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Thundernews Black Friday Deal - Unlimited Usenet $5 Per Month

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PSuperC on 23/11/2016 - 08:26 thundernews.com (424 clicks)
Last edited 23/11/2016 - 11:07

$5USD per month for Thundernews seems like a good deal.

Has the following features:
3021+ Days Binary Retention
1265+ Days Text Retention
50 Simultaneous Connections
256 bit SSL Encryption Included
2 US Servers
2 EU Servers
99% Article Completion
Free News Reader Software
24/7 Chat & e-mail Support
Unlimited Message Uploads
Broadband Speed
Multiple Access Ports

Just a note that this in part of the Highwinds Backbone.

Other deals include:
$6 USD Per Month for Unlimited+VPN
$10 USD for a 200GB Block
$49 USD for a 1000GB Block

EDIT: VPN deal includes access to OctaneVPN

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  • kasp on 23/11/2016 - 08:37
    +1

    gee that is awesome that is the same price as frugal news.

    • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 08:44

      For much more retention

      • kasp on 23/11/2016 - 08:52

        Oh yeah 5 times the retention. Awesome deal.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/11/2016 - 09:00

    I just checked where I was getting my usenet data from and hot damn, since I moved to internode and started using their usenet as my top priority server my three block accounts have only taken 9% of the load. They're going to last for years until they run out. Probably a decade or more. Cool.

    • ExtremeDavo on 23/11/2016 - 09:33

      Came here to post this - Plenty of people being screwed by TN for downloading too much…HOWEVER, I was with them with a 500gb block account and had no issues, speeds were great and no missing articles for automated gear.

      Also if you can wait, I'd get a usenet.farm sub once they go on sale in a couple of days, most likely 30-40% off - it'll be more expensive, but it covers their own backbone plus 2 other backbones (highwinds/XS). So you are effectively getting 3 for the price of 1. Super fast, always complete (even for stuff 1000 days old), super slow takedown.

  • BluBoy on 23/11/2016 - 09:16
    +3

    I have been with Thundernews for 5 years ($5 special for 2012 Black friday to be exact) and happy to give them a big thumbs up.
    They account for 95% of my downloads over that time (I use an Astraweb block account as a backup… Still have plenty of GBs sitting there).

    Be warned, I did get paused one month after downloading a few TBs.
    Also, if you pay by paypal, they may block access to adult content (as required by paypals terms and conditions).

    Anyway, grab this deal before it's sold out again. It is the first time I've see then $5 deal back since 2012.

    • spongetom on 23/11/2016 - 09:50

      How does it compare with Astraweb (which is what I use at the moment).

      • BluBoy on 23/11/2016 - 10:03
        +1

        Fairly well from what I can tell.

        Thundernews is my preferred, and astraweb (and another block account somewhere) are secondary.
        .> 95% of my downloads have come from thundernews. The rest is picked off the others.
        (Even this may not be accurate, as I set them all to primary at one stage).

        Speeds is great (by Aussie standards), retention is huge.

  • dosada on 23/11/2016 - 09:34

    And what's the speed like? Just says broadband speed

    • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 09:38

      Just tested it, downloaded a 1.3gb file "Downloaded in 3 mins 2 seconds at an average of 7.1 MB/s"

      On Optus Cable 100Mb/sec

      • dosada on 23/11/2016 - 10:00
        +1

        i am on 100mbit too, anything over 50mbit i am happy with. Thanks for the info

  • Piranha2004 on 23/11/2016 - 09:35

    Nice deal for those not with iinet/internode. If and when iinet every get rid of theirs, I will jump onto this!

    • kojihama on 23/11/2016 - 10:09

      How does one with iiNet take advantage of newsgroups?

      • Piranha2004 on 23/11/2016 - 10:12

        Just use their servers (which redirect to Astraweb). I'll send you a PM with the details.

        • rx8pilot on 23/11/2016 - 14:31

          I'd be keen for iiNet details too if possible…Cheers!

          I would add that I've been a USD$5 per month user for Thundernews for around 2 years or so…whilst I do get a number of incomplete downloads, it was better than my previous provider, and have remained a ThunderNews customer for 2 years.

          I only use free indexers (and would be happy to hear suggestions on new ones as my previous go to, crawler, seems to have fallen off the perch), and don;t have a another provider account…

  • TimeOrMoney on 23/11/2016 - 09:39

    Any recommendations for indexers that are open to registration?
    (Or does anyone have an invite available?)

    • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 09:49
      +4

      Sent you a PM, also Dog is currently open for Black Friday

      • Piranha2004 on 23/11/2016 - 10:11

        Only trial period though (is it for 10 days?)

        • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 10:12

          Yeah 10 days then you need to purchase a yearly membership

      • Tread on 23/11/2016 - 10:17

        Would like a PM invite for Dog if possible, thanks

        • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 10:23
          +1

          Dog is currently open

        • Tread on 23/11/2016 - 10:27

          @SuperC: Ahh mis-read the post, thanks

      • Savabuck on 23/11/2016 - 10:43

        @ SuperC
        Hi. If it's not too rude to ask, could you please send me an invite too? Thanks heaps.

      • wilsonalmeida on 23/11/2016 - 12:23

        Hi,
        New to this. Could I get an invite if possible ?

        Thanks

    • nerd1 on 23/11/2016 - 09:53

      Hope to ride your coat tail

      Edit - looking for an invite as well

  • tullyhansen on 23/11/2016 - 10:57
    +1

    Looking at site, I think it's $10 USD for a 200GB Block, not 10GB?

    • SuperC on 23/11/2016 - 11:07

      Thanks, fixed it now.

  • Ragnarok1983 on 23/11/2016 - 18:33
    +1

    Thanks! Finally gave my Astraweb the boot.

  • johnnytran on 01/01/2017 - 20:16

    How does thundernews compare to astra? i get a lot of incomplete downloads with astra, hoping to find something more reliable. I tested out the trial with usenet farm and grabbed a few things which were incomplete through astra, only downside was the speed - 3mb/sec on 100/40.

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