Easynews Review
Easynews home page: http://www.easynews.com
Easynews started offering Usenet services over 11 years ago and has build a great reputation among the Usenet community. Their pricing plan is simple. You get up to 30 gigabytes of downloads for $9.98 a month (20 base plus free monthly bonuses). No contracts – pay as you go.
Speed - never an issue as Easynews is their own ISP with multiple backbone connections. We easily maxed out our Comcast connection. Easynews helps you avoid bandwidth throttling by offering alternate ports and free SSL encryption.
Binary retention and completion - Easynews offers 40 days of binary retention with a full feed of newsgroups. They have fallen behind the competition in this area. Visit our newsgroup servers page for higher binary retention options. This is coupled with a 98%+ completion rate. They offer one news server address – news.easynews.com – that automatically connects to their multiple back end servers. This makes newsreader setup a breeze.
Bandwidth – the base download bandwidth given is 20 gigabytes a month but you get far more. They offer free monthly bandwidth bonuses. They also discount all downloads 25% for encoding overhead and headers are free. Even better, any unused bandwidth can be rolled over to the next month.
Privacy – Easynews does not monitor or log downloads. They also remove X-headers from all posts to allow for anonymous posting. SSL encryption is free to all members.
Price – one simple plan, $9.98 a month. No contracts – pay as you go. They offer several methods of payment including credit card, cash, and mail-in options. There is also a no-risk money back guarantee for all new subscribers.
Bottom line – Easynews has built a long standing reputation based on quality and customer satisfaction. They continue to be among the best services in the industry. We salute Easynews for the service they offer as well as the positive impact their customers have on World Community Grid projects.
