Encrypted Usenet

Giganews' Usenet access with 256-bit SSL encryption is the ultimate in Usenet privacy and security. Help secure your username and password from identity theft and much more! Available on all Giganews Usenet access accounts.

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200 Days Binary Retention

In the summer of 2007 Giganews drastically expanded its Usenet newsgroups storage. Giganews has grown to over 200 days of binary retention, the highest retention available from any Usenet server!

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Members Say

Wow, 200 days. That's incredible. And 20 concurrent connections to boot. You guys really do rock!
Anonymous
I am totally and completely impressed with your news server! This is world class Usenet service and the best I have ever seen!
Lane
Reliability
At Giganews we know that, to you, reliability actually means usability. This is why we've always offered you excellent completion, the world's longest binary and text retention, and congestion free systems — all supporting a service which practically never goes down!
Retention
With the world's longest newsgroup binary retention of 200 days and text retention of 1784 days, you'll get all the articles you're looking for without having to camp out in your favorite groups.
Speed
With multiple gigabit+ backbones running at a fraction of capacity, Giganews gives you all the speed you’ll need to enjoy your favorite newsgroups. Our extensive system of private network connections to Internet Service Providers also allows many of our members to connect with super low latency and minimum hops. Connect to our speed tester to see for yourself.
Completion
As the world's largest Tier 1 Usenet provider, Giganews is the source for more Usenet articles than any other server on Earth. Combine this with our extensive network of Usenet peers and you start to see why Giganews is the only newsgroups server able to truly offer greater than 99% completion.
Uncensored Newsgroups
Giganews provides access to over 107,000 uncensored newsgroups. You'll be able to find all the information you're looking for without having to worry about missing articles in your favorite groups.
Privacy
Giganews respects your privacy, which is why we will never share your information with outside parties or track your downloads (unless required by law).

Features & Metrics

  • Binary Retention: 200 days
  • Text Retention: 1784 days
  • Completion: 99%+
  • Newsgroups: 107,000+
  • Allowed Streams: 10
  • Servers: North America, Europe
  • Free Headers: YES
  • Unlimited Account: YES
  • Referral Rewards: YES
  • 24x7 E-mail Support: YES
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