XSUsenet Review

XSUsenet offers a decent USENET access service. Most notably XSUsenet offers a limited free account that you can use to get an idea of what they have to offer. Some users may find that the free account has everything they need.

XSUsenet Binary Retention

XSUsenet has a binary retention time that is based upon the type of account you have. For the free accounts, the binary retention period is only 10 days. For paid accounts, binary retention goes up to 900 days.

XSUsenet Pricing

XSUsenet offers a free account and a paid account for €6,99 a month.

XSUsenet Free Trial

XSUsenet offers the aforementioned free account to allow you to try out their service.

XSUsenet Coupons

XSUsenet currently has no coupons offered at this time.

XSUsenet Speed

For the free account, the peak speed is 1Mb. For paid accounts, the speed tops out at 100Mb.

XSUsenet Security/Anonymity

SSL encryption is provided with the paid accounts only on this service.

Other Nice Features

The free 1Mb can be used as long as XSUsenet is in business. This gives you an option for getting access to USENET system without having to pay for an account at all, if you want to.

XSUsenet vs. The Competition

XSUsenet doesn’t have some of the features that our preferred USENET providers have. The binary retention time is good but it lags far behind the binary retention times of some of our top recommended providers, as well.

If you’re concerned about privacy, the lack of SSL encryption on the free accounts may dissuade you from trying XSUsenet.

Conclusion

XSUsenet does offer some pretty good features with its service. For instance, you can purchase your USENET access from this provider using any major credit card, PayPal and, in the near future, you’ll be able to use the Paysafe service. What most people are likely to notice about this USENET provider, however, is the free account option, which does come with some caveats.

The free account does not come with SSL encryption. This means that you will basically be downloading without any sort of privacy protection whatsoever, which may be a problem for some users. Some ISPs limit the bandwidth allocated to USENET connections, so it could also have a detrimental effect on the download speed you get from the servers.

While XSUsenet has a good paid option nonetheless their paid option does not compare favorably to our list of  recommended providers. There are cheaper and better deals to be had — take a look at Newshosting, UsenetServer and Supernews for better price and retention.

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