We’re making a few significant changes to our backend systems today and it may cause some instability. We think we can do these changes without any downtime… If there are issues they shouldn’t last for long periods of time. No articles will be lost/dropped/etc, only delayed a few moments.

Hello everyone. We just finished turning up a new internet transit/backbone connection to Cogent. We use BGP to select our routes and around 20% of our user traffic is now flowing out the new connection (because it’s a better/shorter path). The new connection is just one of the ways we’re working to make our user experience as fast as possible.

Now that everyone has probably had more than enough turkey, how about a few Black Friday deals for 2018?

We’re offering our yearly unlimited account for $40/yr.

Coupon code 40BFY

12mo unlimited for $40

Great deal on block accounts also!

Coupon code 5for500

500G block for $5

We’re always working diligently to expand and maintain a great service at a reasonable price. We went a little overboard with a recent front-end capacity upgrade and now have 2x the capacity we had a month ago. We’d like to put some of this capacity to use, sooner than later.. so some amazing specials are due (it has been awhile)

Coupon code 5For500

500G block for $5

For those looking for an unlimited account, we’re running specials on them as well.

Coupon code 6for18

6mo unlimited for $18

Coupon code 12for35

12mo unlimited for $35

We are aware of the issues we are currently having with NNTP authentication and also with the members area. It seems to be due to a power outage. We are currently investigating the problem. Thank you for your patience.