Giganews to Host NANOG 48 in Austin

By NGR | Feb 1, 2010

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Giganews will be hosting the 48th meeting of the North American Network Operators’ Group later this month.  The meeting will be held on February 21-24 at the Hilton in Austin, Texas.  This will mark the 48th meeting for NANOG and will be focused on Internet advancements and trends.
You may not be familiar with NANOG but [...]

Giganews Earns Top Honors : 2010 Editors Choice

By NGR | Jan 21, 2010

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Congratulations to Giganews who recently took top honors in our 2010 Editors Choice Awards.  This is the third year Giganews has earned the #1 ranking on NGR.  As an industry leader, Giganews continues to innovate and push the boundaries of Usenet forward.  They lead the way in retention and recently added a new service called vyprVPN to help customers protect their privacy online.
As mentioned in previous [...]

Giganews Offers VyprVPN Free to Diamond Customers

By NGR | Dec 22, 2009

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Giganews just announced a new VPN service for all Diamond customers. The service (called VyprVPN) helps ensure your privacy online.  VyprVPN is free for all Diamond account customers through June, 2010.  Giganews has partnered with Golden Frog to offer VyprVPN and is promising more new and innovative products to come.

The VyprVPN service extends the same [...]

Giganews Customers Beta Testing VyprVPN Service

By NGR | Nov 17, 2009

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You may have seen discussions in Usenet forums and Twitter lately regarding a new VPN service from Giganews.  The VPN offering is called VyprVPN and is currently in beta.

According to the Giganews VyprVPN beta page the service offers the same privacy, security and speed you enjoy from Giganews Usenet access to the rest of your [...]

Giganews Crosses 450 Days of Binary Retention

By NGR | Nov 1, 2009

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Congratulations to Giganews for achieving 450 days of binary retention across all groups. The service now boasts over 450 days based on both message id (nzb) and header retention.

Giganews reached 400 days retention on September 11th and their press release included the following statement:
“It was fantastic to meet our goal of providing a full year [...]