Seconding https://groups.io/ I'm in a number of amateur radio and computing groups there, and it works well. Launched on HN over a decade ago and still going strong - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2943131. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

I'm on a list or two that are run through https://groups.io/ and it works well. I also run a few private mailing lists on mailman and am loath to ever apply patches to that machine - it is complicated to set up, but works fine once done. In a greenfield implementation a docker installation might be better https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/install/docker.html. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

Following the suggestions of numerous members of several groups.io to which I belong, I made Brave my primary browser. Source: 7 months ago

Here are the current (July 2023) BBC World Service Broadcasts in English, courtesy of the ODXA. I wrote these out by hand from their monthly "World English Survey" by Harold Sellers, which you can get by email or by joining the ODXA at groups.io. I can get most of these in Ontario with a tower, good antenna, and an SDR ore communications receiver. Local time is of course for Ontario. Source: 11 months ago

Join the telegram group or go to groups.io and find out how to get it, you will probably have to wait a while but it's worth it. Source: 12 months ago

It depends upon which specific free Usenet provider you're comparing. XS Usenet's free tier has the same retention as paid, but with a limited transfer speed and download quota. Source: about 2 years ago

I don't know, but I recommend the free 25 GB from xsusenet.com. It has lower retention than the Abavia block I paid for but it still catches a fair amount that wasn't on UE. Source: over 2 years ago

Yes, it is a different backbone. You can also check out free account on https://xsusenet.com/ it is slow, and has a 25gb a month limit, but your primary should be pulling in most things anyway. Source: almost 3 years ago

And XS Usenet offers 25 GB free each month you can use. These will give you some idea of how useful usenet is before you buy a year sub from NewsDemon or Frugal Usenet for $30-40 that will be well worth your money. Source: about 3 years ago