Newsdemon Review - Newsdemon Vs Giganews Vs Astraweb

Newsdemon is one of the more popular Usenet provider services. They have top notch customer service and provide great performance at a reasonable price. They advertise several tiers of access plans ranging from $6.74 up to $15, but for a short time they are letting some get their most expensive plan for 5 bucks off. Here's a little more on them:

• Retention – They have a retention of 1,221 days.

• Corporate Structure – Newsdemon is a U.S. based operation, having their contact headquarters in Anderson South Carolina.

• Speeds – Their servers are located both in the U.S. and Europe, on 10 Gbp/s backbones.

• Free Trial – A 14 day trial, but you have to sign up for the service to get it.

Newsdemon also gives their members 256 bit SSL, a newsreader, online storage, and 24/7 support. Like most Usenet providers security is one of their major concerns, next to speed...both of which should make almost any user happy. They allow up to 50 concurrent connections, posting, and don't charge your account any bandwidth for grabbing the headers.

Binary Retention

• Newsdemon – Newsdemon maintains binaries for 1,221 days.

• Giganews – Binary retention is presently at 1,224 days.

Message Completion

• Newsdemon – 99.9% Completion rate.

• Giganews – Guarantees a 100% message completion rate.

Usenet Downloading Speeds

• Newsdemon – Only your connection will limit your speeds with European and U.S. servers.

• Giganews – The same applies here, the main inhibitions being proximity and your connection.

Service Prices

• Newsdemon – The comparable account, the Pro account, costs $19.95.

• Giganews – Their top account, the Diamond account, costs $34.99

Versus Conclusion – For both providers there are discounts and add-ons that can directly affect the cost, so if funding is an issue, check close. As far as the service, access, and speeds, both Giganews and Newsdemon have excellent services.

Binary Retention

• Newsdemon – Binary retention is at 1,221 days.

• Astraweb – 1,213 days of binary retention.

Message Completion

• Newsdemon – 99.9% completion, one of the highest available.

• Astraweb – 99% advertised retention, not the absolute best, but very respectable.

Usenet Downloading Speeds

• Newsdemon – Again, only your connection and location can affect this.

• Astraweb – With servers on;ly in Silicon Valley, the closer to California the better you will get.

Service Prices

• Newsdemon - $19.95 monthly, for their top tier package.

• Astraweb - $15 per month for their top tier, but some of the bells and whistles Newsdemon gives you won't be there.

Versus Conclusion – If financing is a concern, then Astraweb will be an excellent provider...if you don't need some of the add-ons, like the newsreader. Astraweb does have a few of the bells added into their pricing too, though. So again, shop carefully and think hard about the things you may, or may not, need.

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