We’re excited to announce that NNTP pipelining support is currently in testing at Usenet Express.

For those unfamiliar, traditional NNTP connections operate in a strict request-response pattern. Your client sends a command, waits for the server to respond, then sends the next. That round-trip wait adds up fast, especially over higher-latency connections. Pipelining changes this by allowing clients to send multiple commands without waiting for each individual response, keeping the connection busy and the data flowing.

Early Results

In our internal testing, we’ve seen significant speed increases on connections with notable latency. The further you are from our servers, the more you stand to gain. Users on high bandwidth connections that previously couldn’t saturate their link due to latency should see a real difference.

Want to Try It?

We’re currently looking for customers interested in helping us test pipelining support. If you’d like early access or have questions, reach out to us at [email protected].

We’ll share more details as testing progresses. Stay tuned.