Usenet wiki (unfortunately we don’t have one on Lemmy): https://reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/faq
Two 1 TB blocks on different backbones for $15: https://portal.usenetprime.com/cart.php?a=add&bid=37.
3 TB for $15 (4000+ retention): https://billing.blocknews.net/signup/blockfriday
6 TB for €15 (2800+ retention ): https://www.bulknews.eu/checkout?product_variation=43&locale=en%2F and use the code bf241. Bulknews is on Abavia backbone.
4 TB for $25 (4633+ retention): https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=ce57&planid=233&yes_tracking=1
500 GB for 10.50 till January 3 (3000+ retention): https://usenet.farm/
The retention might not be accurate, probably larger.
For people who don’t use a lot/often enough to justify a monthly sub or as a backup if you go over a cap or failover if your main goes down
main what? I’m not trying to be argumentative here, I honestly don’t know what this is or why I would want it
stinky, look at the sub you’re in. Try and draw some conclusions.
locuester, scroll up for a response that satisfied me (from loutr)
Ah ok. Sorry for coming off a bit cold. You sounded a bit trolly
you’re too sensitive if people asking for help looks like trolling to you. It’s kind of offensive, to be honest. I’m embarrassing myself by admitting that I don’t know what this thing is, and asking strangers for help, and you’re telling me I look like a troll? Trolls are someone who invite discussion to be hurtful. That’s awful.
Main: primary provider. Use the volume tariff as a backup when the primary provider isn’t usable.
It’s about access to NNTP servers (Usenet). The thing that was used before forums, reddit, Lemmy. But not like irc, matrix or telegram. You can write text messages and reply to them. And you can attach binary data like archives, pictures or videos (bulk data) to your messages - this is the interesting part here.
To access the server you need a NNTP capable client. I.e. thunderbird - which is not especially suitable for down- or uploading binary data.
For binary downloads you could look into the arr suite (Google it and you will find wikis and related discussion groups). Nzbget, sabnzbd… I don’t know any details, until now I was too lazy to dive into that timesink.
thank you very much
There was a time where your ISP provided access to a Usenet server for free, but they didn’t have all the newsgroups like alt.binaries or even the whole alt hierarchy. Nowadays you gotta pay for access, and you’ll get access to all newsgroups. With the deals going on now, unlimited access is cheaper than most any streaming service.
OH speaking of ISPs, will they figure out that I’m using this service and serve a C&D notice, the way they used to for torrenting movies?