Comcast Usenet Newsgroups

Update: Comcast discontinued free newsgroup access on October 25th, 2008. This means to continue access customers will need to choose a premium Usenet provider. Read our Comcast announcement for more details and ISP newsgroup specials page for discounts being offered to Comcast customers.

Web site:
- http://www.comcast.net

Servers:
- newsgroups.comcast.net

Login information:
- User name: primary email address
- Password: Comcast.net password

Service details:
- Binary retention: 50-90 days
- Text retention: 1,150 days
- Download Limit: 2 GB / month
- Hosted by: Giganews
- Completion rate: 99%+
- SSL Encryption: port 563

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