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*Note:* This page was originally taken from [https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers r/usenet] on Reddit. All credit goes to them.
 
This page was originally taken from [https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers r/usenet] on Reddit. All credit goes to them.


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Revision as of 19:04, 28 June 2020

Usenet Services Map

  • Note:* This page was originally taken from r/usenet on Reddit. All credit goes to them.

Below is a list of usenet service providers. This list makes it easy to see which backbones are located in which geographic locations. The list also provides you with information on who runs the backbone, if the backbone provider sells direct to individuals through its own subsidiary providers and if they resell services through a third party. This allows you to see if your primary usenet account is in on the same backbone as your secondary account. See the promotions wiki for current service provider deals on unlimited and block accounts. For more information on usenet, please see the FAQ

  • Inclusion on this list does not indicate endorsement by reddit, the mods of /r/usenet or any of its membership.
  • The listings/map below is visualized here (another older visual tree in need of updates exists here).



Abavia

Abavia is a Netherlands based hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Chiesanuova, San Marino that was started in 2006. As a hybrid provider Abavia has some local article storage and articles outside of their own retention are pulled from a third party backbone - this operation is transparent to the user. Abavia currently has connection points in the Netherlands only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Abavia / HW Media AS48345 ? / 1500+(via HW Media) NL DMCA / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Cheapnews ? / 1300+ 10-48 news.cheapnews.eu (NL)
EasyUsenet ? / 1500+ 8-40 news.easyusenet.nl (NL)
Usenet.nl ^[AB1/AB2] 3800+ 16 power2.usenet.nl (NL), news1.usenet.nl (DE), power.usenet.nl (NL)
Usenet.org 1500+ ? news.usenet.org (NL)
Usenext ^[AB3/AB4/AB5] 3800+ 30 usenext.iad.newshosting.com (US), usenext.am4.newshosting.com (NL), usenext.fr7.newshosting.com (DE), news.usenext.com (NL)
XS News/Xenna ? 10 test.xsnews.com (NL)
XS News ? / 1500+ 8-30 reader.xsnews.nl (NL)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
aEton 1100+ 8 news.aeton.nl (NL)
Bulknews 1200+ 8-40 news.bulknews.eu (NL)
Dreamload 900+ 12 dream.hostredirects.com (NL)
Gebruikhet 1200+ 4-20 news.gebruikhet.net (NL)
I-Telligent 1200+ 20-40 news.i-telligent.com (NL)
NewsGrabber 1100+ 20-50 news.newsgrabber.nl (NL)
NewsXS 1400+ 20-50 news.newsxs.nl (NL)
SMS Usenet 900+ 4 news.smsusenet.nl (NL)
Stingy Usenet 1500+ 50 news.stingyusenet.com (NL)
Usenet.today 1500+ ? news.usenet.today (NL)
UsenetAgency 1500+ 25-50 reader.usenet.agency (NL)
UsenetDiscount 1100+ 50 news.usenetdiscount.com (NL)
UsenetDiscounter.com 1200+ 5-70 reader.usenetdiscounter.com (NL)
Usenet-Server 900+ 50 news.usenet-server.de (NL)
XS Usenet 1100+ 5-50 reader.xsusenet.com (NL)
Z51 1250+ ? news.z51.biz (NL)



Altopia

Altopia is a US based Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Seattle, Washington that was started in 1995. Altopia currently has connection points in the United States only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Altopia AS6456 17+ US DMCA

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Altopia 17+ 2-20 news.altopia.com (US)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
* There are currently no known resellers for Altopia.



Giganews

Giganews is a US based Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Austin, Texas that was started in 1994. Giganews currently has connection points in the United States and the Netherlands.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Giganews AS30094 600+ US, NL DMCA
Supernews AS22363 600+ US, NL DMCA

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Giganews 600+ 20-50 news.giganews.com (US), news-europe.giganews.com (NL)
Supernews 600+ 30 news.us.supernews.com (US), news.eu.supernews.com (NL)
####Reseller Map
Resellers Retention Connections Servers
PowerUsenet 600+ 15-30 news.powerusenet.com (US)
RhinoNewsgroups 200+ 6-8 news.rhinonewsgroups.com (US)
Usenet.net 600+ 30 news.usenet.net (US)



Newscene

Newscene is a US based hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Omaha, Nebraska that was started in 1994. Newscene currently has connection points in the United States only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Novia / HW Media AS4306 ? / 4000+(via HW Media) US DMCA / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Newscene ? / 4000+ 9 news.newscene.com (US)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
Premium News ^[NS1] 600+ 8-28 news.premium-news.de (US), news-ssl2.premium-news.net (DE)



NewsGuy

NewsGuy is a US based hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Windham, Maine that was started in 1995. NewsGuy currently has connection points in the United States only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
NewsGuy Inc / HW Media AS33438 ? / 1300+(via HW Media) US DMCA / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
NewsGuy ? / 1300+ 32 news.newsguy.com (US)
nntpjunkie.com ? / 900+ 32 news.nntpjunkie.com (US)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
* There are currently no known resellers for NewsGuy.



Omicron Media

Omicron Media is a multinational company headquartered out of Winter Park, Florida that was started in 2002. Omicron Media is comprised of Eweka Internet Services, HW Media, TweakNews and XLned, and manages several Tier 1 Usenet service providers. Omicron provides connection points in the United States, Netherlands and Germany.

Eweka Internet Services

Eweka Internet Services is a Omicron owned company headquartered out of Haarlem, Netherlands.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Eweka Internet Services AS12989 4000+ NL, DE NTD

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Eweka 4000+ 8-20 sslreader.eweka.nl (NL), news-fr7.eweka.nl (DE)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
* There are currently no known resellers for Eweka Internet Services.

HW Media

HW Media is an Omicron owned company headquartered out of Winter Park, Florida.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
HW Media AS33438 4000+ US, NL, DE DMCA

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Astraweb 3000+ 20 ssl-us.astraweb.com (US), ssl-eu.astraweb.com (NL), news.astraweb.com (DE)
Easynews 4000+ 60 secure-us.news.easynews.com (US), secure-eu.news.easynews.com (NL), news.easynews.com (DE)
Newsgroup Ninja 4000+ 50 news-us.newsgroup.ninja (US), news-nl.newsgroup.ninja (NL), news-de.newsgroup.ninja (DE)
NewsHosting 4000+ 30-60 news-us.newshosting.com (US), news-nl.newshosting.com (NL), news-de.newshosting.com (DE)
UsenetServer 4000+ 60 news.iad.usenetserver.com (US), news.ams.usenetserver.com (NL), news.fr7.usenetserver.com (DE)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
Alibis 1600 30 news.alibis.com (US)
AnonyNews 3000+ 50 news-us.anonynews.com (US), news-eu.anonynews.com (DE/NL)
AtlantisNews ? 8 news.atlantisnews.com (US)
Binary Boy ? 10 news.binaryboy.com (US), ams.binaryboy.com (NL)
BinTube 3800+ 30 us.bintube.com (US), eu.bintube.com (NL), world.bintube.com (DE)
BlockNews 4275+ 50 usnews.blocknews.net (US), eunews2.blocknews.net (NL), eunews.blocknews.net (DE)
BudgetNews 40 10 news.budgetnews.net (DE)
Fast-Usenet 4000+ 50 secure.fastusenet.org (US), euro.fastusenet.org (DE)
Firstload 1200 ? newsfarm.firstload.de (NL), news.firstload.com (DE)
Forte Agent 4000+ 30 news.forteinc.com (US)
Frugal Usenet (See below for addt'l. backbone) 3000+ 50 news.frugalusenet.com (US), eunews2.frugalusenet.com (NL), eunews.frugalusenet.com (DE) (See below for addt'l. server)
HitNews 1600 2-30 ssl.hitnews.com (DE)
iLoad 4000+ 20 news.iload-usenet.com (NL)
MaximumUsenet 4000+ 50 us-secure.maximumusenet.com (US),europe-ssl.maximumusenet.com (DE)
NewsDemon 4000+ 50 us.newsdemon.com (US), nl.newsdemon.com (NL), eu.newsdemon.com (DE)
NewsFusion 1200 30 ssl.us.newsfusion.net (US), ssl.eu.newsfusion.net (NL/DE)
NewsGroup-Binaries 200 4-8 news.newsgroup-binaries.com (US)
NewsGroupDownload 200 4-8 phoenix.newsgroups-download.com (US), amsterdam.newsgroups-download.com (NL)
NewsLeecher 4000+ 30 us.newsleecher.com (US), eu.newsleecher.com (NL/DE)
Ngroups 3000+ 30-60 us.ngroups.net (US), eu.ngroups.net (NL/DE)
Prepaid-Usenet 800 10 news.nl.prepaid-usenet.de (NL)
Shemes ? 50 newsfarm.atl.shemes.com (US) newsfarm.ams2.shemes.com (NL)
SimonNews 900 8 ssl.news2.simonews.com (US), ssl.news3.simonews.com (NL)
SnelNL 1500 3-12 news2.snelnl.com (US), news.snelnl.com (NL), news3.snelnl.com (DE)
TheCubeNet 4000+ 50 secure.news.thecubenet.com (US), secure.europe.thecubenet.com (NL), secure.de.thecubenet.com (DE)
ThunderNews 4000+ 50 secure.us.thundernews.com (US), secure.nl.thundernews.com (NL), secure.eu.thundernews.com (DE)
Uncensored Newsfeed 650 50 usa.uncensorednewsfeed.com (US), eur.uncensorednewsfeed.com (NL)
Usenet-News 2000 60 news.us.usenet-news.net (US), news.eu.usenet-news.net (NL)
Usenet.nl ^[HM1] 3800+ 16 power2.usenet.nl (NL) news1.usenet.nl (DE), power.usenet.nl (NL)
Usenet.se 3600+ 60 news.usenet.se (NL/DE)
Usenet4u 1900 18 news4.usenet4u.nl (NL)
UsenetAccess 200 ? news.usenet-access.com (US), europe.usenet-access.com (NL)
UseNetNow 4275+ 50 usnews.usenetnow.net (US), eunews2.usenetnow.net (NL) eunews.usenetnow.net (DE)
UsenetStorm 1600+ 50 ssl.usenetstorm.com (US), europessl.usenetstorm.com (NL)
Usenext ^[HM2] 3800+ 30 usenext.iad.newshosting.com (US), usenext.am4.newshosting.com (NL), usenext.fr7.newshosting.com (DE), news.usenext.com (NL)
XenNews 1400 20 ssl.xennews.com (DE)

TweakNews

TweakNews is a Omicron owned hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Haarlem, Netherlands.As a hybrid provider TweakNews has some local article storage and articles outside of their own retention are pulled from a third party backbone.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Base IP / HW Media AS34305 ? / 3400+ NL NTD / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
TweakNews ? / 3400+ 30-40 news.tweaknews.eu (NL)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
* There are currently no known resellers for TweakNews.

XLned

XLned is a Omicron owned hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Reykjavik, Iceland. As a hybrid provider XLned has some local article storage and articles outside of their own retention are pulled from a third party backbone.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Base IP / HW Media AS34305 / AS12989 ? / 3100+(via HW Media) NL, NL DMCA / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
PureUsenet ? / 3100+ 4-12 news.pureusenet.nl (NL) / news.pureusenet.nl (NL)
SunnyUsenet ? / 3100+ 5-20 news.sunnyusenet.com (NL) / news.sunnyusenet.com (NL)
XLned ? / 2000+ 2-12 news.xlned.com (NL) / news.xlned.com (NL)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
ExtremeUsenet 1500 4-30 news.extremeusenet.nl / news.extremeusenet.nl (NL)
UsenetBucket 1600 10-25 reader.usenetbucket.com / reader.usenetbucket.com (NL)



United Newsserver

United Newsserver is a Germany based Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany that was started in 2005. United Newsserver currently has connection points in Germany only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Elbracht AS29404 600+ DE ?

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
United Newsserver 600+ 12 ssl2.united-newsserver.de (DE)
Premium News ^[EL1] 600+ 8-28 news.premium-news.de (US), news-ssl2.premium-news.net (DE)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
* There are currently no known resellers for Elbracht.



Usenet.Farm

Usenet.Farm is a Netherlands based Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Hoorn, Netherlands that was started in 2015.Usenet.Farm currently has connection points in the Netherlands only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Its Hosted AS50655 ? / 3000+ NL NTD

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
Usenet.Farm ? / 3000+ 40-50 news.usenet.farm (NL)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
UsenetNews ? / 3000+ 50 blue.usenetnews.net (NL)
Frugal Usenet (See above for addt'l. backbone) ? / 3000+ 50 bonus.frugalusenet.com (NL) (See above for addt'l. server)



UsenetExpress

UsenetExpress is a US based hybrid Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Green Cove Springs, Florida that was started in 2016. As a hybrid provider UsenetExpress has some local article storage and articles outside of their own retention are pulled from a third party backbone - this operation is transparent to the user. UsenetExpress currently has connection points in the United States only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
UsenetExpress / HW Media AS62296 ? / 1100+ US DMCA / DMCA(via HW Media)

Provider Map

| Providers | Retention | Connections | Servers | |:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | UsenetExpress | ? / 1100+ | 50-150 | news.usenetexpress.com (US) | | NewsGroupDirect | ? / 1100+ | 100 | news.newsgroupdirect.com (US) |

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
UsenetNews ? / 1100+ 50 green.usenetnews.net (US)
UsenetPrime ? / 1100+ 50 news.usenetprime.com (US)



Uzo Reto

Uzo Reto is a NL based Tier 1 usenet service provider headquartered out of Willemstad, Curaçao that was started in 2018. Uzo Reto currently has connection points in the Netherlands only.

Backbone ASN Retention Servers Takedowns
Uzo Reto AS16265 100 NL NTD

Provider Map

Providers Retention Connections Servers
ViperNews 100 5-40 news.vipernews.com (NL)
NovaUsenet 100 5-40 news.novausenet.com (NL)

Reseller Map

Resellers Retention Connections Servers
UsenetNews 100 50 gold.usenetnews.net (NL)



Notes

[AB1] power2.usenet.nl is provided by HW Media.

[AB2] news1.usenet.nl is provided by HW Media.

[AB3] usenext.iad.newshosting.com is provided by HW Media.

[AB4] usenext.am4.newshosting.com is provided by HW Media.

[AB5] usenext.fr7.newshosting.com is provided by HW Media.

[EL1] news.premium-news.de is provided by Novia.

[HM1] power.usenet.nl is provided by Abavia.

[HM2] news.usenext.com is provided by Abavia.

[NS1] news-ssl2.premium-news.net is provided by United Newsserver.

[UN1] east.anarqy.com is provided by HW Media.

[UN2] euro.anarqy.com is provided by HW Media.