Brain Overload - Forteagent Or Newshosting

I would like to download files from Usenet. Since I have not used Usenet for 12 years, I am not familiar with what is available nowadays, but I have read lots of reviews and have narrowed my choices. I've already posted this in Bleeping Computer but I have not received any replies, so I'll post it here along with a bit more information. If somebody knows of a better place, I'm all for it.

I have an HP Pavilion desktop with Win10, Mozilla Firefox, and 12 GB RAM.

I used ForteAgent version 4.2 along with Agent Newsnet about 12 years ago. I stopped using that after a year or so because either my ISP began throttling the downloads, or maybe something else happened to decrease the download rate. My ISP has changed several times since then and is now "Spectrum.net".

My choice for a client is either ForteAgent 8 or Newshosting.

1. Newshosting is a free news reader that is included when I sign up for one of the Newshosting Usenet access plans, but I don't know if it has as many features as ForteAgent 8.
   
   
2. ForteAgent 8 costs $29 and has a 30-day free trial period. ForteAgent 8 offers many more automation features that its version 4 (ex. automatic repair and unpack, spam message filter, etc.), but I don't know those features are matched or surpassed by Newshosting. Also, FporteAgent is not updated very often.

My choice for a news server is either Agent Newsnet or UsenetServer.

1. Agent Newsnet is $15 monthly for unlimited downloads and its retention rate is about 11 years.
   
2. UsenetServer, $100 annually for unlimited downloads from usenet.com, and its retention rate is also about 11 years.

One other thing - can ForteAgent work with Newshosting Usenet access plans?

I would be thankful for any thoughts, opinions or advice someone could offer regarding these options.