Released on = April 11, 2006, 1:16 pm

Press Release Author = Giganews, Inc.

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Giganews NNTP text retention has reached 1000 days. Binary
article retention stands at ~70 days.

Press Release Body = Austin, Texas-Giganews, Inc. announced today new retention
increases for text, single part and multi-part binary newsgroups. As part of its
ongoing strategy as the leading Usenet provider in the world, Giganews' NNTP text
retention is now over 1,000 days. This equates to over two and a half years worth of
archived NNTP text articles and makes Giganews by far the leading source of archived
NNTP articles in the world.

In addition to increased text retention, Giganews announced today an increase in
binary retention. Giganews binary retention has increased to ~70 days.

"Our goal has always been to offer our customers a superior and reliable Usenet
Service above and beyond what other providers offer. A superior service such as
Giganews is an experience, not just a service. You can't fake the level of quality
and commitment that we have, you have to earn your customers loyalty, and we think
we have done a good job at it. We always knew that by offering a high level of
quality, word of mouth would spread about our performance levels, and that's exactly
what has happened," said Jonah Yokubaitis, CEO of Giganews. Giganews' binary
retention increases are in response to a nearly 15% increase in Usenet posting
volume. Giganews responded by implementing a massive storage upgrade in its US and
European news server clusters to continue to offer the world's longest binary
newsgroup retention.

Giganews does not currently expire text articles, because of this Giganews' 1000+
days of text newsgroup retention will continue to increase day by day.

For more information on Giganews please visit http://www.giganews.com

Giganews is a trademark of Giganews, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners.

Web Site = http://www.giganews.com

Contact Details = 2700 Via Fortuna, Suite 500
Austin, TX 78746