{"id":1490,"date":"2016-11-01T00:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsgroupdirect.com\/blog?p=1490&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=1490"},"modified":"2016-10-31T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T18:52:02","slug":"3000-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsgroupdirect.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/3000-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Today We Reach 3,000 Days Binary Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have reached a new milestone in usenet performance. We have officially hit 3,000 days of binary retention. That means that no\u00a0article posted in the last 3,000 days has been lost due to a lack of storage space.<\/p>\n<p>Usenet feeds (the continuous flow of usenet articles being posted worldwide) have continued to grow in size over the years, requiring vast amounts of high-speed storage. Despite the ever-increasing costs we have committed to a policy of unlimited retention, which means that our retention will continue to grow indefinitely. Long gone are the days of deleting articles for the sake of storage space.<\/p>\n<p>Just to put 3,000 days into context&#8230; that&#8217;s about 8.22 years or 100 months.\u00a0Here are some fun facts about day 1 of our retention, August 15, 2008.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George W. Bush was President of the United States<\/li>\n<li>Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games in the 200M Individual Medley<\/li>\n<li>The Tampa Bay Rays were in 1st place in the AL East. 2008 was their first year as the &#8220;Rays&#8221;, they were previously the &#8220;Devil Rays&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Katy Perry&#8217;s &#8220;I Kissed A Girl&#8221; was the number 1 song in the US<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tAp9BKosZXs\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Flash Sale<\/h3>\n<p>To celebrate this milestone we&#8217;re offering our unlimited usenet accounts (no VPN) for just $7\/month. For block usenet users, you can get 500 GB for $20, a big discount off the regular price of $45. The sale runs today only until 11:59 PM ET.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How To Purchase<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>New customers:<\/em><br \/>\nTo purchase the $7 unlimited account go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsgroupdirect.com\/deal-of-the-week\">Deal of the Week<\/a> page.<br \/>\nTo purchase the 500 GB block, go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/newsgroupdirect.com\/pricing\">Pricing<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><em>Existing block customers:<\/em><br \/>\nIf you want to purchase a block at the discounted rate then\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsgroupdirect.com\/members\">login to our website<\/a>\u00a0and click Add Block.<br \/>\nIf you want to upgrade to the $7 unlimited deal then just email support@newsgroupdirect.com and we&#8217;ll take care of you.<\/p>\n<h3>Why NewsgroupDirect?<\/h3>\n<p>NewsgroupDirect is the World&#8217;s Best Usenet provider. We have the best features in the industry, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World-class Binary Retention (currently over 3,000 days)<\/li>\n<li>Our blocks <strong>never expire<\/strong>, so you can stock up and not worry about losing what you&#8217;ve paid for<\/li>\n<li>Our blocks are <strong>shareable<\/strong>. Split purchases with your friends to pay even less<\/li>\n<li>Our blocks include free headers, no more using your data allowance for headers.<\/li>\n<li>Discounts on <a title=\"VPN Access\" href=\"http:\/\/ghostpath.com\/partner-signup\">Ghost Path VPN access<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Industry-leading\u00a0customer service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Want To Know About Future Promotions?<\/h3>\n<p>Join one (or both) of our mailing lists, depending on your interests. We respect your privacy&#8230; so no spam, ever.<\/p>\n<p>Join our <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TBTuesday\">Terabyte Tuesday mailing list<\/a>\u00a0if you want to be the first to find out about Terabyte Tuesday and our other awesome promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Join our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bitly.com\/NGDHappyHour\">Happy Hour mailing list<\/a>\u00a0if you want to be notified about our lightning sales, where we offer a deep discount for a couple of hours, 3-4 times per month.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fine Print<\/h3>\n<p><em>The sale runs until 11:59\u00a0PM EDT on November 1. No sale prices will be honored after the sale expires.\u00a0Current unlimited accountholders are not eligible for the $7 unlimited account.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have reached a new milestone in usenet performance. We have officially hit 3,000 days of binary retention. 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