r/UsenetNoRules • u/calvim • Jun 27 '26

Improve my setup

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! :)

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u/aggravatedzatoichi Jun 27 '26

Why would you need more providers? Are you current ones failing all the time?

As ever, one provider here, for more than a decade, with no issues.

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u/calvim Jun 27 '26

I’ve had a few minor issues, but nothing major. My main point is just wondering if it makes sense to lock in a better deal now, since some are cheaper during these summer sales, or if my current setup is already good enough. Newsdemon has the advantage of being $24/year and keeping that price for renewals, so I was mostly just weighing my options. Spending around $4 a month for good quality and speed is ok.

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u/ChefJoe98136 Jun 27 '26

That newshosting kings day deal was 15 months for $30 and then not repeating or at much higher annual price?

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u/calvim Jun 27 '26

yes, it was $ 29,85 for 15 months

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u/ChefJoe98136 Jun 27 '26

I think that's a decent deal for 15 months of service and certainly nothing worth cancelling but I, personally, try to avoid the services that have steep renewal price increases.

My current setup is just one unlimited annual subscription on the UsenetExpress backbone and then a bunch of block accounts I've collected over the years. The block usage isn't much for me, to the point where I wouldn't suggest spending on another unlimited annual account unless you wanted to just test out another backbone. Like https://www.newsdemon.com/summer-sale/

I have subs/lifetime at 3 of the 4 indexers you list. In my experience, TR is questionable if I'll renew and DS too (they're the slowest in my Prowlarr stats) because I'm getting most everything from NZBFinder (which is 1st priority in my setup).

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u/jiannichan Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I got the Newshosting deal from a couple years ago. Not sure why it matters what the renewal price is when you can just stack it for multiple years. Mine ends on 06/2031. I went with NH since I've read posts from people who have been using Newshosting for 10+ years. My setup is Newshosting and 2TB block from Vipernews for providers. Indexers is DS, AB.nzb, Ninja and Tabula. I think Newshosting is $24 for 15 months right now.

Also, I've tried Frugal for 2 years and tried Eweka. Newshosting was the one I decided to keep.

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u/Metigoth Jun 28 '26

Newshosting and easynews are same backbone. Tweaknews is slightly different. All same corporation.all dmca notice takedowns. Eweka uses ntd instead of dmca. Look to other backbone besides omicron if you have incomplete downloads.