Today we officially hit the milestone of offering 2,000 days of binary usenet retention. 10 years ago, when NewsgroupDirect was just getting started, the industry standard for retention was 12-24 days. It’s amazing how far things have progressed since then.
Category Archives: News
Exciting Usenet Infrastructure Updates
We’ve been working hard this year on several behind-the-scenes updates that will improve the usenet experience for all NGD customers. We’ve added additional capacity, a new server location, and improved our header retention.
Block Accounts are Now Shareable!
Big news for block usenet users. NewsgroupDirect block accounts are now shareable. You are free to share your block accounts with your friends and family, however you see fit. This has been our most requested feature and we’re excited to be able to launch it.
The Best Newsreader Applications Available Right Now
If you’re a usenet user, of course you want to have all your feeds (and reads) in one place. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of the best newsreader applications available right now.
New NGD Member Reward: Discounted VPN Access from Ghost Path VPN
We’ve got a really cool new reward for the best customers in usenet. Today we’re announcing that NewsgroupDirect has partnered with Ghost Path to offer discounted VPN access to NGD customers.
Usenet Retention Reaches 4 Years
Break out the champagne! NewsgroupDirect is proud to announce that our usenet retention just reached another milestone. We have no surpassed 4 YEARS of retention. Maybe we should start advertising retention in terms of years instead of days? We’re not stopping at 4 years, we’ll continue increasing retention every single day.
Retention is Now Up To 1350 Days
We just wanted to provide a quick update on our retention statistics. Today we passed the 1350 days mark for binary retention… that’s about 3.7 YEARS. Hooray for technology!
Usenet Block Blowout 35% Off Sale!
For the next 3 days you can get your usenet block access for 35% off! All block accounts, from our starter 25 GB block to our ultimate 1 TB block, are on sale. The sale runs from 12 PM Friday, September 23 until 12 PM Monday, September 26.