Best block account

[Duron]

What is the best block account? Looking for one to fill some gaps with astraweb unlimited plan

So far I have seen usenet news and blocknews

http://usenet-news.net/index1.php?url=get
http://www.blocknews.net/

Prices are nearly the same

I think I read somewhere that an eu block provider is better due to less DMCA's?
UN is a uk-based company http://usenet-news.poohnix.co.uk/index1.php?url=about

Not sure about BlockNews

Which others would you recommend? Which is the best from these two?

[hdjunky]

Usenetnews may be UK but the company they sell Highwinds is not and they will and have been taking down stuff. I really do not know to be honest how much but reading on nzbmatrix has people saying they are in second place behind giganews as far as takedowns. I personally use Blocknews with a hint of Usenetnow when i get access to a fast connection. Plus they are a bit cheaper.

[c0ld]

blocknews.

[Beck38]

reading on nzbmatrix has people saying they are in second place behind giganews as far as takedowns

Went to nzbmatrix and can find no mention of any takedowns with usernet-news/highwinds. About the only thing of note is a lot of discussion about nzbmatrix indexing takedowns.....

[DSLFreak]

I've been using Blocknews for awhile now and am satisfied with them.

[hdjunky]

reading on nzbmatrix has people saying they are in second place behind giganews as far as takedowns

Went to nzbmatrix and can find no mention of any takedowns with usernet-news/highwinds. About the only thing of note is a lot of discussion about nzbmatrix indexing takedowns.....

They are there. In the Newshosting thread and also the Usenetserver one it is talked about. There is a thread talking about Trueblood and one from several weeks ago about some Wii games being bad but complete on others that isnt giganews and highwinds. Heck, here is a thread on this very site: https://filesharingtalk.com/threads/4...rs-Please-Read I know it mentions Newsdemon but Usenet-news sells the same exact service as newsdemon.

[Stinson]

Blocknews is definitely a great deal

[Radon0r]

What about NewsDemon? Their block accounts are similarly priced.

[TopKill]

http://www.newsgroupservers.net/Usen...ghwinds_review

Newsdemon resells highwinds. Correct me if wrong. And they have a 1 year limit, blocknews doesn't expire.

[zot]

Besides Usenet-News.net and Blocknews.net, another block account provider to consider is Dutch provider GebruikHet.Net

https://www.gebruikhet.net/bestelformulier.php

Retention-wise, here's (approximately) how they currently stack up:

Blocknews.net: ---- 700 days (and growing)
Usenet-News.net: - 600 days
GebruikHet.Net: --- 500 days

What about NewsDemon? Their block accounts are similarly priced.

NewsDemon sells two types of accounts: monthly subscriptions and yearly subscriptions. They do not sell real block accounts as they claim. Instead, they deceptively try to pass off their yearly subscriptions as block accounts.

Be aware that NewsDemon's yearly account subscriptions (mislabeled as "block accounts") are self-renewing and will automatically charge you again (and delete your unused gigs) when the year is up - year after year. (I suspect that they might also automatically renew when all download amount is consumed) The block accounts sold by Usenet-News, Blocknews, and others are a one-time purchase that does not automatically renew and never expires.