Off Unlimited Account From Newsgroup Direct

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It’s a fact! Newsgroup Direct is giving the first 200 new membership registrations their unlimited access account, with all the trimmings, for just $8. (We got Newsgroup Direct to extend this deal.) But this deal isn’t going to be offered for very long, so you better hurry. The discount code will expire on the 28th [...]

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Golden Frog Publishes Pics Of Dump Truck Storage Servers

Golden Frog Publishes Pics Of Dump Truck Storage Servers

Post Date: February 6, 2012

Ever wonder what the internet, (or any other network,) looks like? A few of us around the office have had the pleasure of exploring and looking around large network server facilities, but the guys at Golden Frog understand that many of their members and users haven’t, (and probably never will,) had the opportunity…most don’t even [...]

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MegaUpload Legit Customers Stand A Chance At Recovery

MegaUpload Legit Customers Stand A Chance At Recovery

Post Date: February 4, 2012

The massive bust by the FBI of the massive MegaUpload network covered several continents and involved police forces from more than just a few countries. In the end they not only seized the mountains of data that they claimed was infriniging and offensive, but the seized the mountains of data that was uploaded tothe servers [...]

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2011 Top Quality Webbased NZB Downloader: SABNzbd

2011 Top Quality Webbased NZB Downloader: SABNzbd

Post Date: February 3, 2012

There are only a few clients that are totally dedicated to downloading of NZB files, and of these few, SABNzbd really takes the field by storm. If you have used it before, you already know, if not…this downloader offers a lot of power and is highly flexible. Completely open sourced, so it is free, but [...]

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Newzbin2 Still Being Chased, Now They Are .Es Not .Com

Newzbin2 Still Being Chased, Now They Are .Es Not .Com

Post Date: January 30, 2012

If Newzbin2 is one of your favorites, (as it is one of ours,) and you went to their website recently and got something like what you see to the right, don’t panic. They are still available, just not at the same domain name. Because of concerns surrounding U.S. law and the MPA, (and probably the [...]

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