So Why Easynews You Ask? Here's Why
We're Different
What makes Easynews different then every other Usenet provider you may ask. Imagine this, every computer you get on already has a newsreader, a Usenet account, and an active Usenet server waiting for you to log onto. That is what Easynews is. You don't need to repair or assemble files because Easynews has already done this for you. When you search you get a preview of the content be it a sample of an audio file or a thumbnail of a picture, and these previews don't eat into your bandwidth.
You Save Time and Eliminate the Hassle
You save time anytime you sit down and use the Easynews global search because you can define the parameters to find what you want with laser accuracy. If you can use a search engine then you can use Easynews. For those who are more experienced working with Usenet you have access to our unlimited NNTP on top of your web browsing access. You can use both! Easynews brings the power and resources of Usenet to your browser and takes the hassle of combining files away.
Reliable and Solid
Easynews has been an industry leader in the Usenet business for over 15 years. We're a company you can trust to deliver you high-quality, browser based newsgroup access from anywhere you choose. We are constantly striving to remain on the cutting edge with high retention rates and completion.
Retention
Easynews is committed to bringing you the best retention you'll find anywhere. We are continually working on upgrading our capacity, both on the web/browser side for binary newsgroups as well as on the newsreader/NNTP side for binary as well as text based groups. And remember, there is no client needed to access binaries, just a browser!
- Easynews Plus and Big Gig
- The Easynews PLUS and BIG GIG plans currently feature 200+ days of web retention for all of our Usenet binary newsgroups.
- 1200 days retention for all groups using your favorite newsreader.
Easynews Classic
- Easynews CLASSIC plan currently features 150 days of web retention for all of our Usenet binary newsgroups.
- 1200 days retention for all groups using your favorite newsreader.
Features and Pricing
You'll be hard pressed to find a more complete package of services, features at any price. We offer 3 plans to meet anyone's pocketbook requirements, each packed with the features you'd expect at a higher price.
- Roll-Over Gigs: Your unused bytes are rolled-over into your next billing cycle. Hey you paid for them, you get to use them when you need them!
- Loyalty: We reward our loyal customers with more of what they want, free stuff! Receive additional Gigs for every year of your continued subscription.
- 12 Gigabytes for our BIG GIG customers.
- 2 Gigabytes for our PLUS customers.
- 1 Gigabyte for our CLASSIC customers.
- Free Headers: Web indexes and NNTP headers are FREE! No download limit on headers and doing so doesn't count against your gigs.
- Newsreader/NNTP Discounts: Downloads are discounted by 25%! If you prefer using a client, great! We'll give you a 25% bonus on your gigs by doing so.
- Participate in our free gig offers and use up to 154 gigs on HTTP or 205.3 gigs on NNTP.
- Pay As You Go: You are never locked into a high monthly rate. Buy what you need, when you need it.
- Flexible Payment Types: Payable by credit card, cash, web 900# or mail-in subscription.
- Free Trial: Risk-free, money back guarantee.
Speed
Unlike our competitors, Easynews is the ISP. We control our own servers and routers - right to the backbone. You can't get better than direct access.
- Connected to 4 major backbones via directly connected, multiple 10 GigE ports: Level 3, GBLX, Highwinds Network, Deutsche Telekom.
- Direct access into over 900 ISPs over private and public peering exchanges.
- Choose the fastest backbone for your downloads by using our Route Selector.
- No rate limits. Most Easynews users are able to max out their connection.
- Unlimited HTTP and NNTP connections.
Support
Easynews has the best access to support in Usenet. All accounts at Easynews have access to a dedicated support staff who are available 24/7/365 via e-mail, toll-free phone, web chat or our support newsgroup.
Privacy
Easynews takes your privacy seriously. We have one of the most aggressive privacy policies in the Usenet industry.
- Easynews will never sell your information to a 3rd party.
- Easynews will never contain pop-ups, pop-unders or other adware.
- Secure NNTP Usenet access (over SSL via NNTPS) included with your subscription.
- Secure HTTP Usenet access (over SSL via HTTPS) included with your subscription.
Web Server Features
Browser Access
- Bulk downloads are made easy with our time saving, hassle-free Zip Manager. Similar to online shopping carts, browse to the files you want and add them to the zip manager for one easy to download zip file.
- NZB support: Import NZB files or Export any file posted to Usenet as an NZB.
- The web site also listens on port 81 to bypass broken web cache/proxy servers at your work or ISP.
NNTP/Newsreader Access
- We carry over 100,000 newsgroups.
- If we do not carry a particular group, you can request that it be added.
- Over 99% binary completion.
- NNTP headers are free. Downloading them does not count toward your gig limit.
- We offer a U.S. and a European NNTP news farm option:
- No need to juggle multiple news servers. Our front-end news servers intelligently handle multiple backend servers.
- Multiple port options: proxy.news.us.easynews.com (U.S.) and proxy.news.eu.easynews.com (Europe) listen on ports 21, 22, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 443, 8000 and 8080 to allow you to bypass firewalls or rate limits on port 119.
- FREE SSL via our U.S. farm: NNTPS - secure.news.us.easynews.com
And our European farm: NNTPS - secure.news.eu.easynews.com
These addresses will listen on ports 21, 22, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 443, 563, 8000 and 8080
Community
When you become a member of Easynews, you join a multi-national community of Internet and Usenet users.
- This community has donated over 25,000 years of CPU time to various distributed computing efforts on the Internet. Easynews currently supports the World Community Grid, which carries out research for the FightAIDS@Home and Human Proteome Folding projects. The Easynews Team at WCG.org is currently ranked as the #5 contributor to the project with 6,940 members!
- The easynews.support newsgroup is a great resource for new Usenet users. Community members participate in the group daily.
- As a member of the community, you have high-speed access to our mirrors area.
- This community is also very quick to recommend Easynews to others. In fact, nearly all of our business is word-of-mouth. If you know of someone, earn free access by referring a friend now!
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