Supernews or Astraweb

[iLOVENZB]

I have the 96/yr Astraweb plan. #2 in retention at a third world price. 11/month is just fine too. Used it in US, SE and AU and it's worked flawlessly, even with a 100Mbit connection.

What speeds did you have in AU and how many connections did you use?

[zot]

It seems that Giganews Inc. has chosen to hold the retention of Supernews to 350 days (vs. Astraweb's 480+), even though they're currently spooling up the servers, and Giganews own retention, like Astraweb's and Highwinds, increases every day. Powerusenet, another Giganews-owned reseller (if that's not an incorrect term) had its retention jump in spurts: from 125 days, to 200, to the current 400. The question is will Supernews still be at 350 when Astraweb and Giganews are pushing 700?

[whiteboy]

It seems that Giganews Inc. has chosen to hold the retention of Supernews to 350 days (vs. Astraweb's 480+), even though they're currently spooling up the servers, and Giganews own retention, like Astraweb's and Highwinds, increases every day. Powerusenet, another Giganews-owned reseller (if that's not an incorrect term) had its retention jump in spurts: from 125 days, to 200, to the current 400. The question is will Supernews still be at 350 when Astraweb and Giganews are pushing 700?

hMM THATS TRUE, iM HAPPY WITH SUPERNEWS BUT THIS MIGHT MAKE ME JUMP TO ASTRAWEB. (stupid caps)

[c0ld]

hMM THATS TRUE, iM HAPPY WITH SUPERNEWS BUT THIS MIGHT MAKE ME JUMP TO ASTRAWEB. (stupid caps)

There is a button on your keyboard that looks like an arrow pointing left. It is often accompanied by text reading 'Backspace'. It is very useful.

[whiteboy]

hMM THATS TRUE, iM HAPPY WITH SUPERNEWS BUT THIS MIGHT MAKE ME JUMP TO ASTRAWEB. (stupid caps)

There is a button on your keyboard that looks like an arrow pointing left. It is often accompanied by text reading 'Backspace'. It is very useful.

If I cared that much to take the time I would have. Hopefully my post in caps didn't ruin your day too much.

[sefar]

i am useing Astraweb i am likeing it already

[dette]

It seems that Giganews Inc. has chosen to hold the retention of Supernews to 350 days (vs. Astraweb's 480+), even though they're currently spooling up the servers, and Giganews own retention, like Astraweb's and Highwinds, increases every day. Powerusenet, another Giganews-owned reseller (if that's not an incorrect term) had its retention jump in spurts: from 125 days, to 200, to the current 400. The question is will Supernews still be at 350 when Astraweb and Giganews are pushing 700?

This is a very, very good point which I have already thought of. I will be jumping to Astraweb if Supernews retention doesnt change. Or mayber UseNetServer because they also have a $10 deal

[ericab]

youd be better off with astraweb.

[TrollinThunder]

I have tried both and they are both good enough for me.

I went with Astraweb $96/year plan recently because it's just easier to take care of it in one shot.

The only drawback is that I've seen some slower speeds during high peak times due to the popularity of AW. But I don't monitor that closely so maybe it was a freak thing.

[SonsOfLiberty]

It could be you ISP doing that and not Astra, I rarely if ever see any gigantic speed drops, if I do, I un-plug modem/router for a few minutes and back to normal, it seems I have to do this about every 2 weeks or so....