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01SPEEDWEIGHT 20%8.5▲
Gigabit on primary. The only true multi-backbone bundle here — UsenetExpress, Supernews, ViperNews and Usenet.Farm behind one account. Real redundancy, not four brands on one spool.
SCORE
8.5
WEIGHT
20%
DETAIL
Gigabit on primary
02RETENTIONWEIGHT 18%8.5▼
03BACKBONEWEIGHT 15%8.8▼
04COMPLETIONWEIGHT 15%8.8▼
05SERVERSWEIGHT 8%8.8▼
06LOCATIONSWEIGHT 8%8.3▼
07SECURITYWEIGHT 8%7.3▼
08VPNWEIGHT 5%8.3▼
09PAYMENTSWEIGHT 3%6.8▼
VS MODE
SPEC
NEWSGROUPDIRECT
USENETPRIME
SPEED
8.5
8.9
RETENTION
8.5
9.7
BACKBONE
8.8
7.3
COMPLETION
8.8
9.9
SERVERS
8.8
8.5
LOCATIONS
8.3
8.5
SECURITY
7.3
7.7
VPN
8.3
4.9
PAYMENTS
6.8
8.1
+ WINS
▸Four separate backbones is genuine redundancy — stacking same-family brands is not.
▸100 connections and non-expiring blocks from 50GB to 2TB.
▸Ghost Path VPN (5 devices) on unlimited plans.
− LOSSES
▸Retention figures conflict between its own site and everywhere else.
▸Users report occasional timeouts on the Supernews and ViperNews routing.
▸The Usenet.Farm tier is soft-capped at 1.5 TB/mo.
FINAL VERDICT_
Newshosting is the benchmark the rest of the roster gets measured against: the Omicron group's flagship network, the deepest advertised retention pool anywhere, 100 connections, and the best bundled newsreader in the business. The caveats are real but small — US DMCA jurisdiction, cards-and-PayPal-only payments, and renewal prices that jump after the promo year. Take the annual promo, skip month-to-month, and verify the price at checkout — retention figures are advertised, not independently measured.
8.4
RANK 7 OF 12 PROVIDERS
LAST BENCHED 02 AUG 2026
LAST BENCHED 02 AUG 2026