# http://newsgroupdirect.com llms-full.txt ## Best Usenet Access ## World's Best Premium Usenet Since 2004 We've been providing customers with the best usenet access and unmatched customer service for over 20 years. #### Usenet Performance Don't Compromise On What's Important Max our your internet connection with our uncapped speeds. Find everything you're looking for with our exceptional retention. Plus free headers, free compression, free posting. #### Lowest Usenet Prices We Match Competitor Pricing We have the lowest prices on usenet, guaranteed. If you find a lower price somewhere then let us know, we'll match it. See all of the [current competitor prices](https://newsgroupdirect.com/usenet-deals) that we're matching. 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Accept all cookies ## Support **[FAQ](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq)** **[Server Addresses](https://newsgroupdirect.com/server-addresses)** **[Knowledge Base](http://newsgroupdirect.zendesk.com/home)** **[Contact Support](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#contact)** ## Privacy Practices Overview By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree NewsgroupDirect can store cookies on your device and disclose information. Accept all cookies ## Privacy Policy _Last updated May 30, 2018_ #### Our Commitment To Your Privacy Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. We collect the following information from our users: first & last name, street address, city, state, ZIP code, and email address. We use this information to process payments to our site as well as provide customer service more effectively. #### What Data Do We Collect? When you sign up for the Service or create an account on the Site, we collect and use the Personal Data you provide to us such as your name, email address, or billing information, credit card information, IP address, or other data that can be reasonably linked to such information by NewsgrouDirect, such as information we associate with your NewsgrouDirect membership and the Service provided to you. Personal information about a user will not be disclosed unless we are required to do so under applicable State and Federal laws, including without limitation, DMCA. #### Use of Information Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a secure, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. In general, we use personal information to create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our Services, content and advertising, and for loss prevention and anti-fraud purposes. Examples of how we may use this information include: - To comply with our legal obligations. - To prevent and investigate potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and/or violations of our posted user terms. - To process transactions and send notices about your transactions. - To verify your identity by comparing your personal information against third-party databases. - To send administrative or account-related information to you. - To enforce our agreements with third parties. - To communicate with you about our events or our partner events. - To deliver targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences (where this in accordance with the law). We will not use your personal information for purposes other than those purposes we have disclosed to you, without your permission. From time to time we may request your permission to allow us to share your personal information with third parties. You may opt out of having your personal information shared with third parties, or from allowing us to use your personal information for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes for which we originally collected it or subsequently obtained your authorization. If you choose to so limit the use of your personal information, certain features, NewsgroupDirect membership, and services may not be available to you. #### Our Commitment To Data Security To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. #### Information on Cookies We use “cookies” to allow the Site to recognize your browser and store user preferences and other information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser by a website and stored on your computer. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. #### Children’s Privacy NewsgroupDirect is not directed at persons under the age of eighteen (18). In general, and with certain exception, privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation, generally require that the collection of Personal Data of persons under the age of sixteen (16) (“Children”) requires parental consent. Further, if the member state of the European Union has not provided a lower age limit (provided that such lower age is not under 13 years), the General Data Protection Regulation obliges parents to give a consent. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we discover that a person under the age of 16 has provided use us with Personal Data, we will delete such information from our servers immediately. #### Security While no service is completely secure, NewsgroupDirect takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. The servers on which personal information is stored are kept in a controlled environment with restricted access. While we take reasonable efforts to guard personable information we knowingly collect directly from you, no security system is impenetrable. #### How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by sending us an email. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. #### Privacy Policy Modifications This Policy was last updated as of the “Last Modified” date above. NewsgroupDirect may modify this Policy at any time and will post any updates to our Services. We therefore encourage you to review this page frequently for any changes. #### How To Contact Us Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at support@NewsgroupDirect.com. ### Try out the world's best usenet service with our money-back guarantee [Signup Now](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#pricing) ## Top Usenet Service By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree NewsgroupDirect can store cookies on your device and disclose information. Accept all cookies ## Why NewsgroupDirect is the World's Best Usenet Company #### [1\. Your ISP Doesn't Compare](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapseOne) Several ISP's offer free access their own news server. However, you get exactly what you pay for. ISP usenet is usually very slow, has download usage caps, and barely has any retention at all. If you're used to using your ISP's usenet then it's time you gave our premium usenet newsgroups service a try! #### [2\. Reliability is Priority 1](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapsetwo) Reliability is critical to us at NewsgroupDirect. We know that you have no reason to stay with us if our newsgroup servers go down. That's why we're constantly upgrading our hardware and doing all we can to provide you the best experience possible. #### [3\. Retention](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapsethree) Our world-class newsgroup retention is growing each day. More retention means that you have access to more messages, but it also means that you don't have to check each day to see if articles have been posted that interest you. You can relax in confidence and know that you can come back a later time and find everything that you missed in your favorite newsgroups. #### [4\. Speed](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapsefour) NewsgroupDirect's usenet servers are speed-optimized and to ensure the best connections possible. Our customers constantly max out their connections and tell us how impressed they are with our speed. #### [5\. Superior Support](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapsefive) NewsgroupDirect Support is setting the industry standard. Our smart and courteous 24x7 support staff will help you get going and solve any problems that you have in a timely manner. #### [6\. Affordable Quality](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapsesix) Here at NewsgroupDirect our job is to provide our customers with the best usenet experience possible, but keep our customers' cost as low as possible. There may be cheaper providers out there, but you get what you pay for. We believe in quality over discounts. #### [7\. Privacy](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapseseven) NewsgroupDirect respects your privacy. We will never share your information with outside parties or track your downloads. #### [8\. Online Control Panel](https://newsgroupdirect.com/about\#collapseight) The My Account area of NewsgroupDirect.com gives you access to everything you need about your account. From there you can keep track of your usage, update any of your contact or billing information, and even change plans. ### Try out the world's best usenet service with our money-back guarantee [Signup Now](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#pricing) ## NewsgroupDirect FAQ By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree NewsgroupDirect can store cookies on your device and disclose information. Accept all cookies ## Frequently Asked Questions #### [What are usenet newsgroups?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapseOne) Visit our All About Usenet section to learn more about what newsgroups and usenet are and how they work. #### [How do I use newsgroups?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapsethree) Reading and downloading information from newsgroups requires both access to news servers and software to read the messages posted on those servers. You use the software to connect to the news server and then you search through the messages for the files that you are looking for. You can visit our Support pages for more information on how to get started using newsgroups and news reader software. Also, visit our All About Usenet section to learn more about what newsgroups and usenet are and how they work. #### [What is NewsgroupDirect?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapsefour) NewsgroupDirect is the best usenet service provider in the world. We make it our goal every day to provide superior service, support, and affordability that other providers can't offer. Click the following for more reasons why you should make us your provider or choice. #### [Why is NewsgroupDirect the best service available?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapsefive) NewsgroupDirect provides the best usenet experience possible. From our top-notch customer service to our affordable, reliably, high-quality plans. Click the following for more reasons why you should make us your provider or choice. #### [What membership plans are available & how much are they?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapseseven) NewsgroupDirect offers a variety of plans large enough to suit the needs of just about any customer, all while being affordable. Whether you are a power user who needs the flexibility of unlimited downloads or a new user just looking to get started, we have a plan that's right for you. Remember, it's easy to change between any of our plans at any time, so you're never stuck in a plan that doesn't fit your needs. [View our current pricing here](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#pricing). #### [Is there a free trial available?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapseight) We currently offer a 30 Day, 15 GB money-back guarantee. If you signup for one of our subscription accounts and decide that our service isn't a good fit for you then you can cancel and request a refund if it's been less than 7 days and you've used less than 15 GB of data. Does not apply to block accounts. #### [What is SSL-encrypted access?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapsnine) SSL-Encryption is a method for protecting your information as you use your usenet account. It encrypts (scrambles) your information so that what you download cannot be deciphered. [Learn more about SSL here](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-ssl/). #### [How do I add SSL-encrypted access to my current plan?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collapsten) If your plans do not include SSL access, you can upgrade to a higher plan simply by logging into the website. #### [What are usenet block accounts?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps11) Block accounts are an easy, no-commitment way to use our service. Block accounts essentially let you pay-as-you-go, buying blocks of bandwidth whenever you run out. A block account means no subscription, so you're free to control how often and how much you pay. #### [Do block accounts expire?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps12) Block accounts will never expire. So if you buy a large block you can expect to have that bandwidth available until you've completely used it. #### [What types of payments does NewsgroupDirect accept?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps13) We accept all major US credit cards, PayPal, and cryptocurrency. #### [How can I contact NewsgroupDirect?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps14) If you need support then you can simply visit our [Support Center](http://newsgroupdirect.zendesk.com/home). If you need to contact us about anything else then you can simply [Contact Us](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#contact). #### [Does NewsgroupDirect log what I download?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps15) We do not and cannot log what you download. All we can see is the volume of information that you download, not the content. #### [Does NewsgroupDirect censor newsgroups?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps16) We do not censor or filter any of the information you may see in newsgroups. Please be aware of this fact as you use our service. #### [Does my unused bandwidth rollover?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps17) Unused bandwidth does not rollover. At the beginning of each billing cycle you will get the same amount of bandwidth, regardless of how much bandwidth you used the previous cycle. #### [What happens if I go over my bandwidth allowance?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps19) If you go over your bandwidth you will be locked out of the server until your cycle resets and you have more bandwidth applied. #### [What time does my bandwidth reset?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps20) You can expect your bandwidth to reset between 12 AM and 1 AM EST on your cycle date. #### [How can I change to a different plan?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps21) Simply [login to our website](https://newsgroupdirect.com/login-form) and follow the links to change your plan. #### [How can I add data to my block account?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps28) Simply [login to our website](https://newsgroupdirect.com/login-form) and follow the links to Add a Block. #### [Does downloading headers count toward my bandwidth usage?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps22) Headers do not count toward your usage purchases. #### [How can I cancel my account?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps23) Just [login to our website](https://newsgroupdirect.com/login-form) and follow the links to cancel your account. #### [How do I see how much bandwidth I have used?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps24) You can see how much bandwidth you have remaining on your [account dashboard](https://newsgroupdirect.com/login-form). #### [How many concurrent connections do you allow?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps25) The number of connections allowed changes with each of the pricing plans that we offer. To upgrade to a higher plan you can simply login to our website. #### [How do I update my billing information?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps26) Simply login to our website and follow the links to update your billing information #### [What are member rewards?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps27) Member rewards are our special thank you to our loyal customers. Simply login to our website and follow the reward links to see how to earn them. #### [Do you offer any free usenet reader software?](https://newsgroupdirect.com/faq\#collaps29) Yes! We recommend NZBGet. Download the [Windows](https://newsgroupdirect.com/nzbget21win.exe) or [Mac](https://newsgroupdirect.com/nzbget21mac.zip) versions. ### Try out the world's best usenet service with our money-back guarantee [Signup Now](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#pricing) ## DMCA Copyright Policy By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree NewsgroupDirect can store cookies on your device and disclose information. Accept all cookies ## Copyright Infringement /DMCA Policy Notification of Copyright Infringement If you are a copyright owner (or an agent of a copyright owner) and believe any user material posted on our sites infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a Notification of Claimed Infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by sending an e-mail to our Designated Copyright Agent containing the following information: 1. A clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple copyrighted works are posted on a single web page and you notify us about all of them in a single notice, you may provide a representative list of such works found at the site. 2. A clear identification of the material you claim is infringing on the copyrighted work, and information sufficient to locate that material on our website (such as the message ID of the infringing material). 3. A statement that you have a "good faith belief that the material that is claimed as copyright infringement is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law." 4. A statement that "the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed." 5. Your contact information so that we can reply to your notice, preferably including an e-mail address and telephone number. 6. The notice must be physically or electronically signed by the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner. Your written Notification of Claimed Infringement must be sent to our Designated Copyright Agent at the e-mail address listed below. We will review and address all notices that substantially comply with the requirements identified above. If your notice fails to substantially comply with all of these requirements, we may not be able respond to your notice. #### Our designated agent's e-mail address is dmca@newsgroupdirect.com Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or an activity is infringing or that any material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification shall be liable to us for any damages, including costs and attorney's fees incurred by us in removing or disabling access to the material or activity claimed to be infringing or in replacing the removed material or enabling access to it. #### Counter Notification of Copyright Infringement If you are a copyright owner (or an agent of a copyright owner) and believe any user material posted on our sites infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a Notification of Claimed Infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by sending an e-mail to our Designated Copyright Agent containing the following information: 1. If you believe material was removed in error, you may send a Counter Notification to our Designated Copyright Agent at the e-mail address provided below. 2. To file a Counter Notification with us, you must send us an e-mail that sets forth the items specified below: a) Identify the specific message ID(s) of material that we have removed or to which we have disabled access. b) Provide your full name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. c) Provide a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located or (insert locale of reseller if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who the provided notification of claimed infringement to which your notice relates or an agent of such person. d) Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled." e) Sign the notice. If you are providing notice by e-mail, an electronic signature (i.e. your typed name) or scanned physical signature will be accepted. 3. If we receive a Counter Notification from you, we may forward it to the party who submitted the original Notification of Claimed Infringement. The Counter Notification we forward may include some of your personal information, such as your name and contact information. By submitting a Counter Notification, you consent to having your information revealed in this way. We will not forward the Counter Notification to any party other than the original claimant unless required or expressly permitted to do so by law. After we send out the Counter Notification, the original claimant must respond to us within 10 business days stating he or she has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our web site. We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a Counter Notification of Copyright Infringement. Please note that you may be liable for damages if you make a false claim. Under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability. Please note that we may not be able to contact you if we receive a Notification of Copyright Infringement about material you posted online. In accordance with our Terms of Service, we reserve the right to permanently remove any content posted on our web sites at any time at our sole discretion. #### Repeat Infringer Policy It is our policy, in what we deem in our sole discretion to be appropriate circumstances, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users, subscribers or account holders who repeatedly infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others or of Reseller. ## Usenet Plans and Deals [![Black Friday 2024](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bf2024.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2025/11/26/black-friday-2025/ "Permalink to Black Friday 2025 Deals Are Live!") We’re excited to announce the 2025 Black Friday deals. As usual, these are the best prices of the year and we have something for everyone. ## NGD Grand Slam This is a most complete usenet plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no more powerful usenet plan available anywhere. [Buy for $13 per month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=swM3&deal=) [Buy for $45 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=4cen&deal=) ## NGD Triple Play Our Triple Play plan is a usenet game changer. NGD + Supernews + ViperNews together in a single plan! Save money over paying separately for other providers. [Buy for $40 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=mW55&deal=) ## NGD Unlimited Usenet Save big on our traditional Unlimited Usenet plan! Get our legendary Unlimited plan for just $30/year. [Buy for $30 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=YDT3&deal=) ## NGD Unlimited 15 Months Decreasing by $5/Year We’re also offering a 15 month Unlimited plan at $35, with the price decreasing $5 every billing until it reaches $15 per 15 months. [Buy for $35 per 15 months](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=t4xa&deal=) ## Block Account Upgrades We want NGD to be your primary usenet provider. If you are an NGD block customer and want to upgrade to an unlimited account, we’re offering a special price just for you. You can upgrade from your block to our unlimited plan for just $10 yearly. To take advantage, contact our support team and they’ll take care of it for you. [![Black Friday 2024](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bf2024.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2024/11/26/black-friday-2024/ "Permalink to Black Friday Deals Are Live!") We’re excited to announce our Black Friday deals for 2024. We’re bringing back a lot of what was really popular last year and adding some new goodness. ## NGD Grand Slam This is a rarely available plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no more powerful usenet plan available anywhere. [Buy for $13 per month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=h3p1&deal=) ## NGD Triple Play Our Triple Play plan is a usenet game changer. NGD + Supernews + ViperNews together in a single plan! Save money over paying separately for other providers. [Buy for $10 per month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=11t2&deal=) [Buy for $60 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=ju52&deal=) ## NGD Double Play Our Double Play plan gives you two usenet providers for the price of one! NGD + Supernews. Save money over paying separately for other providers. [Buy for $50 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=e9e3&deal=) ## NGD Unlimited Usenet Save big on our traditional Unlimited Usenet plan! Get our legendary Unlimited plan for just $20/year. [Buy for $20 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=dPc2) ## NGD Unlimited 15 Months We’re also offering a 15 month Unlimited plan at $35, with the price decreasing $5 every billing until it reaches $15 per 15 months. [Buy for $35 per 15 months](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=b6xa) ## Block Account Upgrades We want NGD to be your primary usenet provider. If you are an NGD block customer and want to upgrade to an unlimited account, we’re offering a special price just for you. You can upgrade from your block to our unlimited plan for just $10 for the first year, $20 yearly after. To take advantage, contact our support team and they’ll take care of it for you. [![](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/btcpay.webp)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2024/06/03/new-crypto-payments-available/ "Permalink to New Crypto Payments Available") At NGD we’re always looking for way to improve user experience, and we just launched a good one for you. We just released our own BTCPay server. What does that mean for you? - Faster payments! Less waiting around on payment confirmations - Less fees! No more paying expensive crypto payment fees. This is a big improvement for our crypto customers. Now you can maximize your privacy with crypto payments, but faster and without the expensive fees. We’re excited to announce our Black Friday deals for 2023. We’ve worked hard to come up with some new and exciting plans that are totally unique to NewsgroupDirect! ## NGD Grand Slam This is a brand new plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no more powerful usenet plan available anywhere. [Buy for $13 per month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=h3p1&deal=) ## NGD Triple Play Our Triple Play plan is a usenet game changer. NGD + Supernews + ViperNews together in a single plan! Save money over paying separately for other providers. [Buy for $10 per month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=11t2&deal=) [Buy for $60 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=ju52&deal=) ## NGD Double Play Our Double Play plan gives you two usenet providers for the price of one! NGD + Supernews. Save money over paying separately for other providers. [Buy for $50 per year](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=e9e3&deal=) ## NGD Unlimited Usenet Save big on our traditional Unlimited Usenet plan! Get 15 months of Unlimited for $40. Renews at $40 yearly. [Buy for $40 for 15 months](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=da22) [![Supernews and NewsgroupDirect](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/super-blog.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2021/12/09/usenet-farm/ "Permalink to NewsgroupDirect X Usenet.Farm") We’re excited to announce a partnership with the great folks at [Usenet.Farm](https://usenet.farm/). Starting today, NewsgroupDirect customers will be able to upgrade to plans that offer USENET service at NewsgroupDirect, Supernews, and Usenet.Farm. That’s right… you’ll get access to THREE different USENET backbones with your NGD account. You can upgrade to our new Triple Play plan for [$11/month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=12et&deal=). It includes everything in our standard NGD Unlimited plan plus access to the Supernews and Usenet.Farm servers. NewsgroupDirect customers will get 1500 GB of data to use at Usenet.Farm every month. ### Questions? If you have any questions about Usenet.Farm or want to upgrade, feel free to reach out to our support team at support@newsgroupdirect.com and we’ll get back to you in no time. [![Something BIG is coming to NewsgroupDirect](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ngd-big.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2021/11/08/something-big-is-coming/ "Permalink to Something Big is Coming…") Get ready for a BIG announcement from NGD during Black Friday week. [![Supernews and NewsgroupDirect](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/super-blog.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2021/02/01/newsgroupdirect-x-supernews/ "Permalink to NewsgroupDirect X Supernews") It’s a big day here at NGD HQ! We’re excited to announce a partnership with the great folks at [Supernews](https://supernews.com/). Starting today, NewsgroupDirect customers will be able to upgrade to plans that offer USENET service at BOTH NewsgroupDirect and Supernews. That’s right… you’ll get access to TWO different USENET backbones with your NGD account. You can upgrade to our new Super Unlimited plan for $ [7/month](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=229&deal=). It includes everything in our standard NGD Unlimited plan plus access to the Supernews servers. We’ll be releasing additional plans with Supernews access in the near future, so stay tuned for that. ### About Supernews Supernews has been around since 2004 (just like us!) and is known for their quality service, excellent retention, and great speeds. ### Questions? If you have any questions about Supernews or want to upgrade, feel free to reach out to our support team at support@newsgroupdirect.com and we’ll get back to you in no time. [![Black Friday Usenet Deals](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/black-friday-banner.png)](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2020/11/25/black-friday-deals-for-2020/ "Permalink to Black Friday Deals for 2020") Our Black Friday deals will go live at 8AM ET on November 27, 2020. Here’s what we have in store for you this year: - [1 TB Blocks $5](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=138&deal=kmd833sVJZJY5KtDLd2) - [2 TB Blocks $8](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=139&deal=mdkwinudj29483mxbw) - [4 TB Blocks $15](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=223&deal=9ndasq21ss93axs) - [10 Months Unlimited Usenet + VPN $22](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=224&deal=) - [6 Months Unlimited Usenet + VPN $12](https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?planid=225&deal=) _Special bonus! If you buy an unlimited account and pay with Bitpay then we’ll add an additional 50% of your term for free. So the 10 month payment would get you an additional 5 months. The extension will be added manually._ As always, our we are [price matching other provider usenet deals](https://newsgroupdirect.com/usenet-deals). Happy Holidays from NGD! Twitter Widget Iframe ## Grand Slam Usenet Plans By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree NewsgroupDirect can store cookies on your device and disclose information. Accept all cookies ## Introducing the NGD Grand Slam This is the best usenet plan ever created! 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Accept all cookies ## Introducing the NGD Triple Play The original multi-backbone usenet plan. Enjoy access to 3 different usenet backbones for one low price. ![](https://newsgroupdirect.com/img/grand-slam.webp) #### Supernews & ViperNews Access 3 Backbones for the Price of 1 Unique in the USENET industry, we offer Unlimited access to the NewsgroupDirect, Supernews, and ViperNews backbones for the best possible USENET access and coverage. #### Unparalleled Security Designed With Privacy In Mind Bank grade SSL-encryption secures your usenet access by encrypting the data that is uploaded and downloaded. No more ISP throttling of your [usenet](https://lifehacker.com/five-best-usenet-providers-1611239789) connection. [Ghost Path VPN](https://ghostpath.com/) is included in some plans to secure your entire internet connection. ### Looking for usenet deals? Our Terabyte Tuesday newsletter is just the place for you. 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Any activity that makes personal use indistinguishable from disallowed use (such as the use of any proxy, or using NetCache, DNEWS, or any other multi-access caching system) is prohibited. You may NOT use a personal account to feed a news server or news caching server. Any such use will be grounds for immediate account termination. Failure to comply with this regulation is in direct conflict with the Terms & Conditions which every customer has read and agreed to. #### Net Etiquette and Abuse The Internet is a global computer network which is comprised of people from diverse backgrounds. At NewsgroupDirect, we would like every customer to have the best Internet experience possible; however, we do not wish it to be at other customers' expense. When communicating with people on the Internet, it is best to keep in mind that there is another person on the other end of the computer that you are communicating with. Please treat others with the same respect as you would like to be treated. #### Content The content of USENET newsgroups is not regulated by NewsgroupDirect; therefore, NewsgroupDirect is not liable for their contents. By its very nature, Usenet groups may carry very offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise proper judgment when using Usenet. Please do not contact the administrators regarding inflammatory posts, etc. #### Copyrights Almost every country has copyright laws. NewsgroupDirect cannot and does not review the information flowing through or stored on our system. When you become a NewsgroupDirect customer, you are agreeing not to transfer or store copyrighted works on our system without the permission of the copyright holder. NewsgroupDirect does not condone nor support people posting copyrighted or illegal content to Usenet. If you discover an article that contains any copyrighted or illegal content please email abuse@newsgroupdirect.com. We will then remove the offending article from our servers IMMEDIATELY. #### Commercial Posts Commercial posts are frowned upon in many newsgroups. If you are attempting to sell goods or services, please make sure you do so in the proper forums (\*.forsale, business groups, etc.). #### Pyramid Schemes and Chain Letters According to United States law, chain letters and pyramid schemes are illegal. If you are found to be posting these to the newsgroups, your account will be terminated. #### Posting Off-Topic Please make sure your post is on-topic. Posting something that does not belong in that newsgroup, as indicated by its charter or FAQ is against general USENET Etiquette. #### Binary Posts Certain newsgroups are specifically designated as allowing binary files to be posted, and some are designated for binary posts only. It is well accepted all over Usenet that binary files will be posted only in designated groups. Posting of binaries or text articles inappropriately, regardless of whether explicitly stated in a newsgroup charter or FAQ will bring your account under review for possible termination. #### SPAM Spam is the repeated posting of articles to inappropriate newsgroups. NewsgroupDirect does not tolerate spam in any form. NewsgroupDirect has a zero-tolerance spam policy. You agree to not spam, and you agree to avoid heavy repetitive posting, as that may look like spam. If you are determined to have spammed, you will be charged $100 per message as a clean-up fee, plus any collections and/or attorney's fees incurred in the collection of this fee. In addition, your account will be canceled immediately, and all reasonable efforts will be made by NewsgroupDirect to prevent you from using our network anytime thereafter. ### Try out the world's best usenet service with our money-back guarantee [Signup Now](https://newsgroupdirect.com/#pricing) ## Usenet Retention Milestones # Tag Archives: _Retention_ Today we have reached a new milestone in usenet performance. We have officially hit 3,000 days of binary retention. That means that no article posted in the last 3,000 days has been lost due to a lack of storage space. We’ve reached a huge milestone today by officially hitting 2500 days of usenet retention in our binary newsgroups. 11 years ago, when NGD was just getting started, retention was commonly in the 14-24 day range. It’s hard to believe just how far we’ve come. Vastly improved hard drive technology and dwindling storage costs have made this monumental growth possible. We know you have lots of choices when it comes to choosing a usenet service provider. There are many usenet companies out there and most offer similar services, but there are definitely a few things you should look for when comparing companies and a few reasons why we believe NewsgroupDirect is the best usenet provider around. Today we reached a new milestone! Our binary retention has crossed the 2,200 day mark. It’s always exciting when we reach nice round numbers like 2,000 days or 2,200 days. It’s a good time to reflect on how far we’ve come as a company (and an industry). Thanks to our amazing customers for making this continued growth and improvement possible. We couldn’t do it without you! Today we officially hit the milestone of offering 2,000 days of binary usenet retention. 10 years ago, when NewsgroupDirect was just getting started, the industry standard for retention was 12-24 days. It’s amazing how far things have progressed since then. Break out the champagne! NewsgroupDirect is proud to announce that our usenet retention just reached another milestone. We have no surpassed 4 YEARS of retention. Maybe we should start advertising retention in terms of years instead of days? We’re not stopping at 4 years, we’ll continue increasing retention every single day. We just wanted to provide a quick update on our retention statistics. Today we passed the 1350 days mark for binary retention… that’s about 3.7 YEARS. Hooray for technology! Our binary retention continues to climb into the stratosphere. We have zoomed past 800 days and are currently around 810 days and growing – that’s OVER 2 YEARS of articles. At a lowball average of 1.5 TB/day for the usenet feed, that means that our servers house an astounding 1.2 petabytes of data. Twitter Widget Iframe ## NewsgroupDirect Support Updates # Category Archives: _Support_ We’ve been working hard this year on several behind-the-scenes updates that will improve the usenet experience for all NGD customers. We’ve added additional capacity, a new server location, and improved our header retention. Header compression is a method for vastly improving the download time for usenet headers. The are hundreds of thousands of newsgroups available on usenet. Some of those groups have millions of articles, which means millions of headers. NewsgroupDirect.com will be unavailable tonight from 9 PM EST until 11 PM EST. We are going to be migrating the website to new servers and upgrading database configurations. We’re excited to announce that we are now able to offer our customers 50 concurrent connections. NewsgroupDirect continues to invest in our infrastructure as a part of our commitment to having the best service in the industry. We have just uploaded the latest version of Newsrover to the Member’s area. Please login now and update. Let us know if you have any problems. We now have the latest version of Newsrover, 14.1, available for download. We recomend all users move to this new version as soon as possible. This version includes an improved installer, which will eliminate installation issues that some users have reported in previous versions. Other enhancements in the new version include support for Transport Stream… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2008/11/12/newsrover-141-now-available/) We’ve just posted the latest version of Newsrover in My Account. We recommend everyone login now to download and upgrade. In addition to our snazzy new support system, we’d like to announce that we now have live chat available. You can now use live chat for any support questions that you have. Live chat will ensure quicker response to your issues. Twitter Widget Iframe ## NGD News and Deals # Category Archives: _News_ We’re excited to announce the 2025 Black Friday deals. As usual, these are the best prices of the year and we have something for everyone. NGD Grand Slam This is a most complete usenet plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no more powerful… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2025/11/26/black-friday-2025/) We’re excited to announce our Black Friday deals for 2024. We’re bringing back a lot of what was really popular last year and adding some new goodness. NGD Grand Slam This is a rarely available plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no more… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2024/11/26/black-friday-2024/) At NGD we’re always looking for way to improve user experience, and we just launched a good one for you. We just released our own BTCPay server. What does that mean for you? Faster payments! Less waiting around on payment confirmations Less fees! No more paying expensive crypto payment fees. This is a big improvement… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2024/06/03/new-crypto-payments-available/) We’re excited to announce our Black Friday deals for 2023. We’ve worked hard to come up with some new and exciting plans that are totally unique to NewsgroupDirect! NGD Grand Slam This is a brand new plan that combines the power of 4 usenet backbones! Get NGD + Supernews + ViperNews + Usenet.Farm! There’s no… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2023/11/22/black-friday-deals-are-live/) We’re excited to announce a partnership with the great folks at Usenet.Farm. Starting today, NewsgroupDirect customers will be able to upgrade to plans that offer USENET service at NewsgroupDirect, Supernews, and Usenet.Farm. That’s right… you’ll get access to THREE different USENET backbones with your NGD account. You can upgrade to our new Triple Play plan… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2021/12/09/usenet-farm/) Get ready for a BIG announcement from NGD during Black Friday week. It’s a big day here at NGD HQ! We’re excited to announce a partnership with the great folks at Supernews. Starting today, NewsgroupDirect customers will be able to upgrade to plans that offer USENET service at BOTH NewsgroupDirect and Supernews. That’s right… you’ll get access to TWO different USENET backbones with your NGD account. You… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2021/02/01/newsgroupdirect-x-supernews/) Our Black Friday deals will go live at 8AM ET on November 27, 2020. Here’s what we have in store for you this year: 1 TB Blocks $5 2 TB Blocks $8 4 TB Blocks $15 10 Months Unlimited Usenet + VPN $22  6 Months Unlimited Usenet + VPN $12 Special bonus! If you buy… [Continue reading →](https://www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog/2020/11/25/black-friday-deals-for-2020/) Twitter Widget Iframe