40% off Usenet Block Accounts: 500GB US$9 (~A$12), 1TB US$15 (~A$20), 2TB US$27 (~A$35) @ Vipernews

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4agte on 10/02/2021 - 21:35 vipernews.com (167 clicks)
Last edited 10/02/2021 - 23:24 by 1 other user

500GB BLOCK now just €8,39 / $8.99!

1000GB BLOCK now just €14,39 / $14.99!

2000GB BLOCK now just €25,79 / $24.99!

You can stack blocks. They do not expire. But I wouldn't bother. Specials all the time. Particularly Black Friday. Better to buy another block from a different backbone imo.

ViperNews is a provider of Uzo Reto. A NL based Tier 1 usenet service provider. Uzo Reto currently has connection points in the Netherlands only with no plans to expand to the USA

Backbone: Independent (plus backfill from undisclosed source)

Uno Reto Retention: 100+ days (it could be 800+ as commenced redundancy in October 2018)
Backbone Retention: 1500+ days

Takedown Policy: NTD (backfill likely DMCA)

Connections: 5-40

SSL
No transfer limit or FUP.
You can share your account with one friend/family member.
They don't log what you do. They do keep counters of the number of articles you've requested and their cumulative size.

NB> ViperNews backfills from an undisclosed source so their independent retention is less than 1500 days.

I have never used this as a primary. Just a backup block account.

My recent nzbget stats and priority:
10TB - All servers
9.9TB - Eweka
54GB - Usenet Express
12.6GB - Vipernews
3.55GB - Usenet Farm
2.47GB - Usenet Prime

Stats don't always tell the full story because of priorities and I have limited nzbget retention for Vipernews to 500+ days as likely covered by my other blocks

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  BigLeviathan on 10/02/2021 - 22:25

  +2

  +1 because you provided the stats of other providers :)

  Mine:
  - priority 0: Newsdemon*: 44.9GB
  - priority 0: Usenet Farm: 53.8GB
  - priority 1: Blocknews*: 328.7MB
  - priority 1: Astraweb: 455MB

  *same parent; the only difference is block vs unlimited account

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    4agte on 10/02/2021 - 23:21

    Thanks for the Tree diagram. They are always good. Some people with old Astra block account have found they never expired after using their purchased block amount.

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    [Deactivated] on 11/02/2021 - 08:35

    +1

    Why would you put Farm on priority 0? Or even have two different providers on the same priority? The most logical way is to put the cheaper providers/TB first. You're just wasting money having Farm on parity with a NewsDemon sub.

    Also NewsDemon and Blocknews aren't on the same backbone anymore. ND dropped HW a while ago and are now a UsenetExpress reseller.

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  brisneylander on 10/02/2021 - 22:48

  I'm curious how everyone pays for these now. Used to be you could buy MasterCard at Woolworths or Auspost with no Id required. Cards just couldn't be topped up.
  They don't exist any more, and it concerns.me to use my actual PayPal acct.
  Fortunately I have a lot of data purchased through blocks stacked up, but one day that will run out. Then what??

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    LiquidX96 on 10/02/2021 - 22:54

    +1

    Using PayPal should never have any problems. They are strict about their policies, good with charge backs and you can cancel any auto re-subscriptions without any hassle.

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    4agte on 10/02/2021 - 23:18

    I've used mixed of Paypal and my bank credit card. I don't imagine any of my blocks running out for 5+ years. I believe my primary Eweka is on Paypal but if I ever have issues I'll just switch to credit card. If people want anonymous options, most provide crypto options.

    My biggest concern of the future is HW monopolising Usenet. Some of their resellers are actually HW themselves, pretending to be independently owned. They have also been guilty of under pricing their resellers and poaching their customers.

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      brisneylander on 10/02/2021 - 23:29

      Yeah Crypto. That thing I tell myself I have to look more into and sort out, and never do.

      Might just bite the bullet and use my PayPal.

      Thanks for the feedback.

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        4agte on 10/02/2021 - 23:34

        Yeah I'm the same with crypto. Consider myself pretty savvy with most internet/pc stuff, but crypto, always intend to look but never do.

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        jackwoz on 11/02/2021 - 09:46

        +1

        it may look slightly complicated, but its very simples. Just join up with coinbase, and very easy to work out from there.

        When you want to pay via crypto from the usenet provider, it will give you an address to send to. Go to coinbase (once you have bought some bitcoin with AUD), and send to that address given

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          4agte on 11/02/2021 - 15:36

          @jackwoz: Thanks. I'll get off my butt and look.

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  sund00bie on 11/02/2021 - 19:59

  Okay, i did it and brought 2000G but im going to need a refresher course (its been 15 years plus since i used nzb's)

  Ive got things setup in NZBGet but anyone want to point me in the direction of where/how i can find content?

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    4agte on 11/02/2021 - 22:02

    +1

    You need an indexer https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/indexers
    Send me a pm and I will send you an invite for DrunkenSlug. Many good indexers are closed. I have 1 invite left.
    You can just use the Lifetime free account - 25 API hits, 5 Downloads with the download but recommend upgrading to 10€/yr 1,000 API hits,100 Downloads.
    You can manually search on indexers but recommend setting up automation to go with nzbget. Sonarr (tv series) and Radarr (movies) are highly recommend. They will automatically grab new releases via the indexers RSS feed using API hits. Once download organise it into a series/movie folders for you. Can recommend any guides as I don't use them but their would be quite a few of them

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  Agret on 05/03/2021 - 15:41

  Can get 2TB blocks for $12 at NGD

  https://newsgroupdirect.com/usenet-deals

  Scroll to the last option

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    [Deactivated] on 05/03/2021 - 22:49

    Completely different services. I have Viper set after about 5 different providers (including NGD) and it picks up a lot the others miss.