Meganetnews Review
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Meganetnews- 170+ days binary retention |
Pricing Plans
- Unlimited - $24.99/mo.
- 50 GB/mo. - $17.99/mo.
- 25 GB/mo. - $14.99/mo.
- 100 GB block - $29.99
- 25 GB block - $12.99
- 10 GB block - $7.99
Retention
- 170+ Days of Binary Retention
- 1,300+ Days of Text Retention
Plan Types
- Monthly Plans: Yes
- Block Plans: Yes
- Metered Plans: Yes
Misc
- Completion: 99.8%
- Newsgroups: 85,000+
- Connections: Up to 20 connections
- SSL: Yes
- Payment Options: : Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover
- Support Info: Email support
- Support Email: support@meganetnews.com
News Server Addresses
- news.meganetnews.com (US)
- news1.meganetnews.com (US)
- euronews.meganetnews.com (Europe)
- securenews.meganetnews.com (SSL - US)
- secure.euronews.meganetnews.com (SSL - Europe)
Review Of Meganetnews
As is the case with majority of other usenet service providers, they claim to set the world standard for the most reliable and quality news service. Over 85.000 uncensored groups are available and since they put much attention on technical data on their website, we will do the same as well. Let’s also mention that they have been with us for some time now, appeared in 1997.
Servers
There are two types of servers available, depending on whether they offer the SSL encryption or not. The addresses are as follows (according the location):
- news.meganetnews.com (US server, available on ports 119 and 443)
- news1.meganetnews.com (US server, available on ports 119 and 443)
- securenews.meganetnews.com (secure US SSL server, available on ports 563 and 80)
- euronews.meganetnews.com (European server, available on ports 119 and 443)
- secure.euronews.meganetnews.com (secure European SSL server, available on ports 563 and 80)
The user is encouraged not to use any IP addresses associated with these addresses as they change regularly. Further, 20 concurrent connections are available
Retention and completion
Binary retention is over 483 days, text retention is more than 1300 days and the completion rate is 99.8%.
Access
Besides the newsreaders, the user can access the service using only the browser through the following address: http:/www.meganetnews.com:1780.
Pricing
There are number of pricing plans. The listing follows:
- unlimited – $24.99/mo.
- 50 GB/mo. – $17.99/mo.
- 25 GB/mo. – $14.99/mo.
- 10 GB/mo. – $8.99/mo.
- 2 GB/mo. – $3.99/mo.
- 100 GB block – $29.99
- 25 GB block – $12.99
- 10 GB block – $7.99
Before the user decides to sign up for the account, he or she must agree with the Terms of service & Acceptable use policy. There, the user will find a bunch of useful information and rules. It is recommended to read them in order to avoid later misunderstandings and possible nuisance.
Misc
There is favorite newsgroups finder available where the user can find the groups with respect to his or her interest. On the other hand, the FAQ link appears to be broken.
Recommendation
They have very decent service and pricing, but we are not impressed with the binary retention.
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