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Giganews ups retention to 300 days

9 June 2009 23:23 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 13 comments

Giganews announced last week that they had set a new Usenet milestone, upping binary retention to 300 days, a first for any provider.

Retention time is how long Giganews stores data available without deleting to make room for new content.

�Reaching 300 days of retention is a definite high-water mark for us and for Usenet as a whole,� Philip Molter, Giganews CTO added, �As the industry leader, we are excited to offer such lengthy retention times to our customers, and we continue to work toward our goal of a full year�s worth of binary retention.�

The company added that it plans to up retention time again to one full year (365 days) by August.

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hape (Member) 10 June 2009 4:22
Actually Giganews wasn't the first one. Newsgroupdirect was three days faster. http://www.newsgroupdirect.com/ [ + quote]
pollution (Member) 10 June 2009 15:13
. [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11 June 2009 7:29
geestar20 (AfterDawn Addict) 10 June 2009 15:32
@-pollution- Why PM you when they can get it straight from there web site Astraweb [ + quote]
pollution (Member) 10 June 2009 21:31
. [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11 June 2009 7:29
geestar20 (AfterDawn Addict) 10 June 2009 21:44
*Quote:* For brownie points. Neat :P [ + quote]
varnull (Inactive) 10 June 2009 22:04
referral scam then eh? Free open source software = made by end users who want an application to work. I would rather you hate me for who I am than love me for what I am not. �It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.� - Bruce Schneier [ + quote]
hikaricor (Newbie) 10 June 2009 22:26
Newsgroupdirect however sucks balls. Terrible customer support and some serious server issues. [ + quote]
malcarada (Newbie) 11 June 2009 7:19
Giganews is funding interner censorship organisations such as the IWF (you can find Giganews logo on their page). I would not touch Giganews with a bargain pole, the internet was meant to be free of censorship. [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11 June 2009 7:20
PRCOQUI (Junior Member) 11 June 2009 11:45
Astraweb, Retention Capacity Upgrade to 365 Days http://www.news.astraweb.com/ [ + quote]
DVDBack23 (Staff Member) 11 June 2009 12:45
*Originally posted by PRCOQUI:* Astraweb, Retention Capacity Upgrade to 365 Days http://www.news.astraweb.com/ You must work for them...they have capacity for UP TO 365 days, but currently sit at 295. [ + quote]
hape (Member) 11 June 2009 15:25
Actually Astrawebs retention grows every day. After two months it will most likely be full year. He didn't say the retention would be 365 days now. So calm down a little. :) [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11 June 2009 15:33
DVDBack23 (Staff Member) 11 June 2009 17:46
*Originally posted by hape:* Actually Astrawebs retention grows every day. After two months it will most likely be full year. He didn't say the retention would be 365 days now. So calm down a little. :) Everyone is calm, AstraWeb says they currently offer 295 days on their frontpage, it is not relevant to the article what they may or may not have in a few months. [ + quote]
BurningAs (Senior Member) 11 June 2009 21:52
*Originally posted by malcarada:* Giganews is funding interner censorship organisations such as the IWF (you can find Giganews logo on their page). I would not touch Giganews with a bargain pole, the internet was meant to be free of censorship. What!? Do you know what newsgroups are used for? [ + quote]