Astraweb retention being increased to 270 days

Funkin' said:
Even if they pull the $11 a month deal(which I'm sure they will, it's stated it's a limited offer), I just hope they'll keep the $39 for 3 months deal.
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I am not placing any solid bets as to what will happen to the $11 offer, but it seems to be a very long limited time offer.
( 3 months for $39 is a very nice price for me too! )
 
Windy72 said:
I have given it some thought and will probably ditch giganews end of my billing cycle. But I got a couple weeks left just interested in their response. I am low level user if they throw in free SSL I may just stay save the effort of signing elsewhere to save a few pence... Competition is good.. Cmon giga what you going to offer..
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It is logical if giganews were to lower prices or increase retention. I would think the lower prices has a better chance of going though, if anything.

If they also increase retention, given a another year or so, adds will be like this:

*******News:
$0.25 / Month
4,000 SSL Connections
33 Years Retention
Unlimited Speed/Downloads
 
Well fuck.. I went a got a $25 card.. I was going for astraweb, but they don't seem to like the 'gift' cards AMEX from BoA.. But guess who didn't care.. Yup, Giganews.. So until I decide to get a bank account again and welcome myself out of SSL and back to the grid, I'll be happy to pay a couple bucks more for peace of mind.




Regardless I'm glad to be done with fucking Easynews..
 
yea looks like in the main dvd groups 181 can be had...in a.b.g.wii it was at about 177days...i can grab stuff close to 200days but everyfile will be incomplete where as it use to just say article not found be4 they started the upgrade
 
I had astraweb for a while now and love them. Haven't had any connectivity issues the only thing is that even though they announced the upgrade to 270 days I still get partial missing pieces for files around 160 days old (thier old retention period). Other then that, $11/mo WITH SSL for more then 1/2 the price of giganews is a real good deal!
 
If you're worried about the $11 deal disappearing, then jump on it now! As long as you subscribed under the deal, it'll always be that price for you.
 
222MHz said:
I emailed Giganews questioning the competitors announcements.. The reply was Less than 2 hours ago.. Time shall tell.
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It really doesn't even matter how high their retention goes. 270 is more then enough for anyone to get what they need. The price is a big problem, I don't know how they can justify charging more then almost all other competitors.
 
222MHz said:
Well fuck.. I went a got a $25 card.. I was going for astraweb, but they don't seem to like the 'gift' cards AMEX from BoA.. But guess who didn't care.. Yup, Giganews.. So until I decide to get a bank account again and welcome myself out of SSL and back to the grid, I'll be happy to pay a couple bucks more for peace of mind.




Regardless I'm glad to be done with fucking Easynews..
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Technically, it's not astraweb that didn't like the gift card.. it's their payment processor. I'm guessing you just clicked the Buy Now button? that takes you to 2checkout.
They also use other payment processors though, if you used the special kleverig offer, you'll see at the bottom of the page it says: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Dutch Users pay with iDe[/FONT]al here. You could try that, they also accept AMEX, ignore the part about dutch users, just change the country on the payment page :P

If you're doing one of the normal plans, the iDeal link will be on the left side of the page :)
 
Skizo said:
Considering how cheap storage has become, this shouldn't be much of a shock.

Perhaps Giganews will extend their retention or drop prices?
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With others also extending their storage, I see a price war on the near horizon.

The cost of storage, particularly with SATA drives, continues it's downward spiral. Prices now are breaching < $100/terabyte, I just bought two 1.5T at less than that level ($140).

So the next 'level' will be 365 days retention, it's almost within an easy shot right now. But every once in a while I do a 'sight check' on GN retention, and they're still 'ramping up' on the popular binary groups, still quite a bit short on retention there (last check a couple weeks ago showed around 170+ days).
 
asmithz said:
It really doesn't even matter how high their retention goes. 270 is more then enough for anyone to get what they need. The price is a big problem, I don't know how they can justify charging more then almost all other competitors.
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I want more if I can get it.

And I don't really see a problem in paying $20-$30. This is just pocket money anyway.
 
I'm sure the increasing will start fairly soon.

I'm really eager to see what Giganews is going to come back. I think they need to work on their prices right now and not their retention. Even if they up retention to 300(or whatever), why would you pay that much more Giganews? Astraweb has become a huge contender because of their price. And with this new retention, more and more are going to sign up with them.
 
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