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Scoring Policy
| Provider Name |
Usenet |
| Date |
December 18, 2003 |
| Review Location |
Missoula, MT |
| Cost Per Month |
$9.95 up to $39.95 |
| Bandwidth Limits |
2000MBs to Unlimited |
| Download Speed |
900Kbps - 1.05 Mbps |
| Group Gount |
110,864 |
| Free Headers |
Yes |
| Web Interface |
Yes |
| Anonymous Posting |
Yes |
Post Propogation to
Local ISP News Server
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100% |
| Overall Rating |
100% |
Test Groups
| Group Name |
Header Count |
Oldest Post |
| alt.2600 |
94,125 |
05-01-2003 |
| alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.full_albums |
780,710 |
11-13-2003 |
| alt.binaries.cd.image.highspeed |
301,295 |
10-10-2003 |
| alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm |
55,487 |
11-02-2003 |
| sci.electronics.repair |
31,982 |
05-20-2003 |
Comments
Account Tested: Platinum ($19.95)
Access to 16 servers: News (Full feed), Colossus-East/West (Binaries), Text-East/West,
Adt-East/West, Exe-East/West, Images-East/West, Mp3-East/West, Multimedia-East/West, and Family.
Download Limits (Vary from server to server)
Text-East/West: Unlimited
News-East/West, Colossus-East/West, Family: 1000MB/day
Adt-East/West, Exe-East/West, Images-East/West, Mp3-East/West, Multimedia-East/West: 750MB/day
Usenet is one of the top usenet providers available. Retention, speed and completion are all excellent. Single-part binary completion was as near to 100% as possible, multi-part binary completion was 99%+. In completion terms you can't get much better anywhere else.
Retention in the single-part binaries is an excellent 45 days while multi-part binary retention is at 18 days. Text group retention is around 220+ days. Speeds were excellent and averaged around 750-850Kbps with some spikes higher than that.
Usenet offers one of the best, if not the best usenet newsgroups service available. Their quality is outstanding. There were a few (very few) incomplete multi-part binaries, but Usenet makes up for it quickly with their high standard of quality and their obvious dedication to making the best usenet experience possible.
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Usenet.com
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| The Internet underground uncensored access.
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Binaries.net
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| Endless software, music, movie & picture files.
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Newsfeeds.com
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| Welcome to the #1 Usenet Newsgroup provider on the planet!
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Par2.net
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| Par and par2 utilities and information
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