We now have the latest version of Newsrover, 14.1, available for download. We recomend all users move to this new version as soon as possible. This version includes an improved installer, which will eliminate installation issues that some users have reported in previous versions.
Other enhancements in the new version include support for Transport Stream (.ts) file sets and automatic RAR file handling.
The European SSL server is now available. This is a great advancement for the usenet community in Europe. Visit our Server Info page to see all of the details on how to connect.
We are happy to announce that we are migrating our Atlanta newsfarm to a new state-of-the-art newsfarm in Ashburn, VA. The new farm will provide our customers with longer retention, greater redundancy, and improved connectivity and speeds!
Over the next 24 hours your newsreaders will automatically start pointing to the new servers. You will need to reload headers in all of the groups that you subscribe to in order for articles to be retrievable. Please feel free to submit a support ticket if you have any problems due to the changes.
Attention Time Warner, Verizon, and Sprint customers. We will give you a 20% lifetime discount if you convert your usenet service to NewsgroupDirect. Just enter coupon code ngd09348 at checkout to receive your lifetime discount.
Wired Blogs has an interesting article out about how usenet users are sharing a spreadsheet file called “The Whitburn Spreadsheets“. These spreadsheets contain historical data about songs all the way back to 1890. It’s worth a read to see how the structures and lengths of individual songs have changed over the decades.
We’ve just posted the latest version of Newsrover in My Account. We recommend everyone login now to download and upgrade.
In our mission to offer our users the best service possible, we are pleased to announce the addition of block download accounts to our list of available account types. A block account is different in that you are not paying a monthly (or quarterly, yearly, etc) subscription. A block account is a one-time purchase of bandwidth from us. You will have 1 year to use the bandwidth you purchase. Once the bandwidth is gone, or the year is up, your account will go away. At that point you can signup again for another block purchase if you choose.
In addition to our snazzy new support system, we’d like to announce that we now have live chat available. You can now use live chat for any support questions that you have. Live chat will ensure quicker response to your issues.