Teranews Profile

Ma7 27, 2011 update: the Teranews.com site and news servers are currently down. We have not heard whether or not the outage is temporary or permanent. Visit our Usenet providers page to compare alternatives.

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

Servers:
- public.teranews.com (free read only public server)
- free.teranews.com (50 MB a day free with posting)
- news.teranews.com (port 119 or 443)
- ssl.teranews.com (port 563 or 80)
- unlimited.teranews.com

Plan types:
- metered usenet

Service details:
- Binary retention: 90-180
- Text retention: 90-180
- Completion rate: unknown
- Number of Newsgroups: unknown
- Simultaneous Connections: unknown
- Server Farms: US
- Ports: 119, 443, 563, 80
- SSL Encryption: available via port 563 or 80

Tech support:
- Email support: level2@teranews.com

Pricing plans include free access as well as premium accounts ranging from daily and monthly to annual metered downloads.

Free accounts:
- Read only - free (public.teranews.com)
- 50 MB/day - free with $3.95 setup fee (free.teranews.com)

Premium daily metered accounts:
- 1.5 GB/day - $21.95/mo.
- 750 MB/day - $11.95/mo.
- 250 MB/day - $7.95/mo.

Premium montly metered accounts:
- 100 GB/mo. - $29.95/mo.
- 25 GB/mo. - $19.95/mo.
- 10 GB/mo. - $9.95/mo.

Premium annual metered accounts:
- 30 GB/yr. - $29.95/yr.

Payment options:
- Visa, MasterCard, American Express