Easynews Announces Affordable NNTP Only Plan

Top Usenet Provider Easynews, one of favorite both for longevity in the world of Usenet and making Usenet easy to use has announced a $9.95 NNTP only plan for new and existing Usenet users.

The retention for easynews is currently 1330 days and after speaking with Easynews today they mentioned that Easynews will continue to be updated in batches so retention will remain competitive with other provider but will be adjusted upwards monthly instead of daily.

Anyways, $9.95 is better than all the major players and as mentioned the retention levels are high.

If you are interested in this plan and do signup – note you will be given the opportunity to try out – FREE of charge for 10 GB –  Easynews’ web based interface – which makes Usenet as simple as it gets. Easynews has also published a iphone app which we find interesting.

Anyways, the pricing for Easynews is good and you will have to do your own speed tests but testing locally here we are showing about 90% utilization of our bandwidth and currently I am traveling in the southern tip of South America.

Here is more detail from their press releases –

From the Press Release:

PHOENIX, AZ., April 26 — EASYNEWS.COM, the world’s leading browser-basedUsenet newsgroup provider, is pleased to announce a brand new NNTP-only planavailable to all users starting today. The new NNTP-only plan will cost $9.95 permonth and comes with 20 connections.

As always, new users will be able to try our web-based service free for 2 weeks witha 10GB trial account.

NNTP is an Internet application protocol, similar to the more familiar “http” as partof the “http://www” that begins most website addresses. NNTP stands for NetworkNews Transfer Protocol and and is used specifically for transferring Usenet newsarticles between news servers. Easynews’ NNTP-only account will allow you tosetup a connection to their news servers using a newsreader application, instead ofusing Easynews’ browser-based interface.

As the leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup reader, competing in the NNTPmarket is the next logical step for Easynews. It recently hit a new milestone byreaching 972 days of NNTP retention. With plans to expand its services even furtherin 2011, Easynews is poised to be a major contender against major NNTP-onlyUsenet newsgroup services.

Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming monthsto further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forwardto developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usabilityenhancements to the Easynews browser application.

About Easynews.comEasynews is the most versatile Usenet provider in the world, offering a unique,intuitive, and proprietary browser based interface that eliminates the necessityof any third-party newsreader client.

Subscribers are able to search, preview, anddownload files directly from their favorite web browser from any location in theworld. With over 15 years of service, Easynews continues to provide premium andall-inclusive Usenet access to users worldwide.

Read our Easynews Review article for more info.

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