The original post: /r/usenet by /u/iszoloscope on 2024-10-13 09:22:48.

I’ve been on TweakNews for over 17 years and I have a (the?) sweet recurring deal, but as everybody knows they increased their prices. Maybe I can stay on the old plan by contacting them, I believe my account renews in December. But I want to prepare myself properly in case this isn’t possible for whatever reason.

So I definitely want a main sub on an Omicron backbone, TweakNews (Base IP / HW Media) has always served me well. I few gaps here and there, but maintainable with a few blocks on other backbones.

I do feel that the Eweka and the ‘other’ HW Media backbone (EasyNews, Ninja, Newshosting) might be a bit better then the Base IP one. They have longer retention for one…

So between those two backbones, which one would you advise? The HW Media backbone (AS33438) also has a location/server (or however you should call it) in the US as well opposed to the Eweka backbone. I don’t really know if that’s an added plus being from Europe myself. Maybe takedown policy is different and could be used as a backup?

Thanks in advance! :)