Usenet Newsgroup Providers

The Providers

Before you start shopping for a news client, you'll need a Usenet provider. Here's a list of some of the most popular ones.

Giganews
By far the world's largest Usenet provider. Offers four plans: "Diamond", $19.99/first month, $29.99/month after, Unlimited, 20 connections, 256-bit SSL; "Platinum", $24.99/month, Unlimited, 10 connections; "Silver", $12.99/month, 25GB, 10 connections; "Bronze", $7.99/month, 2GB, 10 connections

Usenet.net
Offers two plans, both unlimited. "Premium", $11.99/two months, $18.99/month after, 10 connections; "Value", $8.99/two months, $13.99/month after, 5 connections

News Demon
Five plans. "Unlimited Plus", $22.99/month, 20 SSL connections; "Unlimited", $17.99/month, 8 connections; "50GB", $14.99/month, 8 connections; "30GB", $11.99/month, 8 connections; "10GB", $7.49/month, 8 connections

Power Usenet
Two Unlimited plans. "Secure Power User", $12.99/two months, $19.99/month after, 12 connections, 256-bit SSL; "Power User", $9.99/two months, $14.95/month after, 6 connections