HorsepowerNews Review
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Horsepowernews- 140 days binary retention |
Pricing Plans
- Standard plan:20GB - $7.00 monthly
- Standard plan:20GB - $14.00 quarterly
- Advanced plan:50GB - $10.00 monthly
- Advanced plan:50GB - $20.00 quarterly
- Ultimate plan:no limit - $14.00 monthly
- Test drive:1GB - no set expiration period, $2.50 monthly
Retention
- 140 Days of Binary Retention
- Unknown Days of Text Retention
Plan Types
- Monthly Plans: Yes
- Block Plans: No
- Metered Plans: Yes
Misc
- Completion: 99.9%.
- Newsgroups: 97,000
- Connections: Up to 4 connections
- SSL: No
- Payment Options: : Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover
- Support Info: Onlne support form
News Server Addresses
- news.horsepowernews.com
- news2.horsepowernews.com
Review Of Horsepowernews
The Horsepower has one of the most interesting and visually appealing websites we have seen so far. Not only is highly informative, but it also keeps the viewer for longer time. Let’s take a look “under the hood” if the visual appeal is all that they have to offer. First of all, you can use their services either through the web browser or news reader. Further, they promise to provide the access to the software, music, videos, images and other as easy as you have never imagined. The browsing and downloading is as simple as the user would surf the web. What we have just said actually means that usenet software installation might never be required. Finally, they offer the thumbnail Preview of newsgroup files and access to more than 97,000 uncensored newsgroups.
Server information
There is one server farm located in the USA, servers are available on the ports 119 and 443 and with the following addresses:
- news.horsepowernews.com
- news2.horsepowernews.com
Further, 4 simultaneous connections are available and free SSL encryption is included. The news servers are always kept full throttle.
Retention and completion
There is only information that there is more than 140 days (and growing) of article retention, this information is somehow uncertain since we cannot be sure if this is the retention for both article and binary groups or only for the article – based groups. The article completion is 99.9%.
Pricing
4 options are available:
Standard Plan – 20GB monthly download
- $7.00 monthly
- $14.00 quarterly
- $28.00 semi-annually
Advanced Plan – 50GB monthly download
- $10.00 monthly
- $20.00 quarterly
- $40.00 semi-annually
Ultimate Plan – no limit monthly download
- $14.00 monthly
- $28.00 quarterly
- $56.00 semi-annually
Test Drive – 1GB monthly download
- no set expiration period, $2.50 monthly
Misc
The access is only available for the users that are over 18 years old. The account setup takes only a few minutes and the instant access to download and article posting is available. The user gets the private control panel which allows him or her to perform many actions such as account cancellations, immediate terminations, password changing, profile changes and many others. If the user exceeds the paid monthly traffic, two options are available: the first being nothing but waiting for the billing cycle to reset and the other being upgrade of the download limit.
Privacy
Besides the SSL connection that gives the security from the hackers, they do not log the activity of particular user. They only measure the download totals. Naturally, they will cooperate with law enforcement if there is a criminal activity committed through their usenet service.
Recommendation
They do offer a decent level of service, but on the other hand, the retention times could turn down some users.
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