Does readnews have its own infrastructure?
Yes. In addition to the connectivity above, we have: • A 24×7 NOC • Over 3 Petabytes of spool • Full Usenet feeds via peering with other Usenet providers • Unique software technology that allows us to add features for our customers and scale quickly • An overprovisioned reader infrastructure, with tens of gigabits of capacity kept available ahead of new customer demand. Q How did you get started? Our team has managed Usenet since the late 1980s. Avi stared the first ISP in Philadelphia (netaxs) and we built newsread.com as part of our ISP offerings. newsread.com was one of the largest Usenet outsourcers, and is now one of our customers. In 2004 Avi was trying to build a web portal to provide easier access to Usenet text groups – but a number of ISPs and other Usenet providers asked us to start offering wholesale access, which we’ve been doing since 2005. Q How quickly can we get started? Most configurations can be turned up in 24 hours. In cases with complex authentication and usage ac
