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The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the services listed.
The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the services listed.


We have formed a [[News Service Providers Committee (NSPC)]]
Please [mailto:board@big-8.org contact us] to correct or expand the lists on this page.
to communicate with news adminisrators and promote
propagation of the Big-8 newsgroups.
 
Please [[moleski@big-8.org|contact us]] to correct or expand the lists on this page or to join the [[:workgroups:nspc|NSPC]].


* [[NSP configuration bug]].
* [[NSP configuration bug]].


== Internet Service Providers and Usenet Access ==
== Free Text-Only Usenet Servers ==


For comparison information on ISPs who provide Usenet access to their subscribers
List of free Usenet servers:
you can see the following web sites:


{| {{Prettytable}}
{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
|-
!Lists of ISPs Who Provide Usenet and/or Usenet Providers 
!Server
!Notes
|-
|-
|[http://freeusenetnews.com/ Free and Public Usenet News Servers]
|[http://www.eternal-september.org Eternal September]
|Provides access to the Big 8, alt.*, and many regional hierarchies.
|-
|-
|[http://www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html Geeks.org Usenet Servers]  
|[http://news.solani.org/ Solani]
|-
|Provides access to the Big 8, alt.*, and many regional hierarchies.
|[http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/ Newsgroup Reviews Lists of Free Trials or Special Offers]
|-
|-
|[http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/usenet-providers.html Newsgroup Reviews Premium Usenet Provider Chart]  
|[http://dotsrc.org/usenet SunSITE.dk]
|Provides Danish and Open Source related groups.
|-
|-
|[http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:ISP_Providers  Newzbin Usenet:ISP Providers]  
|[http://usenet.ovh/ Usenet.ovh]
|Provides access to the Big 8, fr.*, and linux.*, plus some other regional hierarchies.
|-
|-
|[http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:Premium_Providers  Newzbin Chart of Premium Usenet Providers]
|nntp://news.mixmin.net
|This is a *read-only* service. This is the nntp link.
|-
|-
|[http://www.ngprovider.com/ NGProvider FAQ]
|nntps://news.mixmin.net
|Same as above but with a nntps link.
|-
|-
|[http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm Usenet Tools - News Server Addresses]
|[http://www.neodome.net/ Neodome]
|Website non-functional as of 2023, but NNTP access still works.
|}
|}


'''Note:''' the Big-8 Management Board is not responsible for information on nor has any affiliation with the above sites.  We would appreciate hearing from you if you have further information on Usenet providers.


== Standalone News Service Providers ==
A site with more information about free NNTP servers:
[http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com]
 
== Internet Service Providers and Usenet Access ==
 
For comparison information on ISPs who provide Usenet access to their subscribers
you can see the following web sites:


{| {{Prettytable}}
{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
|-
!News Service Providers  
!Lists of ISPs Who Provide Usenet and/or Usenet Providers
|-
|-
|[http://www.1usenet.com/ 1Usenet.com]  
|[http://freeusenetnews.com/ Free and Public Usenet News Servers] (may be out of date)
|-
|-
|[http://www.100proofnews.com/ 100ProofNews.com]  
|[http://www.geeks.org/~ed/Usenet_Servers.html Geeks.org Usenet Servers] (may be out of date)
|-
|-
|[http://aioe.org/ AIOE.org - free]  
|[http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/ Newsgroup Reviews Lists of Free Trials or Special Offers]  
|-
|-
|[http://www.airnews.net/ Airnews]  
|[http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/usenet-providers.html Newsgroup Reviews Premium Usenet Provider Chart]  
|-
|-
|[http://albasani.net:80/index.html.en Albasani.net News (free)]  
|[http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:ISP_Providers  Newzbin Usenet:ISP Providers]  
|-
|-
|[http://www.alibis.com/ Alibis]  
|[http://docs.newzbin.com/Usenet:Premium_Providers  Newzbin Chart of Premium Usenet Providers]  
|-
|-
|[http://www.allthenewsgroups.com/ AlltheNewsgroups.com]  
|[http://www.ngprovider.com/ NGProvider FAQ]  
|-
|-
|[https://www.altopia.com/ Altopia]
|[http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm Usenet Tools - News Server Addresses]  
|-
|[http://www.news.astraweb.com/ Astraweb]
|-
|[http://news.barditch.com/ The Barditch News Server (Texas, USA)]
|-
|[http://bbs-scene.org/ bbs-scene.org (free)]
|-
|[http://www.bubbanews.com/ Bubba News]
|-
|[http://www.buzzardnews.com/ Buzzard News]
|-
|[http://www.uk.clara.net/homeaccess/claranews.php Claranet/Claranews (news service is available separately, and outside the UK.)]
|-
|[http://www.databasix.com/ DataBasix]
|-
|[http://news.datemas.de/  Datemas Internet News Server (cheap)]
|-
|[http://news.cis.dfn.de/ DFNNetNews - German site]
|-
|[http://www.easynews.com/ Easy News]
|-
|[http://www.eskimo.com/ EskimoNorth (Washington, USA)]
|-
|[http://www.eternal-september.org/ Eternal-september.org (free, previously known as Motzarella.org)]
|-
|[http://www.eurofeeds.com/ Eurofeeds.com]
|-
|[http://www.flashnewsgroups.com/ Flash Newsgroups]
|-
|[http://www.forteinc.com/ Forte]
|-
|[http://www.giganews.com/ Giganews]
|-
|[http://www.globalnews.it Global News (Italy)]
|-
|[http://groups.google.com/ Google groups]
|-
|[http://www.gradwell.com/products/usenet.php Gradwell Usenet services (UK)]
|-
|[http://www.guba.com/ Guba]
|-
|[http://news.individual.net/ news.individual.net]
|-
|[http://www.mailgate.org/ Mailgate (Italian regional only)]
|-
|[http://www.meganetnews.com/ Meganetnews.com]
|-
|[http://www.msen.com/prices/newsonly.html/ Msen]
|-
|[http://www.news2me.com/ News2me]
|-
|[http://www.newsadmin.com/bit/gatewayhosts.asp NewsAdmin.com Mail Gateway]
|-
|[http://www.newscene.com/ Newscene.com]
|-
|[http://www.newsdemon.com/ NewsDemon]
|-
|[http://www.newsdome.com/ News Dome]
|-
|[http://www.newsfeeds.com/ Newsfeeds.com]
|-
|[http://www.newsgroup-binaries.com/ Newsgroup-Binaries.com]
|-
|[http://nntpservers.com/index.asp Newsgroup NNTP Servers]
|-
|[http://www.newsgroups.com/index.htm Newsgroups]
|-
|[http://www.newsgroups-download.com/ Newsgroups Download]
|-
|[http://newsguy.com/ Newsguy]
|-
|[http://www.newshosting.com/ NewsHosting]
|-
|[http://www.newsreader.com/ NewsReader.Com]
|-
|[http://www.news-service.com/ News Service (European Usenet Provider)]
|-
|[http://www.newsville.com Newsville.Com]
|-
|[http://ngroups.net NGroups.net]
|-
|[http://www.nntpjunkie.com/ NNTP Junkie]
|-
|[http://www.nuthinbutnews.com/ Nuthinbutnews.com]
|-
|[http://www.nyx.net/ Nyx Free Public Internet Access (Denver; dialup)]
|-
|[http://www.octanews.com/ Octanews]
|-
|[http://www.onlynews.com/ Only News]
|-
|[http://www.powerusenet.com/?r=usenetforyou PowerUsenet]
|-
|[http://www.readfreenews.net/ Read Free News]
|-
|[http://www.rginews.com/ RGINews]
|-
|[http://www.slurp.net/ Slurp]
|-
|[http://www.sonic-news.com/ Sonic-news]
|-
|[http://www.supernews.com/ Supernews]
|-
|[http://www.teranews.com/ Teranews]
|-
|[http://www.titannews.com/ TitanNews.com]
|-
|[http://www.triton.net/keyword/newsgroups/ Triton Technologies]
|-
|[http://www.tweaknews.nl/ TweakNews (Dutch regional service)]
|-
|[http://www.ultrafeed.com/ Ultra Feed]
|-
|[http://www.panic.com/unison/ Unison Usenet Access]
|-
|[http://www.usenet.com/ Usnet.com]
|-
|[http://usenet4all.se/  usenet4all (free, filters all Google Groups posts)]
|-
|[http://www.usenet-access.com/ Usnet-Access.com]
|-
|[http://www.usenetbinaries.com/ UsnetBinaries.com]
|-
|[http://www.usenetguide.com/ UsenetGuide]
|-
|[http://www.usenetmonster.com/ UsenetMonster]
|-
|[http://www.usenet-replayer.com/ UsenetReplayer]
|-
|[http://www.usenetserver/ Usenetserver]
|-
|[http://www.usenetzone.com/eng/index.html Usenetzone (Asian news service provider)]
|-
|[http://www.usenext.de/ UseNext]
|-
|[http://www.value-news.net/ ValueNews]
|-
|[http://x-privat.org/  X-Privat.Org (free, requires invitation) ]
|-
|[http://yottanews.com/ Yottanews]  
|}
|}


== Some free news servers ==
'''Note:''' the Big-8 Management Board is not responsible for information on nor has any affiliation with the above sites.  We would appreciate hearing from you if you have further information on Usenet providers.


From: Black Dragon <bd@nomail.invalid> <br>
== Standalone News Service Providers ==
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:16:30 +0000 (UTC) <br>
Message-ID: <h7kdgu$vhl$1@bdhi.local>


The following brief list of free text news servers is in alphabetical order
[[Paid_Usenet_Providers |Paid Usenet Providers]]
without editorial comment.  It's a short list.  Check out the servers and
decide for yourself which one is best for you.  No one knows what works for
you better than you do. [Some additions made to Black Dragon's original list.]
 
* [http://news.aioe.org/  AIOE]
* [http://albasani.net/index.html.en Albasani]
* [http://www.cnntp.org/cnntp CNNTP]
* [http://news.ett.com.ua/ ETT]
* [http://eternal-september.org Eternal September]
* [http://news.solani.org/ Solani]
* [http://news.tornevall.net/ Tornevall]
* [http://www.usenet4all.se (blocks all posts from Google)  Usenet4all]
* [http://www.x-privat.org X-Privat]
* [http://dotsrc.org/usenet SunSITE.dk]
 
* [[nntp://news.mixmin.net Mixmin]]--This is an nntp link (%%nntp:''news.mixmin.net%%).  Your browser or newsreader will have to be configured correctly to use it.
* [[nntps://news.mixmin.net Mixmin]]--An nntps link (%%nntps:''news.mixmin.net%%).  Same caveat.
 
A resourceful site with more information about free NNTP servers:
[http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com]
 
Black Dragon


== Bulk Providers ==
== Bulk Providers ==
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[http://www.highwinds-media.com/media/ Highwinds Media Group]
|[http://www.highwinds-media.com/ Highwinds Media Group]  
|-
|[http://www.pathlink.com/ Pathlink Technology]
|-
|[http://pronews.com/ Pronews]  
|}
|}
== Web-to-News Gateways ==
[[Web-to-news gateways|Some websites]] offer access to Usenet newsgroups. Some allow posting access, while others act as read-only archives.


== Mail-to-News Gateways ==
== Mail-to-News Gateways ==
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It is possible to gain access to some newsgroups through
It is possible to gain access to some newsgroups through
[[Mail-to-News Gateways]].
[[Mail-to-News Gateways]].
[[Category:Help for new Usenet users]]

Latest revision as of 17:41, 25 September 2023

The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the services listed.

Please contact us to correct or expand the lists on this page.

Free Text-Only Usenet Servers

List of free Usenet servers:

Server Notes
Eternal September Provides access to the Big 8, alt.*, and many regional hierarchies.
Solani Provides access to the Big 8, alt.*, and many regional hierarchies.
SunSITE.dk Provides Danish and Open Source related groups.
Usenet.ovh Provides access to the Big 8, fr.*, and linux.*, plus some other regional hierarchies.
nntp://news.mixmin.net This is a *read-only* service. This is the nntp link.
nntps://news.mixmin.net Same as above but with a nntps link.
Neodome Website non-functional as of 2023, but NNTP access still works.


A site with more information about free NNTP servers: http://www.nntpeng.willemijns.com

Internet Service Providers and Usenet Access

For comparison information on ISPs who provide Usenet access to their subscribers you can see the following web sites:

Lists of ISPs Who Provide Usenet and/or Usenet Providers
Free and Public Usenet News Servers (may be out of date)
Geeks.org Usenet Servers (may be out of date)
Newsgroup Reviews Lists of Free Trials or Special Offers
Newsgroup Reviews Premium Usenet Provider Chart
Newzbin Usenet:ISP Providers
Newzbin Chart of Premium Usenet Providers
NGProvider FAQ
Usenet Tools - News Server Addresses

Note: the Big-8 Management Board is not responsible for information on nor has any affiliation with the above sites. We would appreciate hearing from you if you have further information on Usenet providers.

Standalone News Service Providers

Paid Usenet Providers

Bulk Providers

The following NSPs sell services to resellers who, in turn, provide access to end users. They do not provide news access subscriptions to individuals.

Highwinds Media Group

Web-to-News Gateways

Some websites offer access to Usenet newsgroups. Some allow posting access, while others act as read-only archives.

Mail-to-News Gateways

It is possible to gain access to some newsgroups through Mail-to-News Gateways.

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