Giganews Review
2009 Editors' Choice Winner:
Best Overall
From very high retention rates to blazing fast speeds Giganews has it all. Let's start by reviewing their retention. They offer 330 days of binary retention in over 110,000 uncensored newsgroups. This is an area where some usenet servers advertise high rates and then you find its only in text groups or a few binary groups. That is not the case with Giganews. They have the highest retention rate of all the newsgroup servers we've tested. Completion follows suit with 99%+ completion rates.
In March 2009 Giganews announced that they would be offering 365 days of binary retention. The upgrade from 240 to 365 days is taking place day to day. Retention is currently 330 days.
Speed - We easily maxed out a 7+ Mbps connection with SSL enabled for long periods of time at all hours of the day.
Encryption - you want secure Usenet access? They've got it. It will cost you a little extra but you can add 256 bit SSL encryption and an additional 10 connections for 2.50 £ a month. The most impressive part was that our speeds were tremendous even with SSL enabled. You always expect encryption to slow down connection speeds to compensate for the additional overhead. We were able to stay over 7 Mbps with SSL enabled.
Pricing plans:
Giganews offers these plans with 330 days of binary retention:
- Diamond: unlimited downloads, SSL, 20 streams - € 22,23 a month
- Special: save 50% on your first 2 months of service (more details)
- Platinum: unlimited downloads, 10 streams - € 18,52 a month
- Silver: 35 GB/mo., 10 streams - € 9,63 a month
- Bronze: 10 GB/mo., 10 streams - € 5,92 a month
Giganews offers these value plans with 30 day binary retention:
- Pearl: 5 GB/mo., 10 connections - € 3,70 a month
- Jade: 3 GB/mo., 10 connections - € 2,22 a month
Support - prompt and knowledgeable. According to Giganews they have customers in over 180 countries and therefore offer 24/7 support with a 10 minute average response time on support tickets. They also offer a customer satisfaction survey for every support incident.
Conclusion - Giganews offers exceptional service and support. Their retention and completion rank #1 among our Editors' Choice winners. We highly recommend you give them a try.
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