Wow...no more Newsguy...

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Wow...no more Newsguy...

Postby DWHCo » Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:10 pm

...and a damn shame too.

IMHO, there wasn't a better value for newsgroup/usenet access.

RIP
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Re: Wow...no more Newsguy...

Postby Quade » Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 pm

There aren't many players left. They've been consolidating down to a couple players and a bunch of resellers who aren't real servers.
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Re: Wow...no more Newsguy...

Postby Moondawgie » Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:41 pm

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Re: Wow...no more Newsguy...

Postby Quade » Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:54 pm

There's an interesting story behind that. The real Newzbin was headquartered in the UK and went out some time ago. Maybe 10 years. Someone else grabbed their name and ran a different NZB site. One of the guys who ran original Newzbin commented about this on Reddit.
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