Supernews to 800 days of retention

Anyone else notice that Supernews is now claiming 800 days on their front page?

http://www.supernews.com/

Didn't Supernews used to cheaper than Astraweb? Otherwise what's the point of Giganews offering a cheaper alternative, if now it's even more expensive than Astraweb, while offering less retention?

That (may) have prompted a retention change as well.

Guess it depends on where you look just like with any other service. A quick Google search for "supernews deal" turns up this for $9.99/mo: http://www.supernews.com/superspecial.html

Deals are out there, the providers just want you to find them. :)

Ahh gotcha. Kind of like the Astraweb special as well, you have to search for it.

Astraweb: 879 days

and usenetnow (my current provider) at 873.

isnt usenetnow a readnews reseller?
then they probably have awful speeds on older stuff like ngroups

I simply increase the number of active connections (usenetnow gives 50) and still manage to max out my dsl line. So no, no problems here.

Supernews is Oldnews - this is really not that big of a deal...Supernews is backended by Giganews this was just a matter of time before Giganews turned up their retention..

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I simply increase the number of active connections (usenetnow gives 50) and still manage to max out my dsl line. So no, no problems here.

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*shrugging* i couldnt do it.. i had my usual speed at 5.5MB on new stuff and maximum 1.5 on older files. no matter how many connections i used for the last ones.