It’s been a while for me, but iirc most ISPs do offer their own servers. However, free Usenet servers are going to have very limited retention - in the order of days. The advantage of paid subscriptions is that they offer retention in the weeks or months.
Some universities also offer free news servers for their students.
The free servers usually don’t offer bin/audio/video groups, at least I don’t know any.
It’s been a while for me, but iirc most ISPs do offer their own servers. However, free Usenet servers are going to have very limited retention - in the order of days. The advantage of paid subscriptions is that they offer retention in the weeks or months.
This is the correct answer.
Some universities also offer free news servers for their students.
The free servers usually don’t offer bin/audio/video groups, at least I don’t know any.