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The homepage sells a USD 5.00/mo entry and a 14-day window is quoted by third-party review sites, not by the vendor page read.","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"topic":"debrid","slug":"frugal-usenet","provider":"Frugal Usenet","url":"https://www.frugalusenet.com/","category":"usenet provider (NetNews primary + UsenetFarm bonus)","tier":"Monthly","free_tier":{"stated":"No free tier and no free trial. 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The 1 TB/month cap applies only to the bundled UsenetFarm bonus server, which is a completion aid rather than the main feed.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"Email plus a paid order through billing.frugalusenet.com. No trial; a card is required before the first byte.","country":null},"reliability_note":"Two backbones in one plan: NetNews as primary and UsenetFarm as the bonus EU fill server, which is the cheapest way to get two independent feeds without buying two subscriptions.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Prices, connections and retention are from the vendor homepage read today. The USD 35/year figure is from the vendor's own billing portal, which contradicts the homepage's USD 60/year bundle; both are recorded.","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.frugalusenet.com/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'As Low As $5.00/Month'; '$5.99 Per Month w/ 5000+ Days Retention'; '$60 per year - incl/ Blocknews block account'; 'Up To 250 Connections'; 8 server locations"},{"url":"https://billing.frugalusenet.com/signup/byUkhnlJF","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"Yearly Unlimited Subscription $35.00 Per Year; 'Blocknews NOT Included'"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"Frugal Usenet on NetNews, AS6450; bonus UsenetFarm server capped at 1 TB/month"}],"verdict":"paid-only","verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:52:29.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 5.99 (monthly)","notes":"The homepage and the billing portal quote different yearly prices for different bundles ($60 with a Blocknews block, $35 without), which is not a contradiction once the bundle is read, but it reads as one at a glance.","extras":{"backbone":"NetNews (AS6450) primary + UsenetFarm bonus","server_locations":8,"yearly_without_block":"USD 35.00"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":1,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price-per-tb","num":5.99,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":5.99,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}