July 2010 Usenet News
We have a few Usenet news items for the month of July 2010.
Retention Keeps Going Up!
First, the good news – Retention increases. Giganews and Astraweb keep up the retention rates marching upwards. As of July 1rst, Giganews is at 693 days and Astraweb is close on their heels with 682 days. UsenetServer and Newshosting are staying at 600 days – which in our opinion is still VERY good if you like downloading binary files.
Giganews World Cup Special
We are able to offer UsenetReviewz.com visitors - discounted pricing for Giganews while the World Cup last. Instead of their normal, $29.99 pricing you can signup with Giganews for $19.99. Check out our Giganews Review page for more details or click here.
Cox Usenet is Closing — Free Usenet for Cox Customers ?
Today July 1rst Cox is closing the doors on Usenet access because its too complicated and time intensive for them( Despite what they claim on the Official press release). Anyways, your misfortune (if you are a Cox Customer) could actually lead to some good things because top tier usenet provider Newshosting is offering FREE usenet for 2010 — 6 months of FREE Usenet for Cox customers.
Here is the their press release:
ASHBURN, Va., May 27 /PRNewswire/ — NEWSHOSTING.COM, the recognized leader in Usenet access, is proud to announce free newsgroup access for Cox subscribers starting now and for the remainder of 2010 in response to Cox Communications’ announcement that it will discontinue Usenet services as of July 1, 2010. Current Cox subscribers will get free access to Usenet at the exact same service levels that are enjoyed today, until the end of 2010.
There are no strings attached and no credit card will be required to sign up. Cox subscribers will not even have to re-subscribe to the newsgroups within their favorite Usenet client. After a simple 3 step sign-up process, Cox subscribers will continue to access Usenet newsgroups for free starting today.
Cox subscribers, who would like to take advantage of the free Usenet offer before Cox discontinues service, please point your browser to http://www.newshosting.com/cox/ to sign up. The offer will be available from today until the end of 2010.
Be sure to read our Newshosting Review
Easynews Remodel and Pricing Upgrades
Talking with the team over at Easynews, we are glad to hear that they have been remodeling their website – both inside and out. And now they are offering free unlimited NNTP access to all Big Gig subscribers. Easynews, offer webbased browsing of usenet binaries and they have 200+ days of binary retention for web browsing and 600+ days for standard NNTP access.
If you are fan of web based Usenet browsing and you want to download binaries without limits via NZB files then Easynews could be right for you.
Here is the text of their press release:
EASYNEWS.COM ANNOUNCES FREE UNLIMITED NNTP
Phoenix, AZ – June 29, 2010 – Easynews.com, the world’s leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, is pleased to announce free Unlimited NNTP access for all Big Gig subscribers starting today. The price of the popular Big Gig plan will remain the same but now all current and new subscribers will gain unlimited access to over 100,000 newsgroups, both text and binary. The Unlimited NNTP add-on features 600 days of retention, secure SSL encrypted access and an unlimited number of connections, which is unrivaled by any other Usenet provider.
As part of its commitment to provide the world’s most comprehensive Usenet access, the announcement of Free Unlimited NNTP comes just weeks after the successful launch of its new website design. Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming months to further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forward to developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usability enhancements to the Easynews browser application.
You can check out our review of Easynews for more details and insight into Easynews.
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