open Usenet servers

See also: Open Usenet Server

• newszilla6.xs4all.nl
  • Allowed connections: 3.
  • Data: 40+ Terabyte.
  • Capped: 15 kB/sec each.
  • You need IPv6.

• news.ipv6.scarlet-internet.nl
  • Data: 4 Terabyte.
  • You need IPv6.

• news.ipv6.estpak.ee
  • You need IPv6.

• news.freenet.de
  • Allowed connections: 4.
  • You need to make an account at www.freenet.de and follow the instructions (in German) over there.
  • GROUP command doesn't work. Headers are not downloadable. Server reported to work with NZB.

• news.txucom.net
  • Allowed connections: 6.
  • Capped: 1,4 GB per day.
  • Reported to be fast and lots of groups supported.

• corp.newsfeeds.com
  • No information available.

• news.yottanews.com
  • Allowed connections: 8.
  • Capped: 1 GB per month.
  • Usable as 'fillserver'.
  • You need to make an account at www.yottanews.com and follow the instructions over there.

• biggulp.readfreenews.net
  • Allowed connections: 2.
  • Slow (4-6 kB/sec), hard to connect to, but complete and long retention.
  • Usable as 'fillserver'.

• cp-news.centix.net
  • Allowed connections: 4.
  • Supported newsgroups: a.b.cd.image(games)
  • Reported as regulary incomplete.

• news.bubbanews.com
  • 50 MB per day account
  • Retention and speed reported good.
  • Costs a one-time fee of $3.50. You need a debitcard/creditcard for this.

• news.teranews.com
  • Allowed connections: 1
  • Short retention, not very completed, but okay speed.

• news.wplus.net
  • Reported as incomplete, not always online, but fast.

• news.free-newsservers.com
  • 100 MB limit.

Related

• New free newsgroups (e.g. for testing purposes) are announced at alt.free.newsservers
• Newsparrot - Search for free Usenet servers.
• Disenter - Online version of Newsparrot.
• Snafu's top 10 free Usenet server list.
• Free Usenet server search engine.
• Newsservers - Yet another list + information.

This article is based on a public domain infoAnarchy article: Open_Usenet_Servers

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