Usenet FAQ

• What is Usenet?
  Usenet is a global network of servers that host discussion groups called newsgroups. Usenet works by allowing users to post articles to newsgroups which every other Usenet user can read or download using NNTP protocol.
• What is Binary Post?
  Usenet was designed primary for text posting only but with special encoding users can post binary files.
• What is Retention?
  Retention is period of time when newsgroup articles are stored on the Usenet server.
• What is Completion Rate?
  In order for a binary file to be posted on Usenet, it must be encoded and posted in multiple articles. Sometimes some of the articles gone missing. Completion rate is percentage of how many binary files are complete and available for download.
• What's Available on Usenet?
  Usenet have huge collection of videos, mp3, software, games and adult content with 3,800 GB of data added daily.
• Why use Commercial Usenet service over ISP provided Usenet service?
  Latest data show about 3,800 GB data added daily to Usenet. Commercial Usenet service offer high Retention (up to 200 days) and 99+% completion rate for all that data.
• Is it Safe?
  Most Usenet provider doesn't record anything you download from Usenet (except the data count) and no one know who or where are you since you are not broadcasting your IP address to everyone else on the network like some peer to peer service.