ThunderNews Review
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- 603 days binary retention |
Web site: http://www.thundernews.com
Special - 50% lifetime discount (more details).
ThunderNews may not have the name recognition of Giganews but their services stand toe to toe with other top Usenet providers. With binary retention over 603 days, 1,265 days text retention, 256 bit SSL available in the US and Europe, payment options including WordPay and PayPal, and free News Rover newsreader you might think Thundernews would price themselves out of the market. Instead they concentrate on service rather than advertising and the results show.
Retention - Thundernews offers
603 days of binary retention and
1,265 days text retention with all plans. In testing we found the advertised 603 days of retention to be a bit on the high side.
Completion - ThunderNews boasts a completion rate over 99%.
Newsgroups - Thundernews covers all the popular binary and text newsgroups and thousands more with over 107,000 groups available.
Speed - Thundernews has 2 server farms in the US and 2 European server farms (SSL and non SSL). They offer up to
50 concurrent connections.
Newsreader - Thundernews gives all subscribers a free registered copy of NewsRover with updates released regularly.
Support - Thundernews offers live online help as well as an online ticketing system.
Pricing plans - Thundernews offers both unlimited and metered Usenet plans. Payment options are very flexible and include credit card, PayPal and WorldPay.
Unlimited accounts:
- 50 connections, SSL - $21.99, $10.49 (NGR Special)
Metered accounts:
- 75 GB/mo. - $16.99, $8.49 (NGR Special)
- 50 GB/mo. - $13.99
- 25 GB/mo. - $9.99
- 10 GB/mo. - $6.99
Bottom Line - With 603 days binary retention, 1,265 days text retention, 256 bit SSL available in both US and European server farms, free NewsRover newsreader and
50 connections its easy to see that ThunderNews has a lot to offer. Not to mention unlimited accounts only cost $10.49 a month after our 50% ThunderNews discount.
