Longest retention

[t7hx9k]

Speeds don't matter, I only want the longest retention with perfect completion. After doing some research, Giganews had 497 days while Astraweb had 488 days. Is Giganews better in completion also? Is the retention really true, or is it only for certain newsgroups? Is there any other good provider? Please help me start with the suitable provider for my needs.

[Beck38]

Multi-year user of Giganews... used Astraweb back 'in the day' when a lot of fills were needed... Switched to Astraweb when then went to the $11/month deal... Keep tabs on GN with their minimum deal, only once in 8+ months have I had to use them to 'fill' Astra.

BUT, I've caught both servers (Us and Euro) with minor to massive 'skips' of posted articles. What is interesting is, one will skip while the other has no problems. I would say in the last three months plus or so, that Giga has been having much more problems than Astra, in fact, I haven't had any problems with Astra that, in only a couple cases, weren't 'solved' by used of the Astra/EU server. In that case, I specifically looked at Giga, and BOTH their US and EU servers had the same skips.

And, I might mention that the one other server plant I have 'space' on (usenet-news), had no skips whatsoever, so guess what (?), it wasn't the upload that had the problems, but the Giga servers.

[t7hx9k]

I'll try out Astraweb with their unlimited $11/month plan. Thanks for the info Beck38.

[Skiz]

I've been with Giganews since July of 2007.

Giganews is by far the leader when compared to Astraweb when looking for the best completion rates; look no further. Retention for the two is similar at the moment:

Giganews - 497 (and climbing)
Astraweb - 488 (and climbing?)

Just look at the threads here on the board if you need further proof of Astrawebs inconsistent completions and speeds. There are plenty of threads about it. You'd be hard pressed to find anything at all regarding issues with GN completion rates.

[c0ld]

oh look, I found one immediately; https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-gen...ek-plus-379655

[Skiz]

And? I didn't say there were no instances; merely that they were fewer than Astraweb threads.

I've used GN for 2.5 years and in a bad year, I might find two articles that are incomplete. Maybe.

Compared to Astraweb, problematic threads related to GN are few and far between. That is, at least since their $11 deal started and more folks started using them. I'm not saying it isn't a viable option for folks looking to save money, but don't expect top notch, equivalent results for almost a third of the price.

[c0ld]

..merely that they were fewer than Astraweb threads.

Compared to Astraweb, problematic threads related to GN are few and far between.

Not really.

[Skiz]

Great point.

Well represented.

[Rart]

Skiz,

At least in the last couple of months that I have really been familiar with newsgroups and looking at these forums, it seems like I have seen multiple threads regarding GN and completion while only seeing 1 or 2 threads on connection issues with astraweb. It may just be me, but I haven't seen any of the issues you mentioned regarding astraweb.

Then again, GN is at least twice as expensive as Astraweb, so is the possible chance of slightly better completion (a couple of files at most) really worth it?

[ericab]

i agree;
from what ive gathered, giganews is the problematic one... at least in comparison to astraweb.