Giganews Review - Giganews Vs Astraweb Vs UsenetServer

Giganews is one of the most respected Usenet providers today, and one of the oldest. It was started using an old Sun SPARC workstation, and has grown to encompass more than 170 countries and has tens of thousands of newsgroups indexed. Here are a few of the basic details about Giganews.

• Retention – One of the highest among all the providers, at 1,224 days for binary and 3,094 days of retention for text.
• Corporate Structure – Based in Austin Texas, yet has server stations worldwide.
• Free Trial – 14 days, you have to sign up for an account, then cancel at the end of the free trial if you want to discontinue service.

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Of all the Usenet providers Giganews has the highest retention levels, both in binary and text, their completion rate is also as high as a provider can possibly get, and server down-times are almost unheard of, even for maintenance.

In my experience the download speeds are excellent, but this can be affected by connection quality. In order to determine your download speeds you will have to perform the tests, but finding the optimal connection for your location won't be hard. Below I will do a side by side comparison of a couple of the other higher ranked Usenet providers.

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Retention – Binary/Text

• Astraweb - 1,213 days, more than 2 years
• Giganews - 1,224 days 3,094 days

Message Completion Rate

• Astraweb - 99%
• Giganews – 100% advertised completion rate.

Prices

• Astraweb - $15 p/mo, can be as low as $8 p/mo when purchased yearly.
• Giganews - $34.99 p/mo, but they offer extras with their service like VyprVPN, Mimo browser, Dumptruck (online storage) , and an accelerator.

Gianews has 30 GB of online storage available with their Diamond package, you can get a discount on their Diamond plan when you signup via the link above.

Conclusion of Versus: If price is of a concern to you Astraweb or SuperNews might be a better solution however if you want the top of line in quality and features then definitely Giganews.

Retention – Binary/Text

• UsenetServer - 1,214 days/2 years
• Giganews - 1,224 days/3,094 days

Message Completion Rate

• UsenetServer - 99%
• Giganews – 100% advertised completion rate.

Prices

• UsenetServer - $15.98 p/mo, and like Astraweb, can be as low as $8 p/mo when purchased yearly, and they even have a 3 day access plan for $3.
• Giganews - $34.99 p/mo, but they offer extras with their service like VyprVPN, Mimo browser, and an accelerator, and have special deals at various times.

Giganews has dumptruck storage, (not included, but you can get a special if you sign up for one of their packages.UsenetServer doesn't.

Conclusion: Again, if the bottom dollar is your bottom line, then UsenetServer or another provider like Supernews might be the candidate for you. Giganews can't be beat on their added extras and on quality so if you have the money then definitely keep Giganews on the list.