Altopia Review

- 13 to 92 days of binaries - 315 days text retention - 122,000 newsgroups - Up to 20 connections - Free SSL encryption - Test account available

Web site:
- http://www.altopia.com

Servers:
- news.altopia.com

Plan types:
- unlimited Usenet

Service details:
- Binary retention: 13 to 92 days
- Text retention: 315 days
- Completion rate: unknown
- Number of Newsgroups: 122,000+
- Simultaneous Connections: 2-20
- Server Farms: US
- Ports: 119 non-secure, 563 SSL
- SSL Encryption: SSL included

Support:
- email support: support@altopia.com

Pricing plans:
- unlimited SSL, 20 connections - $18.00/mo.
- unlimited SSL, 15 connections - $15.00/mo.
- unlimited SSL, 10 connections - $12.00/mo.
- unlimited SSL, 5 connections - $9.00/mo.
- unlimited SSL, 2 connections - $6.00/mo.

Altopia offers a free account for testing their servers. It offers read access to 'news.' and local 'altnet.' groups to test performance.

Test account information:
- server: news.altopia.com
- username: testnntp
- password: altnet1

Payment options:
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover

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