NewsDemon Wins 2009 Spirit of Usenet Award
Comments OffIt is an honor to present the 2009 NGR Spirit of Usenet Award to NewsDemon. The award is presented in recognition of the many enhancements made to NewsDemon’s newsgroup services along with their continued efforts to promote the growth of Usenet in 2009.
First let’s take a look at some of the enhancements NewsDemon made [...]
Eternal September : The September That Never Ended
Comments OffEarlier this week a member of NGR brought eternal-september.org to our attention. The site is part of a private project offering free text-only newsgroup access. Previously news.motzarella.org. Read our Eternal September review to learn more.
Were you around Usenet before 1993? If so you may already be familiar with the term “eternal September”. Did you get [...]
NewsGroupDirect Friday Twitter Giveaway
Comments OffWhether you’re hooked on Twitter or just looking for free Usenet access this could be your lucky day. NewsgroupDirect is offering Twitter followers two free 1 year unlimited Usenet accounts.
According to the NGD blog post one free account will go to a random existing Twitter follower. The other will be awarded to a new follower.
All [...]
Teranews Outage – Temporary or Down for Good?
Comments OffJanuary 22nd update: Teranews news servers and site are back online. The issue was related to a problem with DNS servers. According to the site all paying customers will receive a 3 day credit. Here are the full details from their system status page:
All our paying accounts have been given a 3 day credit because [...]
Giganews Earns Top Honors : 2010 Editors Choice
Comments OffCongratulations to Giganews who recently took top honors in our 2010 Editors Choice Awards. This is the third year Giganews has earned the #1 ranking on NGR. As an industry leader, Giganews continues to innovate and push the boundaries of Usenet forward. They lead the way in retention and recently added a new service called vyprVPN to help customers protect their privacy online.
As mentioned in previous [...]
Binverse – 2010 NGR Editors Choice Award
Comments OffToday we would like to honor Binverse with Editors Choice recognition. As mentioned in previous posts the awards are given in recognition of the best Usenet providers based on factors including service level, performance, and value. The providers bearing this title are thoroughly tested and evaluated by the NGR editors. Binverse joins Giganews, Astraweb, NewsDemon [...]
Astraweb – 2010 NGR Editors Choice Award
Comments OffThis is the third post in our series of this year’s five NGR Editors Choice Award winners. Today its time to honor Astraweb as an Editors Choice selection.
As mentioned in previous posts the awards are given in recognition of the best Usenet providers based on factors including service level, performance, and value. The providers bearing [...]
NewsDemon – 2010 NGR Editors Choice Award
Comments OffThis is the second post in our series of this year’s five NGR Editors Choice Award winners. Today its time to honor NewsDemon with Editors Choice recognition.
NewsDemon was on our list of Editors Choice selections in 2009 and an easy selection for 2010. As mentioned yesterday the awards are given in recognition of the best [...]
Newshosting Earns a 2010 NGR Editors Choice Award
Comments OffCongratulations to Newshosting who recently received a 2010 NGR Editors Choice Award. These awards are given in recognition of the best Usenet providers based on factors including service level, performance, and value. The providers bearing this title are thoroughly tested and evaluated by the NGR editors.
Newshosting has been offering premium Usenet services for quite some [...]
Simply Usenet : UK Newsgroup Access @ 50 Mbps
Comments OffDo you have a really fast Internet connection? If so we’re jealous! If you can push 50 Mbps then check out SimplyUsenet. They are currently offering unlimited downloads @ 50 Mbps for $17.99 a month.
The service is located in the UK and offers European news servers. They also welcome US customers and will be adding [...]
