Giganews just set a new record for binary retention by crossing the 700 day mark with no end in sight.  The service continues to innovate.  Late last year Giganews added a VPN service (VyprVPN) and has since made it free to Diamond customers.

How far will retention go and will Giganews continue to pull away from the competition?  One thing we do know – if the count continues to increase on a daily basis Giganews could hit 1,000 days of binary retention on May 4th of next year.  In 30 days they will be at two years of binary retention.  An amazing accomplishment considering they led the industry at 275 days last May.

Giganews has led the industry in binary retention for years now.  Those of us around awhile remember when getting access to a month of retention was a huge accomplishment.  Now the challenge is finding Usenet search engines that can handle 700 days.

Let’s look at some of the Giganews retention milestones along the road to 700 days:
- December 30, 2003 – 30 days binary retention
- August 8, 2005 – 50 days binary retention
- December 7, 2005 – 70 days binary retention
- April 3, 2006 – 1,000 days text retention
- September 19, 2006 – 90 days binary retention
- February 1, 2007 – 100 days binary retention
- April 12, 2007 – 120 days binary retention
- July 12, 2007 – 200 days binary retention
- September 19, 2008 – 240 days binary retention
- May 9, 2009 – 275 days binary retention
- June 3, 2009 – 300 days binary retention
- August 7, 2009 – 365 days binary retention
- September 11, 2009 – 400 days binary retention
- March 30, 2010 – 600 days binary retention
* click any link above to read the associated post on the Giganews blog.

According to the last slide on the Giganews home page they have more excitement coming this year.  To learn more about their Usenet services read our Giganews review or sign up for a 14 day free trial.