Usenet Servers

Before you get mixed up you should know that Usenet Server and Usenet Provider both mean the same.

Usenet servers are servers which contain posts (movies, games etc.) of the newsgroups. These posts are indexed by the server (usenet server). Connecting to a usenet server must be configured via the hostname (for example news.newshosting.com) and their ports (Ports: 119, 23, 25, 80, 3128 SSL ports: 443, 563). Because these usenet servers have a lot of maintance, bandwidth and hardware costs, they charge you a small amount per month. Once you pay for a subscription you will receive a username and password which must be used to log into the usenet server. So if you have received the inlog data, hostname and ports you are able to download. To start downloading with Usenet you will also need a Usenet Newsreader. A Usenet Newsreader is not a reader of a paper, but software to download movies, games, music etc. with. We will learn you more about Usenet Newsreaders in the next chapter.

Usenet Server Access

Besides the inlog data, hostname and ports. Usenet Servers also offer concurrent connections. These are the connections to the server of the Usenet Server from your PC. The more connections you have the faster your download speed will be. Our registered members with experience rated usenet providers for you, so you can learn from their experiences.

But if you want to achieve download speeds over 1 MB/s there is one other very important thing you should know. The Usenet Server does not replace your Internet Service Provider. If you have an ISP downstream of 20 MBIT/s your fastest download speed will be 2.5 MB/s. Why? ISPs always measure in BITS instead of BYTES. In order to calculate the BYTES per seconds, you will have to divide the BITS by 8. You can check your downstream here.