Usenet wiki (unfortunately we don’t have one on Lemmy): https://reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/faq

Two 1 TB blocks on different backbones for $15: https://portal.usenetprime.com/cart.php?a=add&bid=37.

3 TB for $15 (4000+ retention): https://billing.blocknews.net/signup/blockfriday

6 TB for €15 (2800+ retention ): https://www.bulknews.eu/checkout?product_variation=43&locale=en%2F and use the code bf241. Bulknews is on Abavia backbone.

4 TB for $25 (4633+ retention): https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=ce57&planid=233&yes_tracking=1

500 GB for 10.50 till January 3 (3000+ retention): https://usenet.farm/

The retention might not be accurate, probably larger.

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    main what? I’m not trying to be argumentative here, I honestly don’t know what this is or why I would want it

    • hsdkfr734r@feddit.nlEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      Main: primary provider. Use the volume tariff as a backup when the primary provider isn’t usable.

      It’s about access to NNTP servers (Usenet). The thing that was used before forums, reddit, Lemmy. But not like irc, matrix or telegram. You can write text messages and reply to them. And you can attach binary data like archives, pictures or videos (bulk data) to your messages - this is the interesting part here.

      To access the server you need a NNTP capable client. I.e. thunderbird - which is not especially suitable for down- or uploading binary data.

      For binary downloads you could look into the arr suite (Google it and you will find wikis and related discussion groups). Nzbget, sabnzbd… I don’t know any details, until now I was too lazy to dive into that timesink.

        • sorghum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          There was a time where your ISP provided access to a Usenet server for free, but they didn’t have all the newsgroups like alt.binaries or even the whole alt hierarchy. Nowadays you gotta pay for access, and you’ll get access to all newsgroups. With the deals going on now, unlimited access is cheaper than most any streaming service.

          • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
            5·
            2 days ago

            OH speaking of ISPs, will they figure out that I’m using this service and serve a C&D notice, the way they used to for torrenting movies?

            • quirzle@lemmy.zipEnglish
              6·
              2 days ago

              No.

              You don’t get salty emails from your ISP for downloading torrents, you get them because (due to the nature of how torrenting works) you’re also uploading the torrent to other users at the same time.

              Usenet users download from the data providers. Because it’s not crowdsourcing the hosting like torrenting, it’s generally not free (hence this post about deals). The trade-off for having to pay is that you don’t have to share that risk with the data providers. It’s more akin to watching a pirate streaming site than torrenting: you’ll never get an email about consuming it, but you might visit one day and realize the site’s been taken down or had the domain changed because the owners got the email instead.