@usenettalk 🌐 Usenet Providers Map 2025-06-30 Update

🔗 Interactive Map: https://usenet.rexum.space/tree
🔗 SVG: https://usenet.rexum.space/svg
🔗 Table: https://usenet.rexum.space/table

What’s New?
✅ Updated retention levels.
✅ Dropped defunct providers
✅ (NewsFusion, SMSUseNET, etc.).
✅ Abavia added a US server for XS News/EasyUsenet.
✅ Frugal Usenet is back as a multi-backbone provider.

Shoutout to all who helped us.

Thoughts? Errors? Let us know!

PS: New to Usenet? One backbone is usually enough—no pressure! 🔍

@usenettalk 🌐 Usenet Providers Map 2025-02-23 Update

🔗 Interactive Map: https://usenet.rexum.space/tree
🔗 SVG: https://cdn.rexum.space/usenet/Usenet%20Providers%20and%20Backbones%20%28Version%202025-02-23%29.svg
🔗 Table: https://usenet.rexum.space/table

What’s New?
✅ Added real company names for clarity
✅ Removed Frugal Bonus (uncertain status)
✅ Streamlined info in the table

Thoughts? Errors? Let us know! Let’s keep Usenet open & accurate.

PS: New to Usenet? One backbone is usually enough—no pressure! 🔍

I so wanted to post BF 2023 deals here, but I didn't realize that the markdown used here (CommonMark) does not support tables.

Please refer to the post on reddit till I find some kind of workaround.

was just curious if this was going to be the primary location or just preparation in case one day /usenettalk is no longer available? We're not a huge community but I think you (and the other contributors) do important really work as far as the usenet industry. I've not seen any other resources that gives you the kind of granularity and insight on the providers. Very appreciated.

Does anyone know of a good Usenet tutorial, or even just a list of active communities? I've spent time looking around but never hit on any actually active groups.

It would so awesome if SDF was connected to Usenet (for text groups) in addition to Fedverse.

It is ironical that we talk about usenet everywhere but on usenet. Events like the blackout on reddit and the scramble to move to alternate platforms would hardly be necessary if usenet worked clearly as a discussion platform.

While everyone blames spam for the slow death of discussions on usenet, I think there are a couple of other reasons:

• access over http
• searchability

These two reasons are why Google Groups continues to work while discussions on usenet barely do.

Usenet has to evolve to provide solutions to these problems:

• spam: moderated groups are an insufficient solution when compared to moderation tools provided by modern discussion platforms.
• usenet over http: people should be able to carry on discussions using browsers as well as apps. They should be able to share links to these discussions as well.
• search: people should be able to conduct a search across all discussions by using native as well as third-party search engines (Google, Bing, Brave etc).

See title