USENEXT Review

USENEXT was founded in 2004 by the German company Aviteo Ltd. In recent years, much has changed at USENEXT; retention keeps growing, and they introduced new packages with nearly unlimited speed.

Consequently, it is one of the cheapest Usenet providers with a high retention time.

Price / Packages

USENEXT offers unique packages which differentiate them from the rest of our reviews (like XSnews reviews). With the monthly package, you pay only €7.95/month with 30 GB of data. Moreover, with this package, you have a free 14-day trial period.

With the year package, you pay €85.80, which is €7.15/month for 30 GB of data. However, this package is without a trial period and after a year it will be extended to the normal monthly Rookie 30GB package unless you cancel. With this, they are the cheapest in their class is.

It very well suits users that want maximum speed and high retention for a reasonable price.

• Unlimited download volume
• Download speed up to 800 Mbit/s
• High retention time of 4600 days

Check out what you can get for roughly the same price in our EasyNews review. And also with the Eweka voucher code (from the Usenet Eweka review), you’ll pay exactly the same.

USENEXT has several payment methods: iDeal, credit card, and PayPal. iDeal, however, is only possible for sign-ins from the Netherlands.

Connectivity & Configuration

• Address: usenext.com
• Ports: 119, 443 or 563 (SSL)
• Connections: 30
• Retention time: 2,705 days binary retention (3800 text)

You can use the above parameters to download with Spotnet or another Usenet indexer. USENEXT recommends the Tangysoft newsreader, which offers several special features:

• Preview of some content
• Comment and evaluation system
• Newsgroups bookmark management
• Slideshow including Cooliris-support

Downloading works well, and you can search the newsgroups easily. CPU usage is rather high, so if this bothers you, choose one of the best NZB downloaders (newsreaders).

Speed

With access to six server parks in Europe and the US, you can benefit from the highest speed of up to 800 Mbit/s. With only 5 connections, we reached the maximum Ziggo (200 Mbit/s) during downloading.

This is an amazing speed and one of USENEXT’s strong points. But why don’t you compare it with Giganews vs UsenetServer?

Perhaps, you would like to try out free Usenet access, then take also the Usenet free trials of other providers into account.

Retention 

USENEXT now keeps binary files available for 2,705 days and text files for over 3,800 days. Retention of more than ten years is excellent. That is retention that the best Usenet providers only offer. Compare, for example, Giganews vs Newshosting.
UseNeXT and Tweaknews are based in the EU which eliminates any USENEXT or Tweaknews DMCA takedowns.

Download Completion

The download completion is higher than most of the other providers. But of course, the best thing to do is test yourself free of charge because our downloads are not necessarily your downloads. Old files did not download so quickly, so this is something that they can still improve.

VPN Service

USENEXT partners with SpyOFF VPN. We tested breakneck speeds, and they have servers across the globe. This VPN has a strict zero-logs policy. Besides that, there is dedicated VPN 24/7 email support.

Operating Systems

The ‘Best deal’ comes with a free zero-log VPN service and can be installed on Windows, Mac-OSX, iOS, and Android operating systems.

Servers

The USENEXT VPN offers access to 400 VPN servers in 21 Countries.

Connections

You can connect multiple devices to the USENEXT VPN, which is the market standard. Besides that, you’ll have unlimited server switching, data transfers, and bandwidth.

A pretty good VPN service that is completely free when you take the best deal.

Support

USENEXT offers two ways of support. You can submit an online ticket on their support page or send an email. For Germany and the UK, there are hotlines in place.

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