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What is Usenet - Usenet is a distributed, decentralized, global electronic bulletin board system, consisting of several million people reading and posting messages and thousands of servers around the world transferring many Terabytes of data every day.
Users read and post public messages, called articles or posts, covering nearly every topic imaginable, to one or more discussion groups/categories, known as newsgroups.
These newsgroups are then exchanged between thousands of servers around the world, from small university servers and start-up ISP's to major telephone and data companies around the world. Some servers may only carry a few groups and have a few hundred gigabytes of storage and a small connection to the Internet, while others feed huge storage arrays consisting of hundreds of Terabytes of storage, connected directly to Internet backbones by multi-Gigabit fiber optic connections.
Usenet started in late 1979, and is one of the oldest computer network systems that is still used widely. Moreover, it's growth has been consistent for more than a decade, doubling in volume every 8 months, with recent growth appearing to surpass previous growth rates.
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Message Retention - Message retention is currently 110+ Days. This is always being increased.
Account Statistics - Account statistics are updated every 3 hours, and can be checked at iUsenet.com/stats.htm. Account limits are reset on the 1st of the month, for easier user tracking.
ISP Filtering/Full Access - We provide direct, unfiltered usenet access.
Newsgroup Software - Any newsgroup software (news reader) can be used. We provide News Rover for free to our clients that prefer it, but any news reader you prefer can be used. If you have any questions about this or any other news reader, please contact tech support.
Mac OS X Support - Any newsgroup software can be used, if you already have a news reader you prefer. If you do not already have a news reader, please refer to our Mac OS X configuration page for MT-NewsWatcher.
Mac OS X Software
Download Speeds - There are no limits on download speeds with any usenet accounts, and with three nodes (east coast, west coast, and Amsterdam) most users can max out their connection.
Connections - We recommend using 4-6 connections for the best performance for most users, but up to 15 connections are allowed. With a normal route, 4-6 will fill up most broadband connections.
Logging - We do not keep logs of what our users access. Given the volume of access, the feasibility of this would have to be somewhat questionable.
Favorite Newsgroups - We probably already carry the newsgroups you desire, as we carry all active groups, but we can add anything that isn't currently carried or that you would like to see added.
Anonymous Posting - Your IP address is not shown in your posts. Unlike some other providers, neither is your computer name, or username.
Getting Started - A newsgroup client will be needed to access the servers. A large selection of news readers can be found at Tucows (http://www.tucows.com). We recommend News Rover for most users that do not already have a news reader they prefer.
News Rover can be downloaded for free, in the box to the right.
Please select the news server closest to your location when setting up:
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Server Addresses
 East Coast:  East.iUsenet.com
West Coast: West.iUsenet.com |
Europe: Europe.iUsenet.com
Secure Server: SSL.iUsenet.com
(Ports: 443, 563, and 8080) |
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Payment Options - We try to provide the most convenient options to our clients, and those that are in the most demand. We are always open to suggestions for any signup options you would like to see.
News Rover Setup - For information and how-to's for searching and general use, please refer to:
Any news reader is compatible with your account.
NZB Files - Usenet NZB files are text files that contain a list of newsgroup messages (not the actual messages). These have become extremely popular as they allow you to put one small NZB file in to your news reader, and have it download 50,000 messages, all automatically. For large multi-part binary posts, this means that the one NZB file contains the list of all of the parts (very often many thousand), and your news reader will just churn away until it has all of the pieces, and then automatically combine the parts (repairing if necessary) and then decompress into the final file(s).
There are hundreds of NZB search sites are on the web, but many large multi-part binary posts also include NZB files as well, so be sure to look for the NZB for the post you want rather than looking for those 10,000 parts in a newsgroup.
Support - Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact support at Support@iUsenet.com
Cancellation - Please submit a request for cancellation:
If you have any questions or problems during cancellation, please contact Support.
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News Rover Version 13.1
yEnc, UUe, RAR, PAR, NZB Support
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Fast Search, Fast Download
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