If you are an avid fan of Usenet or BitTorrent, and happen to use a newsreader/torrent client that will auto queue files (Like Newsbin or uTorrent), give it a try!

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Why are they so good? Let me count the ways:

1. Unlimited access and 20 connections for $24.99/mo. – $25 a month might seem like a lot, but if you want to have Usenet access at all, you will most likely have to pay. If you want GREAT Usenet access, you will have to pay a few dollars more.
2. SSL enabled transfers for $29.99/mo. – Yes, even more money. If you up the ante by a whopping $5 a month, you can have SSL enabled account, allowing you to securely transfer data between your client and their servers. You might ask, “What nefarious data are you transferring that you don’t want anyone to see?” Nothing, actually. The purpose of the SSL transfer is to ensure that no ISP traffic shaping is done based on packet headers or protocol ports. Let the BitTorrent folks deal with their ISP dropping their packets and throttling downloads – with Giganews, you don’t have to worry.
3. Giganews Accelerator for…Free! – Finally, something free. Did I mention unlimited data and 20 connections for $24.99 a month? Anyways, you get free use of the Giganews Accelerator application included with your account. The accelerator allows you to download compressed headers, greatly accelerating your header download speed. What this means in the real world is that with a properly configured newsgroup reader, such as Newsbin, you can increase your header download speed by a factor of 10.

   This is actually one of the main reasons I wrote this post – I was downloading headers from a ton of groups yesterday and saw Newsbin displaying my header download speed as over 100 MB/s. If I was downloading from a regular Usenet provider, or without the accelerator, it would have been a measly 9 to 10 MB/s. A ten-fold increase is not bad at all!

   Oh, and as a side note, header downloads do not count into your monthly quota if you are using a metered account, aka they are free.

4. Ridiculous retention time - Giganews has led the charge in long-term binary data storage and boasts the absolute best retention on the net at 240 700+ days. No longer will you dig up an old download that you desperately need, only to have it come up incomplete because your provider does not archive posts that old. Giganews has it all (not really, but 700 days isn’t shabby).
5. Reliability – In the 14 months I have been using Giganews, they have yet to be down even one time when I wanted to use the service.
6. Speed – They go as fast as you can go. My old Comcast connection used to sustain ~26 MB/s transfers before they started capping me – Giganews kept the pace without a problem.

You might think that I am being paid for this, or shamelessly schilling for Giganews. I assure you this is not the case. I simply have not found a better provider out there. If you know of anyone who can match their value, I would love to hear it.
So what are you waiting for? Grab a trial copy of Newsbin, and a 14-day trial account at Giganews, and get started!

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