News service providers

From Usenet Big-8 Management Board

The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the services listed.

We have formed a News Service Providers Committee (NSPC) to communicate with news adminisrators and promote propagation of the Big-8 newsgroups.

Please contact us to correct or expand the lists on this page or to join the NSPC.

Free Usenet Servers

List of Free Usenet Servers
AIOE
Eternal September
Solani
SunSITE.dk
nntp://news.mixmin.net --This is an *read-only* service. This is the nntp link
nntps://news.mixmin.net -- Same as above but with a nntps link.
Neodome


A resourceful site with more information about free NNTP servers: http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com

Internet Service Providers and Usenet Access

For comparison information on ISPs who provide Usenet access to their subscribers you can see the following web sites:

Lists of ISPs Who Provide Usenet and/or Usenet Providers
Free and Public Usenet News Servers
Geeks.org Usenet Servers
Newsgroup Reviews Lists of Free Trials or Special Offers
Newsgroup Reviews Premium Usenet Provider Chart
Newzbin Usenet:ISP Providers
Newzbin Chart of Premium Usenet Providers
NGProvider FAQ
Usenet Tools - News Server Addresses

Note: the Big-8 Management Board is not responsible for information on nor has any affiliation with the above sites. We would appreciate hearing from you if you have further information on Usenet providers.

Standalone News Service Providers

Paid_Usenet_Providers Paid Usenet Providers

News Service Providers
1Usenet.com
100ProofNews.com
AIOE.org - free
Airnews
Albasani.net News (free)
Alibis
AlltheNewsgroups.com
Altopia
Astraweb
The Barditch News Server (Texas, USA)
bbs-scene.org (free)
Bubba News
Buzzard News
Claranet/Claranews (news service is available separately, and outside the UK.)
DataBasix
Datemas Internet News Server (cheap)
DFNNetNews - German site
Easy News
EskimoNorth (Washington, USA)
Eternal-september.org (free, previously known as Motzarella.org)
Eurofeeds.com
Flash Newsgroups
Forte
Giganews
Global News (Italy)
Glorb
Google groups
Gradwell Usenet services (UK)
Guba
news.individual.net
Mailgate (Italian regional only)
Meganetnews.com
Msen
News2me
NewsAdmin.com Mail Gateway
Newscene.com
NewsDemon
News Dome
Newsfeeds.com
Newsgroup-Binaries.com
Newsgroup NNTP Servers
Newsgroups
Newsgroups Download
Newsguy
NewsHosting
NewsReader.Com
News Service (European Usenet Provider)
Newsville.Com
NGroups.net
NNTP Junkie
Nuthinbutnews.com
Nyx Free Public Internet Access (Denver; dialup)
Octanews
Only News
PowerUsenet
Read Free News
RGINews
Slurp
Sonic-news
Supernews
Teranews
TitanNews.com
Triton Technologies
TweakNews (Dutch regional service)
Ultra Feed
Unison Usenet Access
Usnet.com
usenet4all (free, filters all Google Groups posts)
Usnet-Access.com
UsnetBinaries.com
UsenetGuide
UsenetMonster
UsenetReplayer
Usenetserver
Usenetzone (Asian news service provider)
UseNext
ValueNews
Yottanews

Black Dragon

Bulk Providers

The following NSPs sell services to resellers who, in turn, provide access to end users. They do not provide news access subscriptions to individuals.

Highwinds Media Group
Pathlink Technology
Pronews

Mail-to-News Gateways

It is possible to gain access to some newsgroups through Mail-to-News Gateways.