Usenet News with Individual.NET

What's offered?

• Scope of Newsgroups
  At the moment, we offer more than 25,000 newsgroups from over 220 different newsgroup hierarchies. Our portfolio of newsgroups offered is well-kept and extended continuously. Our server does not carry any groups with binary content.
  • Hierarchies carried (with description and retention times)
    http://news.individual.net/hierarchies.php
  • Detailed list of all newsgroups carried (in news server format; beware, large file!)
    ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/doc/news/fu-berlin/active
• Spam Filter
  Spam (e.g. unsolicited advertisements) is filtered out automatically by the server (with the program "Cleanfeed"), this improves the readability within the newsgroups and decreases time and data volume of downloads.
• Privacy and Security
  Our server does not publish any personal information about the user in posting headers that the user does not publish himself. In particular, the user's IP address is not visible to third parties. SSL encryption (NNTPS / NNTP over SSL) is available (optional) and covers the entire connection, not only the authentication phase.
• Highly Redundant Feeds
  We exchange postings with more than 200 different peering partners all around the globe. Thereby we achieve excellent completeness and very high reliability of supply.
• Support
  You will receive professional assistance for setup and usage of our service through our extensive web pages (e.g. FAQs, program configuration), and our news team is available by e-mail for your needs.
• Experience and Competence
  Unlike many ISPs, Usenet is no "niched" product for us. Our staff is highly skilled and possesses longtime experience and expertise in Usenet as well as in supporting and maintaining our service and users.

How much is an account?

10 EUR per year, including the applicable VAT. Contract duration is one year, after which the subscription can be renewed for another year by paying 10 EUR again (we will remind you in time). Cancellation is not necessary: At the end of a subscription period, simply do not pay for the next period. If you want to check the quality of our service without obligation before deciding if you want to pay for it, you can choose during registration that you would like a free two-week trial account.

How can I pay?

You can choose from the following payment options: The online payment service provider PayPal, as well as payment by bank transfer to a German bank account of Freie Universität Berlin (with IBAN and BIC).