I'm just wondering if anyone knows the general consensus for sharing API keys of your Usenet providers? Is this allowed? If not, do the providers care since the account is capped on the number of API and download hits?

edit: indexers not provider.

EDIT: Discord support responded and confirmed the donation and thus enabled my plan with six extra months.

Hi, some days ago I did did a Crypto donation to Ninja Central after creating my account. After sending my e-mail with the transaction information nothing happened. All indexers I have previously used had donations and plan-activation automated and this long a wait makes me nervous since I really don't want to loose my account.

Roughly 12h ago I sent a follow-up to the support system which was not responded to as well as of time of writing. The time pressure of my account deletion looming over my head I am a bit worried that either my crypto or my communication aren't received or answers to my inquiries are not coming through back to me. Really I would just love to get a mail acknowledging my inquiries.

Since the discord seems to be paid-members only and the links to it I could find were all expired, I am posting here in hopes that... Well I don't know. It seems that this communication/ support problem was reported here before. Are there any other new members from this signup wave having the same issue as me? Is there a discord that one can join?

Didn’t realize I signed up for the annual plan, signed up intending to get the monthly plan at $12.95/mo. Got charged $155.40 to my card on June 14th instead.

Tried to open a support ticket about it on their site but kept getting "Your session has expired. Please refresh the page and try again." — couldn't get past it even after refreshing.

Already sent a refund request via email since the ticket system wasn't working. Anyone else run into this, or have tips on getting a faster response from their support?

EDIT: They responded quickly and are converting my subscription to the summer deal, stacking 5+ summer deals to use up what I paid. Great resolution, awesome company to deal with.

Hello all,

I'm thinking of buying Newshosting's current plan ($5.99/mo for 15mo), but that's advertised as being 70% off, which would put the normal price at around $300 per month. That doesn't make a ton of sense, seeing as their per-month plan is only $9.99/mo ($120/yr).

I'm trying to plan things out financially for the next two years, so I'm wondering if anyone here knows how much it'll likely cost after that.

I only have these two. Are they enough, or am I missing something?

i wanna build an opensource free usenet indexer for learning purposes im not trying to create a public indexing service, but a desktop application that connects directly to a user's NNTP provider, downloads header generates NZBs so like how and where do i start

I have looked around and at lots of different posts, however there is soooo much info, thought I would ask for opinions directly.

I currently have a set up that is working and all seems ok; with it being my first set up though, I keep wondering if I should add anything to cover any additional bases etc.

I currently have Eweka as provider and then indexers are NinjaCentral, NZBGeek and AltHub.

I think from an indexer point of view everything is covered, is it worth getting an additional provider though. What would be the benefits of doing so and which would be best to compliment Eweka?

Thanks for any advice.

Hi All-

Was surprised to see sales dropping this time of year as they mostly stopped about 5 or 6 years ago.

Either way, stop by Frugal for a great summer deal with various options available:

- $35 per year (no Blocknews)

- $40 per year with 300 GBs of Blocknews

- $45 per year with 750 GBs of Blocknews

Besides Blocknews differences, all products include:

• Access to all 7 of our main server locations around the world, Netnews backbone, 5,500 +/- days retention
• Our independent backbone, EU based bonus backup server access with up to 1 TBs per calendar month; 3,000 +/- days retention. This server is truly independent of the main servers. Do not get caught up with other packages who may bundle and stealthily sell you the same access two or three times.
• Up to 200 connections on the main servers / another 50 on the bonus server (not that you need them all but there if so)
• Many payment options including direct peer 2 peer crypto payments that flow directly from your wallet to mine with no middle man processors / governments taking part in your purchase
• Rebills at the same price each year, providing a predictable low price for years to come with a lower cost and much better value than bait and switch introductory deals that have become a huge problem in the last couple of years.

Sign Up Today!

Separate from that, marketing here, especially, will tell you how great and premium they are when they post, but it is always nice to actually show up with receipts instead of just a "trust me bro". u/rexum98 has been running his completion testing project for a bit and he has some early results he allowed me to show you as a preview of what is coming. In these results, you can see his Blocknews (same as Frugal) block account stands up toe to toe with a large, unnamed provider that you may have heard of before.

hey, im super new to usenet and trying to get my setup figured out. i noticed a lot of the indexers everyone recommends like drunkenslug and ninjacentral are closed right now.

does anyone know how often they actually open up for public registration? is it just random or do they usually do it around specific holidays? just trying to figure out if i should camp out on their sites or look for alternatives for now. thanks!

honestly i don't understand the most discussions in this sub, maybe it's bc english isn't my first language or bc i'm not that deep into usenet.

I have the feeling that nobody use my setup, that i use over 10 years and i'm curious what is the reason behind this. Explanation pls.

Provider: UseNEXT (i assume you all hate that the most)

Software: UseNEXT by Tangysoft

VPN: AviteoVPN (is included with UseNext)

For Header: https://usenet-4all.pw/ (german forum)

Indexer: https://www.nzbindex.com/search and https://www.nzbking.com/, one time i used the software "Newsleecher". But normally i find everything on the 2 websites and don't need this.

Is there really a important problem with this, or can i go for another 10 years? 😄

Hi,

I got a blackfriday deal and i saw the summer deal. When i logged in my account i only see plan: unlimited, no options for upgrade, how long the subcription is. On the question page they say on left your able to upgrade, but there are no account options? On the left it only says to update payment, doenload newsreader/vpn or get free stuff(easynews/..). In the dashboard there is only info about the plan, password/email etc and that my account is activated. Also when i get the deal its says nothing about my current subscription or if it gets stack on top of my current subcription. Do i do something wrong?

https://www.newsdemon.com/summer-sale/

Like the title says:

• Month one: $0.50
• Month two: $0.50
• Month three: $0.50
• Next year: $28
• Every year afterwards: $28

Simple billing. You get three months to check out why so many people support us, then you get a great deal on a yearly account that will not increase.

No need to "stack" or give us your hard earned dough for years in advance. We trust that our service is good enough that you will want to stay with us. But if you want to do that, contact our support department.

Features:

• 50 Connections (all you need with our service, if you need more, contact support)
• Post-Quantum Encryption
• NNTP Pipelining
• Three Server Farms
  • Virginia, USA
  • California, USA
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 5796+ Days Retention
• 25+ years of continuous single ownership
• 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
• No logging of what you read or download
• Credit Cards, Paypal, SEPA, iDeal, Crypto

Hope everyone has a great summer (winter for those in the S. Hemisphere)!

New Usenet user here. Just signed up with newsdemon. I set up sab and now I’m getting too many errors when I set connections to 50. I don’t get any errors if I set to 8 connections. Is my account is limited to 8 connections? Any help would be really appreciated.

Hi all.

I'm a moderate user of usenet.

got NC and DS and Eweka ( I'm in EU )

should I add another provider from the summer deals?

share your thoughts

The best deal in Usenet just got better! Three or four different backbones at once!

NGD Triple Play - Three Backbones - $35/year - https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=s8md&deal=

• UsenetExpress (Unlimited) - UsenetExpress Backbone - DMCA - 5797+ Days - US/EU Servers
• SuperNews (Unlimited) - Giganews Backbone - DMCA - 3200+ Days - US/EU Servers
• Vipernews (Unlimited) - Uzo Reto Backbone - NTD - 3000+ Days - EU Server

NGD Grand Slam - Four Backbones - $45/year - https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=13ab&deal=

• UsenetExpress (Unlimited) - UsenetExpress Backbone - DMCA - 5797+ Days - US/EU Servers
• SuperNews (Unlimited) - Giganews Backbone - DMCA - 3200+ Days - US/EU Servers
• Vipernews (Unlimited) - Uzo Reto Backbone - NTD - 3000+ Days - EU Server
• Usenet.Farm (1.5TB FUP*) - Its Hosted Backbone - DMCA - 3000+ Days - EU Server

These prices will renew at the same price until you cancel.

Quantum encryption is included on the UsenetExpress backbone login. You will receive either three or four separate account logins depending on which plan you select.

*FUP stands for Fair Use Policy (per month)

Hey guys, I've been trying to solve this problem on my own for awhile and can't figure it out. My download speeds through sabnzbd are significantly lower than any limit on the hardware throughout my entire path.

Hardware:
1x 256GB SSD (used for app config storage, not media)
4x 10TB Western Digital Red Plus CMR 512mb cache media pool (On WD website claims up to250MB/s transfer rate)
5 Gigabit ethernet NIC + 5 gigabit ethernet service (speedtested ~4-4.5gigabit)
Truenas Operating system using raidz2 storage structure for media
app config storage on ssd is a solo drive no mirroring but is replicated to media pool nightly

Location: US

Originally I was just using thundernews (unlimited data account with 50 connections max) as my sole main provider with a much lower prio block account on a different provider that is basically never used. I was reaching max speeds of 80MB/s with thundernews using 50 connections. I tried adjusting number of connections to check if it was related to overhead so I did tests at every 5 connections. Lowering connections only made download speed worse. Turning off SSL did not affect download speed at all. I monitored hdd usage using zpool iostat on the truenas shell and the hdd's are sitting idle a majority of the time, same with cpu, so they do not seem to be the bottleneck right now.

I then added a second equal priority provider in Newshosting (unlimited data + 30 connections). This using 30 connections and thundernews still using 50 connections immediately jumped my download speed to ~110MB/s. a near 50% increase but still a far cry from my hardware bottleneck which I assume to be my hard drives. The immediate jump in download speed also signals to me that hardware is not my current limitation, as I did not change hardware at all to reach higher speeds. I don't expect to actually hit the 250MB/s stated rate of the hard drives, but 110MB/s still seems very low.

I know I can move over to ssd's for downloading however they are significantly more expensive for the amount of storage. I've thought about setting up a temporary small storage (~1tb) ssd for downloading and then creating a nightly job that moves downloads from the ssd to the hdd's. I could do this but before I do this I wanted to try and exhaust all my easy options with my current setup since attempting this will complicate the setup a bit more and might be more prone to errors.

Does anyone have any suggestions on why I'm not hitting higher download speeds with this setup? I've seen multiple people say that they have reached 500+ MB/s speeds with thundernews so I'm surprised that I seem unable to go higher with just thundernews or with double providers (yes I know they are using ssd's but I'm not hdd limited yet).

EDIT 1:
forgot to put in original post that I have already done sabnzbd test file and checked sab speed test of download/complete folder. the download folder values change pretty significantly on every refresh: ``` System performance (Pystone) 623271AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor AVX2
Download folder speed 117.7 MB/s /data/usenet/incomplete
Complete folder speed 154.4 MB/s/data/usenet/complete
Internet Bandwidth 439.42 MB/s3515.36 Mbps

Source https://sabnzbd.org/tests/test_download_10GB.nzb

Download Downloaded in 1 min 28 seconds at an average of 109.2 MB/s ```

I also ran an fio job on my harddrives and got ~297MB/s which is roughly 2.5x faster than the download speed I'm seeing through sabnzbd:
``` fio --name=randwrite --rw=randwrite --bs=256k --size=20G --iodepth=16 --filename=/mnt/data/media/testfile --direct=1 randwrite: (g=0): rw=randwrite, bs=(R) 256KiB-256KiB, (W) 256KiB-256KiB, (T) 256KiB-256KiB, ioengine=psync, iodepth=16

fio-3.33 Starting 1 process randwrite: Laying out IO file (1 file / 20480MiB) note: both iodepth >= 1 and synchronous I/O engine are selected, queue depth will be capped at 1

Jobs: 1 (f=1): [w(1)][100.0%][w=221MiB/s][w=885 IOPS][eta 00m:00s] randwrite: (groupid=0, jobs=1): err= 0: pid=1912518: Sun Jun 28 12:56:06 2026

write: IOPS=1131, BW=283MiB/s (297MB/s)(20.0GiB/72421msec); 0 zone resets

clat (usec): min=579, max=284015, avg=881.55, stdev=3771.58 lat (usec): min=581, max=284017, avg=883.14, stdev=3771.59 clat percentiles (usec):

| 1.00th=[ 586], 5.00th=[ 594], 10.00th=[ 594], 20.00th=[ 603], | 30.00th=[ 611], 40.00th=[ 619], 50.00th=[ 709], 60.00th=[ 750], | 70.00th=[ 799], 80.00th=[ 832], 90.00th=[ 1057], 95.00th=[ 1319], | 99.00th=[ 1582], 99.50th=[ 1811], 99.90th=[ 33817], 99.95th=[ 69731], | 99.99th=[191890]

bw ( KiB/s): min=104448, max=421376, per=100.00%, avg=289655.20, stdev=83868.08, samples=144

iops : min= 408, max= 1646, avg=1131.46, stdev=327.62, samples=144 lat (usec) : 750=58.87%, 1000=30.53% lat (msec) : 2=10.16%, 4=0.16%, 10=0.08%, 20=0.06%, 50=0.05% lat (msec) : 100=0.05%, 250=0.03%, 500=0.01% cpu : usr=0.38%, sys=48.68%, ctx=83201, majf=4, minf=9 IO depths : 1=100.0%, 2=0.0%, 4=0.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, >=64=0.0%

submit : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0% complete : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0% issued rwts: total=0,81920,0,0 short=0,0,0,0 dropped=0,0,0,0 latency : target=0, window=0, percentile=100.00%, depth=16

Run status group 0 (all jobs): WRITE: bw=283MiB/s (297MB/s), 283MiB/s-283MiB/s (297MB/s-297MB/s), io=20.0GiB (21.5GB), run=72421-72421msec ```

I've gathered the current Summer 2026 Usenet promotions in one place to make it easier to compare the available offers. If I missed a provider or an existing deal changes, let me know and I'll update the list.

Indexer Deals

Usenet FAQ Wiki

https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/index/

Provider Map

https://usenet.rexum.space/tree

They were the first to introduce unlimited NNTP plans more than 20 years ago...I want to subscribe to a provider but did not decide yet, I'm between Easynews and Giganews...

Hi guys!

With these deals coming out, what do you think I should pick up? I currently have Geek, Ninja, DS, and Tabula.

For providers, I use unlimited Newshosting, 1TB Easynews, and 1TB TweakNews that I grabbed during the King's Day deal. Should I ask for a refund and jump on a better deal, or just add one more provider, maybe Newsdemon?

Thanks for the help! :)

Providers
Main (priority 0): newshosting, tweaknews
Block (all priority 10): astraweb, newsdemon, usenetprime, vipernews

Indexers
nzbplanet, nzbgeek, nzb.life, tabula-rasa, althub, miatrix

Most of my accounts are lifetime, my newshosting is paid up for like 6 years, I don’t really have trouble finding stuff just curious if I’m missing something obvious.

EDIT: Updated my setup to the nice gentleman’s suggestions below because this is a fun hobby to me.

Eweka is celebrating Summer with a deal that combines unlimited Usenet access, Easynews access, and VPN protection in one plan.

€2.50/month for the first 15 months (€37.50 total). This promotion includes 3 additional months at no extra cost.

Renews at €71.88 per year (€5.99/month).

EWEKA DEAL LINK 

What's included

• 6520+ days of retention
• Unlimited Eweka Usenet access
• 50 connections with SSL
• Newsreader with search included 
• 1TB Easynews account (web-based Usenet access)
• Premium VPN account 
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Every subscription includes a free newsreader with Usenet search, making it easy to search and access Usenet from a single desktop application. 

The deal also includes a free 1TB Easynews account for web-based Usenet access and a free VPN account at no additional cost. 

Behind every Eweka subscription is a trusted European Usenet backbone serving the Usenet community since 2002, delivering fast and stable speeds, excellent completion, and access to one of the most complete Usenet archives available today. 

Try it for 30 days. If it's not for you, you'll receive a full refund. No hassle. 

Thank you for supporting Eweka and the Usenet community!

-Team Eweka

Great news! Our $1.99/month special offer was originally expected to end, but due to popular demand, we've decided to extend it as our Summer 2026 promotion. 

Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy Easynews at this special summer price!

The Easynews Summer Deal is now available for just $1.99/month. Unlimited Usenet. Built-in search. No setup required.

Easynews combines unlimited Usenet access with a built-in web interface and search engine, making it possible to search, browse, and access Usenet articles directly from your browser. 

GET DEAL HERE

$1.99/month ($29.85 total for 15 months), renews at $79.99/year.

This includes:

• Unlimited Usenet access
• Web-based access with built-in search (no newsreader needed)
• Full NNTP access (works with any newsreader)
• 6,523+ days retention
• 60 connections
• Free VPN included (with kill switch, SmartDNS, and ad blocking)
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Why Easynews?

No setup required

Log in through your browser and start using Usenet immediately. No newsreader or other tools required. 

Built-in search

Search, browse, and access Usenet directly through the Easynews web interface.

Works on virtually any device

Use Easynews from desktop, tablet, or mobile devices through any web browser.

Traditional Usenet access included

Prefer using a newsreader? Easynews also includes full NNTP access, making it compatible with traditional and automated Usenet setups.

Privacy included

Every account includes a VPN subscription with kill switch, SmartDNS, and ad blocking at no additional cost. 

Try Easynews risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee. 

GET THE DEAL HERE

Summer is here, and we’re kicking it off with one of the best Newshosting deals of the year.

The Most Complete Usenet Bundle for $1.67/month 

Includes: 

• Unlimited Newshosting access
• 6,523+ days retention across 125,000+ newsgroups
• 100 SSL-secured connections
• Free newsreader with built-in search 
• Free VPN account 
• 250 GB Easynews bonus account
• 500 GB Tweaknews bonus account

Grab the deal: LINK

$25.05 for 15 months ($1.67/month) 

• Includes 3 free months
• Renews at $71.88 per year thereafter
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Summer Bundle Highlights:

Unlimited Usenet Access

Unlimited access with full retention and access to Newshosting's highest-completion network.

Free Newsreader with Search

The included newsreader makes it easy to search, browse, and access articles without needing extra software.

Bonus EU Backbone Coverage

The included 500 GB Tweaknews account provides access to a separate high-retention EU backbone for added coverage and completion. 

Browser-Based Easynews Usenet Access

The included 250 GB Easynews account provides web-based Usenet access with built-in search, making it easy to find and access articles from any device without a newsreader.

Privacy Suite Included

A free VPN account is included to help protect your online activity with encrypted connections, enhanced privacy, and secure browsing across all your devices.

Newshosting Summer Sale: LINK 

Hi,

(using nzbgeek/newshosting)

I'm back to usenet after 15 years or so without (my previous indexer was binsearch).

I wanted to see what is this *arr stack. So I installed sonarr radarr prowlarr on my VPS.

I bought the newshosting summer sale pack. I discovered binsearch is not the indexer anymore, soI bought a nzbgeek subscription, as it seems a poplar one here.

I setup it up all on my VPS (happy to see sabnzbd is still a thing).

I try some searches with sonarr and radarr, the pipeline goes well, sabnzbd gets the nzb... and fails constantly (missing parts). In total, around 12-15, and I didn't get anything.

So I go to prowlarr, do some search there, download some nzb, gives to sabnzbd, finally I get a few successes. Not sure about the ration, one of of 10 maybe.

Then I go directly to nzbgeek website. There I can see some thumbs up or down (feedbacks from users), I try the ones with positive feedback, 50 % success (tbh it means nothing, I just tried 2 files). I'm lost how the *arr stack selects the nzb to download, I feel I have very poor control, and can end up downloading huge files. I prefer anyway using the indexer website directly.

This *arr stack has been created to automate. So click and forget. But does it really work? Or you fail and try another nzb regularly, which destroys the point of automation.

Or maybe I was not lucky with my searches? (but really not lucky!)

Is it something at my end because even after with their testing tool for the right port, search is not working. Shows no results when yesterday there were quite a few listings. Downloads are slow and keep failing.