Astraweb retention being increased to 270 days

[LovinYourWork]

That's probably true. I like the commercials with the timer already counting down the best.

I wonder how well kleverig.nl has done with that link being spread around and everyone signing up for $11/mo...

[super_girl28]

So are astraweb's speeds consistently high, or do they fluctuate a lot? Giganews will max out my 6.5mbps connection 24/7.

All depends on the route it takes from the server to you, that is the main thing that affects you're speed. Use the reverse traceroute utility on the site to check it. http://www.news.astraweb.com/tools/tracepub.cgi

Though I think you will easily be able to reach 6.5Mb/s without fluctuation (or minor fluctuation). I've seen 62Mb/s with minor fluctuation (but that's normal for speed that high)

[ERiC DiLL L0VER]

190

It's actually 194, but being advertised for 190 still awesome.

[munoz121]

Wonder if a price increase will follow? I'm glad i got in at 11$/ Month

Yup, so am I.

Everybody better get on it before they drop the deal. The price won't increase for current $11/month subscribers.

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well its going up by 1 a day so it should be by 200 by end of week

[Awareness]

This is fantastic news. I'll switch either the end of this monthly cycle or next. Giganews does not have 240-day retention across the board, in fact it's not even close it's closer to 200 days in some newsgroups. Now I don't even trust them to really have 200+ day stuff. So after almost 10 years (yes, 10!) with Giganews, it's see ya later! I love competition.

[onebrwn]

Looks like I'm too late. It's $15/month now.

[jonard c]

I am a Giganews subscriber, and am switching to Astraweb at the end of the current billing cycle (in about 3 days). I'm so psyched at being able to indulge in my obsession for a lot less per month (just about half!), without losing any significant retention. Giganews has been great for me, however at the current price I pay per month, it is kind of hard to justify it to the wife.

[Sammy]

Then I will stick with Giganews for time being. Giganews website:

Giganews has grown to over 240 days of binary retention, the highest retention available from any Usenet server!

[Raebell]

Considering how cheap storage has become, this shouldn't be much of a shock.

Perhaps Giganews will extend their retention or drop prices?