Most Usenet providers offer multiple news server addresses and alternate ports based on location and encryption. The table below lists the server addresses for each provider along with secure (SSL) and standard (non-encrypted) ports.
Alternate ports are a great way to avoid traffic shaping. If you notice your connection is slow then your ISP might be throttling Usenet traffic through throttling the default NNTP ports which are 119 for non-secure and 563 for SSL. Using an alternate port should help get around this issue.
NNTP Servers and Port numbers
| Provider | News Server Address | SSL Ports | Standard Ports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astraweb | news.astraweb.com us.news.astraweb.com eu.news.astraweb.com | 563, 443 | 119, 23, 1818, 8080 |
| BlockNews | usnews.blocknews.net eunews.blocknews.net eunews2.blocknews.net | 563, 443, 5563 | 119, 23, 2000, 8080, 9000 |
| Easynews | news.easynews.com news.us.easynews.com secure-us.news.easynews.com news.eu.easynews.com secure-eu.news.easynews.com | 563, 21, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 443, 8000, 8080 | 119, 21, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 8000, 8080 |
| EasyUsenet | reader.easyusenet.nl | 563, 443 | 119, 80 |
| Firstload | newsfarm.firstload.de | 119, 80, 443 | |
| Frugal Usenet | news.frugalusenet.com | 563, 5563 | 119, 20, 23, 53, 443, 2000, 8080, 9000, 9001, 9002 |
| Giganews | news.giganews.com | 563, 443 | 119, 23, 80 |
| NewsDemon | news.newsdemon.com us.newsdemon.com eu.newsdemon.com | 563, 80, 81, 9119 | 119, 23, 443, 3128, 7000, 8000, 8080, 9000 |
| NewsgroupDirect | us.newsgroupdirect.com nl.newsgroupdirect.com de.newsgroupdirect.com | 563, 80, 81 | 119, 23, 443, 3128, 7000, 8000, 9000 |
| Newsguy | news.newsguy.com | 563, 443 | 119, 80, 8080 |
| Newshosting | news-us.newshosting.com news-nl.newshosting.com news-de.newshosting.com | 563, 443 | 119, 80 |
| NewsLeecher | news.newsleecher.com eu.newsleecher.com | 563, 80, 81 | 119, 23, 443, 3128 7000, 8000, 9000 |
| PowerUsenet | news.powerusenet.com | 563, 443 | 119, 23, 80 |
| Supernews | news.supernews.com news.eu.supernews.com | 563, 443 | 119, 23, 80 |
| theCubeNet | news.thecubenet.com secure.news.thecubenet.com europe.thecubenet.com secure.europe.thecubenet.com | 563, 80, 81 | 119, 23, 443, 3128, 7000, 8000, 8080, 9000 |
| ThunderNews | news.thundernews.com us.thundernews.com eu.thundernews.com | 563, 80, 81 | 119, 23, 443, 3128, 7000, 8000, 8080, 9000 |
| TweakNews | news.tweaknews.eu | 563, 443 | 119, 80 |
| Usenet.net | news.usenet.net | 563, 443 | 119, 23, 80 |
| Usenet.nl | power.usenet.nl eco.usenet.nl | 563 | 119, 443 |
| UsenetBucket | reader.usenetbucket.com | 563 | 119 |
| Usenet Farm | news.usenetfarm.eu news4.usenet.farm | 119 | |
| UseNetServer | news.usenetserver.com news-us.usenetserver.com news-eu.usenetserver.com | 563, 443, 8080 | 119, 20, 23, 25, 3128, 7000, 8000, 9000 |
| UseNeXT | high.usenext.de flat.usenext.de | 563 | 119, 443 |
| XS News | reader.xsnews.nl | 563, 443 | 119, 80 |
| Yabnews | reader.yabnews.nl | 563, 443 | 119, 80 |