Newshosting Reviews 1,799

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've used the service for 5 years now and have had not one issue the entire time. Have been very impressed. Retention rates are the best and speeds and customer support are awesome. Definitely the be... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Usenet service. Switched over last year because it came with a newsreader and search. Works well and in terms of the Usenet access, the retention and speed is excellent. Support was also gre... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My account with Newshosting expired because they decided to triple the price they were charging me. When I logged in, I had the option to "renew my account" but the only price it allowed me was doub... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using Newshosting since 2005 and have extremely happy with the service. I have been blown away with the exceptional retention rate, and as my internet speeds have evolved and got... See more

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  1. Internet Service Provider
  2. VPN Service

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Newshosting is the industry leading Usenet provider. Founded in 1997, Newshosting offers 100% secure, private access and unlimited, unthrottled speeds. Having provided Usenet service to millions of users, Newshosting has been recommended by tech publishers including TechRadar, LifeHacker, and How-To Geek.


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3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended!

Great support, using their newsreader app works really well and quickly. Highly recommended! There were times that the server was unavailable but an email to support had this working again within an hour but this only happened once over the period of two years.

March 14, 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to review our service!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service, impressive support

Excellent service, impressive support

Wishing the posters/uploaders would add more meaningful descriptions to their stuff. Searching is not always a good experience.

March 7, 2024
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Reply from Newshosting

Thank you for your review! The content on Usenet is wholly user-contributed. Unfortunately, due to the open nature of how content is shared, we do not have any control (in the descriptions or otherwise) over what is posted.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ease of use is excellent

Ease of use is excellent, consistently available, and economical.

That pretty much sums it up.

March 1, 2024
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Thank you for being a loyal member, we appreciate the kind words.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

No connection problems

No connection problems, good retention. What more could anyone want

February 29, 2024
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Thank you for the positive review

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been with them for years

Been with them for years. Never any single issues. When I see a new offer (usually around Black Friday annually) that is a better deal than I currently have, a quick email to them and they quickly move you to the new cheaper plan with zero hassles. Love this company

February 29, 2024
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Thank you for the positive review!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The basic works

The basic - usenet access and retention is in place - good speed and most usenetgroups are available. But the newshosting app ( usenetbrowser) is outdated and support is not very efficient - "Its always you who has done something wrong". even the last 10 times i have contacted them showed that they had a system failure. But anyway has used newshosting for around 15 years

February 29, 2024
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Thank you for the review. If you are experiencing any issues please contact support here: https://support.newshosting.com/new

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best of Breed

For my money, the most complete repository for Usenet posts available, in many cases stretching back 10 years or more.

February 24, 2024
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Thank you for the positive review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very fast

Very fast, Very good. Nö problems AT all

March 23, 2023
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Thank you for the positive review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

LEARN BETTER THE REVIEWS ABOUT THESE GENRE OF SERVICES... GET the cheap one

They will ask you 20 euros for the premium plan
And in exchange you will have:

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a client (app) that continuously crashes while downloading! have nvme and ssd's and powered system.

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Combined with your usenet news subscription they will give to you privadovpn
This vpn has a low level client - app...
After 1 day connected it didn't want to know about connecting again.

the most downloaded content in theyr network
are just virus...

February 1, 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to review our service. If you are still having issues, please reach out to our 24/7 support team to see if they can help you with a solution.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is terrible

This company is shocking, their interface for sign up is terrible and difficult to use. They make it difficult to find how to cancel and when you do cancel they still charge you. Be careful, I've had to block them on my credit card as the option to cancel on their site does not work so they just continue to charge you and hope you don't notice that you are paying them each month and on top of that its expensive 23 dollars for this service is what i was paying which is crazy

February 14, 2024
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Reply from Newshosting

We are sorry to hear that you are having problems cancelling our service, please contact our team at https://support.newshosting.com/new and we will do our best to help you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I just signed up for the service and…

I just signed up for the service and have not been able to login even once. I may have caused the issue but changing my username before logging in the first time but now I am locked out and no one has contacted me.

February 4, 2024
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Reply from Newshosting

Thank you for reviewing our service, sorry to hear about the trouble. We will be happy to work with you to address any specific issues you may have, please open a ticket with our support team at https://support.newshosting.com/new

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