simonews
- Free allowance
- Free demo account: 0.5 Gigabyte for 7 days at EUR 0.00, confirmed with a free SMS code to a mobile phone; one new demo per phone number and email address every 90 days.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- any-phoneno card, phone required
- Binding limit
- volume-quota25, 75 and 150 GB per month; 5-year accounts of 25, 100, 200 and 500 GB
- Evidence
- documented6 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | Free demo account: 0.5 Gigabyte for 7 days at EUR 0.00, confirmed with a free SMS code to a mobile phone; one new demo per phone number and email address every 90 days. unit GB; metered on downloaded-bytes; The demo needs a mobile number; a landline works through a hang-up call to a stated number. |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Monthly: 25 GB EUR 5.95, 75 GB EUR 13.95, 150 GB EUR 23.95; flat rates 1 Mbit/s EUR 11.95, 4 Mbit/s EUR 18.95, 16 Mbit/s EUR 29.95. EU prices include VAT. |
| Binding | volume-quota Every paid product is a fixed volume or a speed-capped flat; the demo is 0.5 GB. |
| Identity | any-phone The demo sends 'a free SMS code to your mobile phone which you have to confirm on this page'; a landline is accepted by a hang-up call. The paid order form was not opened: unverified: behind a sign-up. |
| Egress | Monthly volume of 25, 75 or 150 GB, or flat rates of 1, 4 or 16 Mbit/s; 5-year accounts of 25 to 500 GB free allowance: 0.5 GB demo over 7 days |
| Retention | 1600 days of Usenet retention ('1600 Tage Usenet Retention') (1600 days) |
| Interface | nntp NNTP; the vendor page names a Usenet server per account |
| Composes with | The 5-year accounts do not renew: 25 GB for EUR 10.00 up to 500 GB for EUR 100.00, so a bulk block can be held for years. |
| Reliability | Backbone is not stated on the vendor pages read. |
| Notes | The free demo is 0.5 GB, enough to test the service only; prices are in euro and volume-metered. |
| Evidence note | documented Demo terms, prices and retention are from the vendor pages read on 2026-11-03. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 6
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/usenet_server/english/test_zugang/ | the demo is 0.5 GB for 7 days at no charge |
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/usenet_server/english/test_zugang/ | the demo needs a phone that can receive an SMS code |
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/usenet_server/english/test_zugang/ | the demo can be repeated every 90 days per phone number and email |
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/usenet_server/english/preise/ | the smallest monthly subscription is 25 GB at EUR 5.95 |
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/usenet_server/english/preise/ | the smallest 5-year account is 25 GB at EUR 10.00 |
| 2026-11-03 | www.simonews.com/ | retention is 1600 days |