why not switch to usenet?

I have Giganews and still use torrents with a SB. Hell I even use limewire on the rare occasion. I think the discussion should be more of what is your first pick of the lot. Mine is Usenet then torrents and then, and only then, will I go to LW.

As in life we pay for conveniences so if you want to get what you want when you want it with no BT bullshit or having to worry if you can seed back. Obviously Usenet is the way. Rapidshare is simply no comparison at all.

TBH why doesn't everyone try it? Theres a snappy banner at the top right of every page for the Giganews free trial. Shit its free people! Get Alt.Binz and quickpar and skim through a few short tuts here if you get stuck. Simple really dont take anyone's advice just go see for yourself. :)

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Originally Posted by Detale

I have Giganews and still use torrents with a SB. Hell I even use limewire on the rare occasion. I think the discussion should be more of what is your first pick of the lot. Mine is Usenet then torrents and then, and only then, will I go to LW.

As in life we pay for conveniences so if you want to get what you want when you want it with no BT bullshit or having to worry if you can seed back. Obviously Usenet is the way. Rapidshare is simply no comparison at all.

TBH why doesn't everyone try it? Theres a snappy banner at the top right of every page for the Giganews free trial. Shit its free people! Get Alt.Binz and quickpar and skim through a few short tuts here if you get stuck. Simple really dont take anyone's advice just go see for yourself. :)

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Absolutely have to agree (with the exception of EVER using LimeWire of course). :P But solid advice nonetheless on the rest.

I acknowledge that usenet is great, but the thing is, I really love bit torrent. That's the bottom line, I really like being a part of all the different trackers I'm on. I don't know why, but BT rocks my world.

I'm not sure I would get the same buzz from usenet.

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Originally Posted by UsenetGuy

For those saying usenet doesn't have a community, you're actually quite wrong. Usenet contains normal text-only groups and binary groups (alt.binaries) which is where the files are. Usenet has many text groups where people post messages, it's like a forum only far bigger and with a wider range of topics. So saying there is no community is just stupid, before making judgements you might want to get your info straight.

Plus, if you still don't think that is good enough, what need is there for a community anyway? You are on BT trackers to download stuff, that is all, if you want a nice community then you can come to a forum like this.

And honestly, why would you buy a seedbox? It doesn't magically make your home internet connection any faster. Yes, you may be able to download from torrents at 10MB/s using a server but you still have to download the files from the server using your home connection! Save yourself the hassle and just pay for usenet access (which is probably cheaper than a seedbox in most cases).

Most of the people here just buy a fast server, stick it onto a torrent tracker and set it to grab every new torrent uploaded. Why? to brag that you have it first? increase your ratio? No, it is because you're retarded. Just download what you are going to use when you want it, you don't have to have everything first. That is the type of thinking you see from kids.

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Again, I don't pay for bittorrent, and I can also upload stuff as well, share a few files with mates.

I tried newsdemon for a few months just over a year ago, and wasn't impressed...

For a start it cost me about £12 a month, whereas my ovh box costs £6 (shared with 3 mates).

My ISP seemed to throttle usenet traffic almost all the time, and I could only connect for about 6 hours a day, the rest of the time it was totally blocked. FTP runs at full speed 24 hours a day and I can easily download 20GB a day (even more if I'm really going for it!).

Despite retention, parts seemed to be missing from almost everything I downloaded, so couldn't even extract them. Never a problem with bittorrent, as it always reaches 100% eventually.

Finally, bittorrent is more fun. :)

ever since ive changed to another isp who offers 2 usenet servers with a +200day retention for free ive been using it more and more!

also when i started downloading all my tv shows in 720p i just set up an rss feed in SABnzbd instead of seeding it all back at 40kb/s on torrenttrackers...

now 95% off what i download is from usenet.

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Originally Posted by Trippin'

Despite retention, parts seemed to be missing from almost everything I downloaded, so couldn't even extract them.

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You need to use .par2 files to repair some things you download. Repairs usually only need to be made for older stuff, but it's good to verify everything.

Try one of the trials that Giganews or Astraweb offer and use a good indexing site. I doubt you'd be disappointed again.

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I used to torrent (Will complete Five years this week)
I will never change as long as it's working

I don't know why I came here to convert you folks. Ignorance seeps through the threads in this subsection of the forum and I'm done trying to deal with it.

I hope that a handful of you make the switch to Usenet after reading this, or at least give it a fair shot.

Good luck, bittorrent community.

MikeHD is a troll... nuff said.

In all areas I'm concerned about... torrents are 100% better.
HD: The best encodes are from HDBits. (Plus most uploaders get their shit from there)
Games: BCG is light years ahead of what the usenet community can offer in terms of older (ps2 / DC etc) games and help.

MikeHD go back to your soulless usenet and burn another $15 for this months service. Bye.