Giganews offers SSL Usenet Access

Starting from October 28th Giganews have begun offering SSL encrypted Usenet access with all its plans. All existing users may upgrade their accounts for only $5 extra per month and are enabled to use encrypted access to the Usenet. SSL enabled plans offer 10 bonus simultaneous connections giving you a total of 20 simultaneous connections to your Giganews Usenet access. Customers with high speed connections can benefit from the latter feature, experiencing a lightspeed download. With a SSL connection to the Giganews Usenet Server your ISP will not be able to know the content of the data exchanged. If you security needs change, you can upgrade/downgrade to a plan with SSL.