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Effective yesterday, we gave Unison Usenet Access a big kick in the pants.

(That's our Usenet service, provided for users of our Unison application. Or any Usenet reader for that matter!)

Costs less

That's right, we're lowering the price. When's the last time anyone ever lowered a subscription rate for you? Well, we just did. Unison Usenet Access is now only $9.95 per month.

Lasts longer

We've doubled data transfer quotas to 20 GB. If you still manage to go over before the month is up, we can re-bill you to prevent service interruption.

Holds more

Retention of articles is being improved substantially. Our goal is up to 100 days worth of articles, even in busy newsgroups.

Free for a month

Current subscribers will not be billed for the month of April. That's a little thank-you for bearing with some bumps during the transition.

So, what do you need to do? Nothing really. You should automatically get all the new goodies.

One thing we do recommend is clearing Unison's caches once, to ensure smooth operation:

• Launch Unison, and make sure it has connected to news.panic.com
• Choose Empty Message Cache... from the Unison menu
• Click the Empty All button in the dialog that appears
• Finally, choose Reload All Groups List from the Group menu in the menubar

You may notice a bit more spam than before. Sorry about that. Our new service does not currently have the same spam-filtering technology as our old service. However, improved filtering is in the works -- one solution is already being tested internally -- and should be deployed within a few weeks.

Apart from that, we hope you enjoy your significantly improved Usenet experience. And if you've never tried Unison before, this is a perfect excuse to try it out!