Anyone have good places to watch for deals?
I came here to get away from Reddit, but for Usenet deals, I don’t know where else to track them. I haven’t been on Usenet long enough to go through BF deals yet, but I plan on tracking https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providerdeals (obviously, for provider deals).
I’ve also seen provider reps post in the main sub (https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/) with “terabyte Tuesday” & other similar type deals, but I can’t recall if I’ve ever seen indexer reps post deals in there (pretty sure they don’t, please anyone correct me if I’m wrong). Another good sub to track indexers might be: https://www.reddit.com/r/UsenetInvites/. Example: when Ninja (indexer) opened up registrations (no invite needed, about a month ago, supposedly very rare), it got posted in both of these subs. My provider is Eweka, so I don’t plan on getting any other provider deals, but I’ll still take a look at what’s available.
Originally, I started by getting a 2TB block from UsenetPrime (UsenetExpress backbone) and only completed 55% of the downloads I tried. I was extremely frustrated, and kept asking myself “this is what everyone else is saying is so great?” I did a lot of searching through various posts and then went with the Eweka annual unlimited plan, and I haven’t had any real problems since. I later picked up a 500GB data block from BlockNews (doesn’t expire, & although they’re under the same Omicron company name, they’re on a different Highwinds backbone), just in case I ever ran into any future problems. UsenetFarm also had a deal that (if I recall correctly) you just signed up for an account and you get a 10GB block for free, and can get a 48% discount (code BDAY2023) when you’re 10GB is up and you’re ready to sign up for another package (I’m assuming that code expires at some point though). With all these blocks I have, they haven’t been touched at all since I got Eweka though. So I wouldn’t buy any blocks (depending on who you’re provider is).
I’ve also seen a lot of people mention a combination deal of Frugal Usenet (unlimited annual access, but limited retention), but it also has a 300GB or 750GB block with UsenetFarm (higher / longer retention period, similar to Eweka) from Blocknews, for a little cheaper. So that may be another option for people to consider. Either way, I’d recommend not wasting money on UsenetPrime / UsenetExpress.
Just in case anyone is unaware of how backbones work, you should research it, and understand why you don’t want overlapping backbones. Good tools for checking are: https://svgshare.com/i/iG8.svg -and- https://whatsmyuse.net/
My indexers are: DrunkenSlug (DS), NZBGeek (Geek), NZBFinder (Finder), NZBPlanet (Planet), NZB.Su (Su), and NinjaCentral (Ninja). So far, Planet and Ninja have been the most disappointing. Planet sporadically comes up with something I’m searching for, probably well below half the time. Ninja also rarely shows up with search results. The difference is, the rare times I’ve had a problem completing a file, I’ve then attempted to DL from the Ninja index link and I was able to complete it, but that’s been maybe 3 times? Planet just rarely shows up, to the point I forget I even have access to it. The other 4 have worked well. If there is another someone suggests, please let me know.
I guess I’ll add, I got an invite to DOGnzb, but I soon realized you have to “buy” a shirt from them when paying for the account, and then if you want the shirt you just paid for, you have to actually pay for it again. Maybe it’s a decent indexer, but it’s extremely expensive, and I haven’t had a problem with my other indexers, so I deleted the account & never tried it.
This guy usenets.
Following up with this post, here is the link to the subreddit BF Deals thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/17noby8/2023_black_friday_deal_thread_providers_and/
There is already a deal mentioned in there (which the provider has since said was not intended as a BF deal, or for the regular public, I guess just repeat customers) but I’d encourage people NOT to utilize the UsenetExpress backbone. See the bottom of my other post for stats, compared to Eweka. Again, I like my Eweka provider, but another popular alternative may be the Frugal Usenet w/ UsenetFarm + 300 GB -or- 750 GB Yearly Blocknews Account deals. We’ll see what else BF may bring.
Deals on Usenet?
Probably here.
Usenight is my current cheapest/fav for all new content. 20Euro for a year? Find me a better deal. I’ll wait. (And payable in crypto!)
Time machine + $100 for a lifetime subscription to nzbgeek. I got a lifetime subscription a couple months before they removed the option, only had it for a few months now but well worth the money already. Most of my shows, movies, and music come from it (supplemented by torrenting)
You’re in Aus right? How are your speeds?
I currently use both NewsgroupNinja and NewsDemon combined but still cant get past about half a gig a second but it very well may be a limitation in my download server somewhere.
cant get past about half a gig a second
Bruh back in my days we were happy if Usenet and Torrents went to half a Meg a second!
Oh man, I feel you, I was on dial up well into the 2000’s and the first time I had anything better than a couple of megabit on crappy DSL with bad lines was just a couple of years ago when I was finally able to get 100/40. now I have fibre with a gigabit down, but still only 50meg upload.
I max out my 100 down, still not able to get fiber here.
Half a gig? Doesn’t sound like a problem to me! sounds like you are hitting ISP limits maybe?. Isnt it ~600/700 average?
I’s not a problem at all, it’s pretty sweet, just getting only about 400-500 mbits when I can get over 900 combined when testing with torrents and other services. ABB say they absolutely, unequivocally do not throttle usenet. So I just suspect it is a limitation of my server setup and I’m too lazy to try to find the cause…
“use”…“net”…? I seem to have heard the term before, but it is as if that part of my memory has been formatted, almost redacted, countless of times…
I want to help you, friend, but I suggest you don’t utter those words again, lest you find your memory wiped… Also you should google news about Astra or something like that, I’ve found astra to have the most complete news coverage ;-)
astraweb hasnt been their own thing for years. they sell the same thing (omicron backbone access) others sell for cheaper.
Following up with my other post in here, this is the link to the subreddit BF Deals thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/17noby8/2023_black_friday_deal_thread_providers_and/
There is already a deal mentioned in there (which the provider has since said was not intended as a BF deal, or for the regular public, I guess just repeat customers) but I’d encourage people NOT to utilize the UsenetExpress backbone. See the bottom of my other post for stats, compared to Eweka. Again, I like my Eweka provider, but another popular alternative may be the Frugal Usenet w/ UsenetFarm + 300 GB -or- 750 GB Yearly Blocknews Account deals. We’ll see what else BF may bring.
Thanks so much for the follow-up!
i think the only real spot for a curated list of bf deals will be the usenet subreddit. otherwise the shitty affiliate sites wont really show you all the actual deals, just their pay per sign up links.
