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Score a Free Usenet Account at XSUsenet
If you’re interested in experimenting with Usenet but not sure if you’re ready to take the plunge and get a paid account somewhere, XSUsenet is offering free (albeit reduced speed) Usenet accounts.
The speed and connection quality is significantly less than some of the providers we highlighted in our How-To Geek Guide to Usenet but free is free. With the XSUsenet free account you’re limited to 1MB download and 2 concurrent connections. It’s not much but it is free and more than sufficient if your Usenet needs lean towards conversation and small files.
Not sure what to do with your Usenet account? We’d recommend reading our Usenet guides in this order: Getting Started with Usenet, Supercharging Your SABnzbd Experience, and Using Sickbeard to Turn Your Usenet Connection into a Tivo.
XSUsenet Free Accounts [via GHacks]
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Syntax errors when creating an account.
I’m getting the same error too. :(
Syntax error for me too. Also, why are only three countries shown in the dropdown?
Maybe you have to use VPN or TOR so that your ip originates in Netherlands, Belgium, or Germany.
It’s something to do with that blasted captcha. I emailed them about it. I hope it’s a good alternative. I’m paying $20 per month for PowerUSENET.
No, Gregg, it isn’t that. I’m in Germany, and I’m consistently getting errors as well.
does anyone come up with a solution on how to register on this site.. getting the same error.
Agreed, Eva. I’ve got a VPN and tried both Netherlands and Germany. It’s the captcha.
On FF, with No script addon in effect, the sign up window says;
“November 26 2011, 11:43 PM CET
Signups have been temporarily suspended due to high demand, we apologize for the inconvenience”.
This maybe the cause of sign up error.
Don’t know about the date though.
It’s a one megabit download, not megabyte as stated in the article. There’s a big difference.
This does not bode well for a Usenet site, does it???
We expect to start accepting new signups again this afternoon. As mentioned before, we have been swarmed with new users and our front-ends simply could not deal with the significant load increase.
We apologize for the inconvenience. For those who have already opened an account with us, we hope it is to your likings! For those waiting to create one, please bear with us a bit longer.
Kind regards,
XS Usenet Team
Yeah, I’m getting the excess demand error too.
Is it just me or is anyone else getting “error: Captcha code incorrect”
I just got through. Make sure you answer the math question below the standard Captcha window before clicking on “Subscribe”.
cant get this to work with SABnzbd… can anyone help me out?
Sign ups are working. I’ve discovered 2 things. 1. You are not getting a 1M connections. 2. Their SSL times out. If you use port 80 then it works.
Sign ups are working and I am getting 1M in the US.