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UsenetBucket is a premium European Usenet Provider and the only Usenet provider focusing Scandinavia and Europe. Try us 7 days for free, no strings attached!


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

22 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not worth it

Repeatedly I ran into the issue of a refused connection (invalided combination of username / password). Using the user´s dashboard ticket system nor contact via email does ring a bell on the other end.
--IF-- the connection is given, it runs fine. But it is of no use, if you pay for 3 Months and can use the service for 4 days only.
Given Statements like "customer service around the clock" or "unlimited traffic" mean a shit.

January 28, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Have paid for an anual extension of my…

Have paid for an anual extension of my account, but no response and the money of my bankaccount on theirs.
Reclaimed several times but no solution and the account is off line now. Bad behaviour of support usenetbucket!!!!!! :-(

November 19, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's ok when it works but..

It's ok when it works but...
I signed up for a basic package and upgraded it to the next option. This worked fine for a week but I noticed that my connection was halted due to an authentication error Tried their connection wizard which said that the username+pwd combo wasn't correct, changed the pwd, tried again and opened a support ticket. Got no answer, sent a mail and still no answer. As it's now over a week, I can only state that their "service" is non-existant and I will avoid this provider at all costs...
Usenetbucket? A bucket full of crap...

November 22, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience with UsenetBucket

I've been using UsenetBucket for several years now and never had any problems that I experienced with other providers in the past.
Their support team is very responsive and friendly. Service provides good speed and completion rate.
Also periodic discounts, which make their prices very attractive, are also worth mentioning.

January 20, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Using it for 5 years now without any problem

Using it for 5 years now without any problem.
I'm not using a VPN and only accessed support once without any problem and people were very friendly.
Regular good deal offers (30%) at Black Friday or through Games during the year.

November 20, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Payed, but no service and no reply - avoid them!

I can only agree to some pre-authors: The service does not exist. No response. Since upgrading from the low-speed to the mid-speed subscription, no connection is possible to Usenetbucket. Despite several attempts to get in touch and solve the problem, no reaction came from the so-called service.
So, they just take the money and don't provide the service you paid for. Save your money and avoid this provider!

November 18, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute garbage

Absolute garbage, I have never experienced a worse customer service, infact it is none existant as they never respond, their digital certificates are invalid, they dont answer any queries and their hostname/reader is also showing as invalid. They are a scam company and any good reveiws they have are from those working within the scam. They take your money and you get nothing, avoid at all costs and claim back your money through the banks/credit cards and report them as a fraudulent company so they can be investigated and shut down... AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

September 8, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No reaction at all from support…

Can't get an answer from their support why since March I suddenly can't write comments anymore to content: I get an error "440 posting not allowed (440)". Not a clue why, written many mails and tickets with the question WHY but zero reaction up until now. Trying to upload/post a file gives the exact same result.
This non-behaviour of UsetnetBucket isn't good at all, very improper! Until this I haven't had problems without reactions from support, the very few times I asked something reaction was normal, as it should be.
Are they getting broke or whatever? This way I'm not going to have a new subscription after many years now, moving on to a hopefully better provider.

April 26, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely incomplete

They are extremely incomplete on the binary.

Normally i use the Dutch seach engine NZBindex to find all sorts of stuff on Usenet and here they list a ton of stuff being complete.
But when then using Usenetbucket who also is Dutch to download, here i experience tons of missing files that can for some can be over 100 missing files.

Decided not to renew my account when it runs out here later in 2022. I'm done.

February 6, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very very dishonest company

Very very dishonest company. I've been with them for a few years now, I've just extended my subscription for another year (comfort bucket, 25 connections). They've changed their packages on their site and have dropped me down to 10 connections despite me signing up and paying for 25. Avoid at all costs, customer support doesn't care, once they have your money they don't give a damn. Find a better, honest provider.

July 29, 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The fastest speeds ever

I've been shattered by the speeds. I reach speeds over 300mbit.

Fortunatly the customer service is lightning fast aswell. Because i had some speed issues and it turned out that it was my fault because of my settings. I'm sorry UsenetBucket for blaming you in the first place. It's like blaming the car dealer that the roads don't work :-)

Thanks

December 14, 2016
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Thank you sir! We're glad we could be of help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful speeds

They must be on their way out because I only got 50 kps download speed maximum. They aren't maintaining their servers anymore

December 14, 2016
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Reply from Usenetbucket

Thanks for the feedback. However; we didn't have any issues today. So I'm not sure what caused the error. Our servers get maintained, updated and monitored on an hourly base. So if you'd like to see if there is something wrong with our platform, you could check: https://status.usenetbucket.com/.

If the statuspage reports no issues, there might be something wrong with the peering. That is of course beyond our control. Peering is like the pipes that the information goes trough. If you'd like to know more about that: http://arstechnica.com/features/2008/09/peering-and-transit/.

Hope this helps you out and understand how everything works!

Thanks for your feedback.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Apparently works horribly with VPN.

I've only used their trial, but can't assume anything except it will be the same with a paid subscription. After changing my VPN server once I could no longer connect. While it did work, the speed was about 250Kbit/s. I have not had this problem on other providers, using the same VPN.

I won't be getting a subscription from them.

October 13, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

SUPER!

UsenetBucket provides fast and secure access to usenet. Compared to the other providers they have a very good speed/price ratio. Especially when you use the BANNER01 promocode which gives you 10% discount!

November 13, 2012
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great speeds, good service, fabulous price

I use Usenet for quite a while now and it took me ages to find a good provider. The service UsenetBucket is offering is great!

I've had a problem with my account settings because i've messed up my payment. They fixed it within an hour and they gave me 10% off my next order for the inconvinience.

Really nice guys!

October 29, 2012
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