Need to find a News Server?

Some Internet Service Providers provide access to Usenet newsgroups as part of their service.

As a service to the Usenet community, we have scoured the Internet to develop a list of news server addresses provided by as many ISPs as we could find. We cannot guarantee the information is always up-to-date, and we welcome any updates you may find.

While ISP-provided news servers are ok for getting started with Newsbin, we have a list of Recommended Usenet News Services that provide much more content and higher reliability.

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nntp

news1.news.adelphia.net

news2.news.adelphia.net

news2.news.adelphia.net

Adelphia Home

Uses Giganews

Discontinued news service access in July, 2008

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Discontinued news service access on December 31, 2007

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Discontinued news service access on November 15, 2012

Discontinued news service access on October 25, 2007

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

None

Discontinued news service access on June 30, 2010

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

news.west.earthlink.net

news.east.earthlink.net

Earthink Newsgroups FAQ

Applies bandwidth throttle of 64KB if more than 5GB is downloaded during any 30 day period. Uses Giganews.

Knology

(Bought by wowway.com)

Discontinued news service access on June 3, 2013

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Optimum
Online

None

Discontinued news service access on June 23, 2008

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Speakeasy Home

Requires same login you use to log in to their website. Outsourced to Giganews.

1GB per month download limit.

SureWest Website
Allows up to 4 connections, each capped at 128 Kbps. Header download is (apparently) uncapped. Uses Usenetserver

None

Limited news service access in July, 2008. No alt.binaries groups are available.

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Limited news service access in June, 2008. No alt.* hierachy available.

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Discontinued news service access on November 1, 2011

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

news.alltel.net
news.windstream.net

Discontinued Service May 31, 2016.

Consider our Newsbin Recommended News Services

Newsgroup FAQ

Uses Usenetserver

news.tpg.com.au
news.sydney.pipenetworks.com

newsgroups.telenet.be

none

Outsourced to UsenetServer

Teksavvy Newsgroup Settings

newnews.home.nl
tilbu1.nb.home.nl

Now owned by Ziggo

Use your full email address as the server username. Use the password associated with your email for the server password.

betuwenet home

Uses Giganews

news.euronet.nl
maya.euronet.nl
news.wanadoo.nl

news.orange.nl

binaries.news.planet.nl
news.planet.nl

news.wanadoo.nl
news.euronet.nl
maya.euronet.nl

Ziggo Newsgroup Information

Use the part of your email address to the left of the @ sign as the server username. Use the password associated with your email for the server password.

news.nildram.co.uk
mercury.nildram.co.uk