Highlights of Altopia:
- 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