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Easynews Upgrades to 1330 Days of Retention
PHOENIX, AZ., April 9 -- EASYNEWS.COM, the world's leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, has reached 1,330 days of retention. Easynews' last enhancement resulted in retention reaching a record 1,275 days. This latest upgrade comes at no further cost to new and existing subscribers. Easynews offers a free 14 day/10 GB trial, available at www.Easynews.com. Additional upgrades will be introduced throughout 2012. Retention refers to the length of time that a post is available to subscribers. 1330 days of retention means that Easynews customers can access posts that were added to Usenet newsgroups up to 1330 days ago. Usenet account signup is available for free on the Easynews website. Free trial accounts for Classic, Plus, and Big Gig plans include up to 100 GB of access to Easynews' web-based Usenet service, 256 bit encrypted SSL, uncapped speed and unlimited connections. If you decide that you like the service, simply stay on beyond 14 days or 10 gigs of downloads (whichever comes first), and you will then begin the plan that you registered for with the free trial.
Easynews Upgrades Trial Accounts to 100 Gigabytes
PHOENIX, AZ., June 15 -- EASYNEWS.COM, the world's leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, is excited to announce that starting today, all new users will be able to try any of our web-based account plans free for 2 weeks with a 100 gigabyte trial account. Previous trial accounts were limited to only 10 gigabytes. Easynews' website offers free Usenet account signup and the original web-based newsgroup management tool. Free trial accounts for our Classic, Plus, and Big Gig plans include up to 100 GB of access to our web-based service, 256 bit encrypted SSL, uncapped speed and unlimited connections. If you decide that you like the service, simply stay on beyond 14 days or 100 gigs of downloads (whichever comes first), and you will then begin the plan that you registered for with the free trial. For those interested in an NNTP-only account, once payment is completed, you'll also be able to test the web-based interface for free for 14 days and up to 10 gigs of access. Recently, Easynews hit a milestone by reaching 1000 days of NNTP retention, 200+ days web retention and added an NNTP-only plan. Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming months to further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forward to developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usability enhancements to the Easynews browser application.
Easynews Announces New NNTP-Only Plan
PHOENIX, AZ., April 26 -- EASYNEWS.COM, the world's leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, is pleased to announce a brand new NNTP-only plan available to all users starting today. The new NNTP-only plan will cost $9.95 per month and comes with 20 connections. As always, new users will be able to try our web-based service free for 2 weeks with a 10GB trial account. NNTP is an Internet application protocol, similar to the more familiar "http" as part of the "http://www" that begins most website addresses. NNTP stands for Network News Transfer Protocol and and is used specifically for transferring Usenet news articles between news servers. Easynews' NNTP-only account will allow you to setup a connection to their news servers using a newsreader application, instead of using Easynews' browser-based interface. As the leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup reader, competing in the NNTP market is the next logical step for Easynews. It recently hit a new milestone by reaching 972 days of NNTP retention. With plans to expand its services even further in 2011, Easynews is poised to be a major contender against major NNTP-only Usenet newsgroup services. Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming months to further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forward to developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usability enhancements to the Easynews browser application.
Easynews upgrades NNTP retention to 1,050 Days
Easynews just announced that it has upgraded retention on its NNTP Usenet service to 1,050 days. Previously 1,000 days retention, the additional 50 days comes at no added cost to new and existing subscribers and ensures that Easynews remains at the leading edge of retention capacity. On April 26, Easynews launched one of the lowest-cost Tier-1 NNTP offerings in the industry. For only $9.95/month, users worldwide can connect to the Easynews server farms located throughout N. America and Europe with unlimited access, uncapped speed, Free SSL and 20 connections. With 99%+ completion and now 1,050 days of binary and text retention, this remains one the absolute best unlimited NNTP access plans available anywhere. Don't forget that the Easynews web-access plans (Classic, Plus and Big Gig), which offer subscribers access to the intuitive Easynews web-based newsgroup search interface, also comes with access to the Easynews NNTP Usenet service. This is a perfect fit for those who would like to configure the NNTP service to their newsreader client of choice or se the Easynews web-interface to generate NZBs to in turn drop into their own newsreader. Additionally, all web-access plans come with a 100 GB/14 day free trial.
Easynews Launches New PayPal Payment Gateway!
PHOENIX, Az., Dec 15 -- EASYNEWS.COM, the world's leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting PayPal. In response to rising demand outside of the U.S., Easynews' PayPal enhancement allows for the internationalization of Easynews Usenet newsgroup services and provides a secure and convenient payment gateway. Easynews' website offers free Usenet account signup and the original web-based newsgroup management tool. Additionally, Easynews.com has recently announced that all current and new Big Gig plan subscribers will receive its Unlimited NNTP upgrade, for free, which offers unlimited access to over 100,000 newsgroups, both text and binary. The Unlimited NNTP add-on features 760 days of retention, secure SSL encrypted access and an unlimited number of connections, which is unrivaled by any other Usenet provider. Unlimited NNTP is offered on other Easynews.com subscription plans for a $9.95 monthly fee. Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming months to further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forward to developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usability enhancements to the Easynews browser application.