Overkill for some users GigaNews is amongst the most expensive Usenet providers, but its price reflects the sum of its parts. If you're employed in education, charitable work, or certain media outlets NewsDemon will even offer you free access – though in the interests of disclosure we should be clear that we've not taken advantage of this offer. One of the biggest providers to resellers is Omicron Media, which counts nearly 30 clients operating from its vast server backbone. Fragmented pricing Resellers are quite common in the Usenet world, and for good reason: by purchasing a large amount of bandwidth from a major service provider, they can negotiate better terms and sell on that access to you for a vastly discounted rate. However, this provider isn’t cheap, particularly if you want unlimited data, and in that case things get pretty expensive. Also handy is a 14-day free trial which lets you experience the service before you pay for a subscription (note that there is a 10GB bandwidth limit). Performance is good too, although the range of plans is somewhat confusing, and the basic subscriptions are more suited to those with light downloading needs. ![]() There’s also good news when it comes to Easynews’ privacy policy, which is very concise and makes it crystal clear what data is kept by the provider. That Big Gig Plan also gives you a bundled Zero-log VPN service (albeit with a rather basic client). Retention rates vary, but with the top-end plan you get 2,950 days retention via the web interface (3,364 days retention via NNTP), although considerably less on some of the more basic plans. ![]() ![]() That’s obviously a commendably hassle-free way to do things, and the web interface is well crafted, plus it also means you can access the service across all your devices (with no software installation necessary). English-only support is a slick operator that differentiates itself by offering the ability to access Usenet directly from within your web browser as well as supporting mobile access. Subscription plans are competitively priced, although it’s slightly disappointing that you don’t get much better value for signing up to the annual plan compared to the six-month option. While there is no free trial, Newsgroupdirect does offer a seven-day money-back guarantee, so if you’re not satisfied in the first week, you don’t lose anything – although note that you must not have used more than 15GB of bandwidth.
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