The impact on speed is negligible, so using SSL should be convenient, as well as private.Īs noted above, Newshosting has its own VPN, adding a further dimension of privacy to your activity.
Newshosting has the option of SSL encryption for connections to Usenet, via the usual port 563. Newshosting protects your privacy by giving you access to a zero-log VPN with your subscription (Image credit: Newshosting) Security and privacyĪs important to Usenet activity as speed and retention is security and privacy. As such, Newshosting has one of the biggest Usenet archives. This means that binaries dating back to 2008 can be accessed, downloaded, and enjoyed. Newshosting boasts 4959 days retention, a little over 13.5 years at the time of writing. (Historical archiving of Usenet beyond retention limits can be found on Google Groups and other sites.)
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Retention enables current users to go back through the Usenet archive by so many days.
While the newsgroups have been around since the 1980s, the use of the platform as discussion boards largely ended in the mid-2000s in favour of a platform to upload files to (binaries). This is the length of time data is retained on Usenet. The holy grail of Usenet providers is retention. There is also a web form for logging a support ticket to deal with further issues. It is here that you can access Support, where various user guides can be found for accessing Usenet, configuring the Newshosting Newsreader, and setting up the VPN. If something goes wrong with your Usenet access, what do you do? Well, Newshosting offers a subscriber-only control panel that provides all the information you need to manage your plan. You can also search Newshosting's knowledgebase for quick answers to common problems (Image credit: Newshosting)
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