1)Nowadays almost nobody has just a single account from one provider.
What we do is we get an unlimited account as a main one and a non-expiring block account(it has XXX Gb on it).
The purpose of a block account is to fill missing parts of the main server. Thats why it cant be the same provider.
The most popular combos atm are:
1) supernews(
$9.99/month $99/year) +
blocknews account(9$/100Gb)
2) Astraweb (
$11/month $96/year) +
blocknews account(9$/100Gb)
+ you can also use as backup server
xsusenet(it covers 390 days and its free)
Before choosing the main provider you must consider their cons and pros
Supernews:
+fast support
+great speed
+almost nonexistent technical problems
-DMCA takedowns(mostly HBO tv shows - they remove 1-3 blocks from every file so usually it can be repaired without the help of the block account; console games that are uploaded under their full titles- now this one is bad. 100% removal. Not all of course and they get reposted often but still)+ sometimes some mega popular blockbuster shite(occasinally)
- uploading is not safe( they can ban your account for posting to usenet copyrighted material if they get complaints(two strikes policy)
Astraweb:
+little to none DMCA takedowns
+generally very good speed(but sometimes you have to try direct server's ip addesses to get more juice)
+safe uploading
-somewhat slow in terms of responce support
-from time to time they have technical glitches that ruin files. ( atm they have 200 days fucked up (out of 1200 mind you, so not that large) this is there block account comes into play
personally i would go for astraweb+blocknews+xsusenet
You might find it useful to read
this thread
they offer bonus crap services like their very own client\VPN(which is useless since they ban users for downloading CR material from torrents upon receiving complaints)/30Gb personal storage and 50 connections( you dont need anything of it)
since you are a newbie id recommend getting a paid account on nzbmatrix. Its cheap and one-time pay.
Then when you become familiar with all the tricks you can easily search and find almost everything you need via usenet index sites like
mysterbin.com ( it shows you the contents of archives and lets you search within archives) Now this is a must have. lets u easily detect fakes and such
nzbindex.nl
binsearch.info
also check this
thread
as far as a vpn is concerned is it 100% needed
you dont need it at all.
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