primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message astraweb inc. type private industry telecommunications founded 1997 products usenet website www.astraweb.com astraweb is a usenet newsgroup service provider . founded in 1997 astraweb service is available to individual users through a subscription model and as an outsourced service to internet service providers . in addition astraweb offers block accounts pay per byte . evolution of retention time edit notably astraweb was responsible for the huge increase of retention on almost all big usenet services which was triggered by their announcement to keep files for up to 270 days in december 2008 . as of july 2013 retention time for files was up to 1800 days . 1 and in july 2014 retention time for files was up to 2150 days . 1 later in 2014 retention time was increased to 2278 days . 1 references edit a b c http www.news.astraweb.com tools stats.html astraweb statistics external links edit giganews vs. astraweb astraweb vs. giganews review which notes on astrawebs role in the retention war retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title astraweb & oldid 647124966 categories usenet servershidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2009all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view