Giganews 1000-Days Retention Giveaway

I love Giganews. The Usenet provider never let me down since I started using their service exclusively years ago. Sure, their pricing is a tad higher than that of other Usenet providers, but I think that it is well deserved. Especially the Diamond account is in my opinion still a bargain considering that you not only get unlimited access to the Usenet, but also access to a fast and reliable US and European virtual private network (VPN) for no extra charges. If you live in Europe that enables you to watch Hulu, listen to Pandora or use the vpn to protect your data, for instance if you make use of wireless connections in public places or hotels.

Giganews have been constantly working on increasing their service’s retention. Retention? Terabytes of data get uploaded to the Usenet every day, and retention refers to the time that data remains on the provider’s servers and thus accessible for customers of the Usenet provider. A higher retention guarantees that you can download files and messages that have been posted months and even years ago. The 1000-day retention mark for instance gets you access to nearly the last three years of uploads. Compare that to my very first provider who deleted data after a few days.

Giganews will break the 1000-days retention barrier on May 2. To celebrate that event, they are holding a giveaway. All existing Giganews customers are automatically entered in the draw. But the giveaway is not restricted to Giganews customers. The giveaway page lists various options, both for customers and non-customers, to enter the drawing. Prices include a Drobo FS, iPad 2, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

So how can you win? Everyone can enter their name and email address in the form for one entry to the giveaway. Existing Giganews customers can send a message for 50 entries, post about the giveaway on Twitter or Facebook, or use the Usenet client Mimo for additional entries. Non-diamond account holders can upgrade to Diamond to double their entries (they get one per month of membership otherwise).

March is also the last option to lock in the $34.99 Diamond account membership (first month for $17.49 with a 14-day trial period). The price increases by $5 from April on. Still a good deal if you need or want Usenet access and access to a virtual private network.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Wednesday March 23, 2011 -
Tags:giganews, usenet, usenet provider

Responses so far:

1. David Macdonald Ajang says:

   March 23, 2011 at 1:11 pm

   Not restricted to US citizens right?

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   • Martin Brinkmann says:

     March 23, 2011 at 2:08 pm

     I have not seen any country restrictions on the page.

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     • David Macdonald says:

       March 23, 2011 at 4:26 pm

       I thought so.
2. Dinesh says:

   March 24, 2011 at 6:21 pm

   Hope to get this giveaway.

   Regards
   Dinesh

   Reply