Which usenet provider?

**JustDOSE** · 07-25-2008, 01:24 AM

Astraweb is the best in ive ever used! i recommend them fully man, only downside is dont sign up on a Friday or weekend , best

**Funkin'** · 07-25-2008, 05:01 AM

I didn't know Astraweb has went up to 141+. Sweet, I'm definitely going with them now. Best value around. And that retention is surely enough. Plus it's only going to increase anyways. I just hope they stay at the same price when the retention hits the 200 day mark. Which I'm sure won't be long.

EDIT: Actually it's a 142+ days.

**saulin** · 07-27-2008, 05:16 AM

Astraweb is the best in ive ever used! i recommend them fully man, only downside is dont sign up on a Friday or weekend , best

I used to buy gigs with Astraweb. They had good speed and price. I have been with Easynews for 5.3 years now. I can't give up their web interface plus I have over 450 gigs banked. They are aiming for 200 days of retention soon. I can't wait!

**city wok** · 07-29-2008, 11:44 PM

hi everyone im brand new here and so far this forum has been really helpful
in fact I was planning on buying a usenext account until i read some of the things on here which quickly changed my mind.

I am considering getting a usenet provider and so far it looks like giganews is the way to go but I have one question.
What is this retention you guys are talking about? I dont really understand

Thanks in advance!

city wok

**Skiz** · 07-30-2008, 01:29 AM

Retention is the time a news server (Giganews, for example) holds a newsgroup posting (files) before deleting it.

ps - Congrats on seeing the light.

**GXice** · 08-01-2008, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Funkin'

EDIT: Actually it's a 142+ days.

Its 143+ days now.

**ezzzy** · 08-01-2008, 07:14 PM

hitnews.eu
ssl
8 connections
i get a stable 20meg download speed
if you are in the UK works out at £6 a month
100 days retention/ but i have a block account with astraweb aswell as back up!