To avoid traffic shaping by some ISPs you may use the following alternative Usenet ports:

Unencrypted:

• Server/Host: news3.simonews.com
• Port: 8080 (instead of 119)

Enncrypted:

• Server/Host: ssl.news3.simonews.com
• Port: 80 (instead of 563)

Our server news.simonews.com is still limited to port 119.