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O2 UK ISP Begins to Throttle USENET Newsgroups

If you’re in the UK and are a broadband customer of the 02 ISP, you may experience slower speeds during peak hours. O2 has announced that they will begin to throttle certain ports and protocols from 8-11pm to address bandwidth...

October 6, 2009

General Technology

FCC Net Neutrality May Help USENET

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today new Net Neutrality” rules that would require carriers to deliver broadband in a non-discriminatory manner and to disclose their network management policies in a transparent manner. While the FCC is a US-only...

September 21, 2009

General Technology Usenet

Microsoft Newsgroups Announces Visual Search

Today, Seattle giant Microsoft announced on their newsgroups and website the latest feature to its Bing search engine: Visual Search. The new Visual Search feature is primarily used for when you’re shopping for products. The search function allows you to...

September 14, 2009

General People

Remembering September 11, 2001

Today, many in the United States are noting and remembering the events that shaped September 11th, 2001 in the minds of countless people. When the Twin Towers were hit and started to come down, so did the range of questions...

September 11, 2009

General Science

Medical Newsgroups: Virus May Cause Prostate Cancer

Medical newsgroups are reporting a finding with potentially major implications for identifying a viral cause of prostate cancer. The report states that researchers at the University of Utah and Columbia University medical schools have discovered a type of virus known...

September 8, 2009

General Service Upgrades Technology

ThunderNews Announces New European SSL Usenet Server Launch

ThunderNews is excited to announce that we have launched our much awaited European SSL Usenet servers. The new European SSL Usenet servers offer the same newsgroup selection and retention as our regular European news servers. ThunderNews customers who subscribe to...

October 24, 2008

General Promotions Specials Usenet

Discount for Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon and Sprint Customers

ThunderNews is pleased to offer customers of Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon and Sprint the opportunity to upgrade to premium Usenet access at a 20% permanent discount on the monthly plan of your choice. Replace their service with ours and get...

June 25, 2008

General Service Upgrades Technology Usenet

ThunderNews Offers 256 bit SSL NNTP Connections

ThunderNews is please to announce we now offer 256 bit SSL encrypted NNTP connections! SSL encrypted NNTP connections offer another level of security and privacy allowing you to safeguard your computer’s communications with our news server when browsing messages. With...

September 1, 2007