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The conservative figure is recorded.","days":550,"source_url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers"},"egress":{"terms":"Unlimited Transfer and Unlimited Speed, 100 connections, SSL, VyprVPN included","metered":false,"free_allowance":"unlimited","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://www.order.giganews.com/signup/"},"interface":["nntp"],"interface_detail":"NNTP over TLS on port 563; no HTTP or object API exists for the download path, so the client drives it through SABnzbd, NZBGet or nzbdav","tooling":"SABnzbd, NZBGet or nzbdav over NNTP/TLS; any newsreader works because the protocol is the same everywhere, and no provider SDK is needed","chaining":"Its only stacking value is the bundled VyprVPN; the 550-day binary spool makes it a poor primary beside any Omicron or Abavia plan.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"100 connections","source":"https://www.order.giganews.com/signup/"},{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"550+ days for binaries against 5,800+ days for text, reported; the vendor markets 3,200+","source":"https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers"}],"limits_note":"1 month $9.99, 6 months $9.17/mo, 1 year $8.33/mo billed $100.00 against a stated $217.39 regular price. All terms include VyprVPN. The trial links point at order.giganews.com/signup/billing_redirect.html, which is a payment step.","binding":"retention-clamped","binding_note":"Binary depth is the constraint, not volume: unlimited transfer at 100 connections never runs out, but a 550-day binary spool cannot retrieve a 2019 post however much bandwidth is left.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"The trial is entered through a billing redirect, so a payment method is captured at the start. The vendor's own signup page describes the trial as starting from that billing step.","country":null},"reliability_note":"Own US and NL infrastructure on AS30094. The gap between the marketed 3,200 days and the mapped 550 days of binaries is the largest vendor-to-community disagreement.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"Prices, connections and the trial length are vendor-stated and read today. Binary retention is third-party and contradicts the vendor's number, so the record keeps 550 days and sits at the reported rung.","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.order.giganews.com/signup/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"1 Year $8.33/mo billed yearly at $100.00; 6 Months $9.17/mo; 1 Month $9.99/mo; '+ 14 days free trial' and '+ 3 days free trial'; 100 connections; unlimited transfer"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"Giganews backbone table: '550+ days (binaries), 5800+ days (text)' on both US and NL"}],"verdict":"trial-only","verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:52:29.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 8.33 (12-month term)","notes":"Where two sources disagree the record keeps the conservative number: 550 days of binaries, not the 3,200 the vendor advertises.","extras":{"backbone":"Giganews / Certida, AS30094","retention_conflict":"vendor 3,200 days vs mapped 550 days binaries"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price-per-tb","num":8.33,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":8.33,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}