theCubeNet
- Free allowance
- No free tier and no free trial on the site read; blocks start at 500 GB for $25, with a 1 TB block at $45.
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price statedsee Price below
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23
| Free tier | No free tier and no free trial on the site read; blocks start at 500 GB for $25, with a 1 TB block at $45. unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | USD 4.17 (unlimited, $50/year) |
| Limits |
2026 specials: unlimited $50/year (100 connections), monthly unlimited $7.99, 250 GB/month $10 per 6 months. Blocks: 500 GB $25, 1 TB $45, 2 TB $75, all one-time. |
| Binding | none The vendor publishes no volume cap. The r/usenet map records a soft 10 TB/month ceiling that support resets on request; at 1 TiB/month that does not bind. |
| Identity | card Email plus a paid order; the site is a WHMCS storefront whose cart requires payment. No trial. |
| Egress | Unlimited speed, SSL servers in US and EU, 100 connections free allowance: unlimited |
| Per-object cap | no per-object cap is published |
| Retention | Up to 5,912+ days retention, in the specials banner (5912 days) |
| Interface | nntp NNTP over TLS on port 563; no HTTP or object API exists for the download path, so a user drives it through SABnzbd, NZBGet or nzbdav |
| Composes with | A cheap unlimited layer on the UsenetExpress spool that stacks under an Omicron primary when a client wants 100 connections at the lowest monthly rate. |
| Reliability | UsenetExpress reseller (news.thecubenet.com and europe.thecubenet.com). The 2 TB block at $75 is $37.50/TB, the cheapest UsenetExpress block found on a vendor page. |
| Notes | The yearly unlimited at $50 is cheaper per month than UsenetExpress's own $90, which is the normal shape of reseller pricing on this backbone. |
| Evidence note | documented Prices and limits from the vendor home page read. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | www.thecubenet.com/ | 'Unlimited Usenet $50/year 100 Connections'; '$1TB Block $45/one-time'; '500GB Block $25'; '2TB Big Block $75'; 'Monthly Unlimited $7.99'; up to 5,912+ days |
| 2026-10-23 | www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers | Thundernews/Thecubenet have soft limits (10TB per month) on their unlimited plans, reset on request by support |
More fields 2
| backbone | UsenetExpress |
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| soft cap | 10 TB/month, reported |