OK, Talk me out of BT(pros & cons)

[AmpeD]

I really dont know much about usenet. Aren't newsgroups usually only w/ cable providers? i have dsl
I do want to try them out though

[Broken]

usenet - cadillac of piracy

lol
I like that...
I like that a lot.

I really dont know much about usenet. Aren't newsgroups usually only w/ cable providers? i have dsl
I do want to try them out though

A good number of ISP's regardless of DSL or cable provide Usenet (newsgroups) for free.
I'd call and ask your ISP if they provide Usenet (newsgroups) access.

Even if they do, it's probably gonna be on the lower side of the spectrum.

Many pay Usenet providers have free trials, and this site has a good NZB index that is free also.

[panaeolus]

broken if i have a free acess to newsgroups from isp i can downloads the files here

thanks

i need to check the newsgroups think

i hope i found many more files than BT or else what?

[Skiz]

I really dont know much about usenet. Aren't newsgroups usually only w/ cable providers? i have dsl
I do want to try them out though

I can see your IP and ISP, and yes, you can utilize newsgroups via your ISP.

http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm

broken if i have a free acess to newsgroups from isp i can downloads the files here

thanks

i need to check the newsgroups think

i hope i found many more files than BT or else what?

From the NZB section here? Yes.

[whiteacid]

I think the best thing about BT is the amount of files available to download. A lot of the time when I'm looking for something to download on newsgroups like maybe a lesser known band I can't find it and itll usually be available via BT. Although I guess this is becoming less of an issue with some things because data retention is increasing so much.

[Broken]

I think the best thing about BT is the amount of files available to download. A lot of the time when I'm looking for something to download on newsgroups like maybe a lesser known band I can't find it and itll usually be available via BT. Although I guess this is becoming less of an issue with some things because data retention is increasing so much.

I think a provider will soon be crossing the 1 year mark.
It's totally insain... and I love it!

[cubbyche]

Your right sometimes if cant find it on Usenet you can usually find it on BT i was looking for a band tonight did not find it on Usenet but found it on the Demonoid the only problem is there down and out right now hope they come back soon they were really good for hard to find stuff...

[BawA]

Ok here it goes...
if you're an moderate downloader then it will take you a few bucks to get around, you'll just need a Credit card or a paypal account to subscribe to one of the Servers, my recommendation is Usenet-news, they have Pay-per-Download system, you'll pay an advance money to buy your choice of block(download amount) or you can pay-per-month which is more beneficial if your a big downloader and you download like 100GB's per months.

In Block system you will use your blocks when you need them and it wont run out, no monthly charges, but it will be more costly if you download too much, in monthly system whether you use the server or not by end of the month you must renew your subscription so if you pay 40$ and you dont use it its a waste but that 40$ on block system can buy you almost 300Gb which will not go away.

As i said many times, Newsgroups are headache free, some of headaches which newsgroups removes:

• No more seeding: means no more running your computer 24/7
• No more double space occupancy: meaning you wont need the actual rar files after extracting them for further Seeding which will save a lot of HDD space.
• Files are pred faster then BT
• Speeds are Maxed out every time.
• Privacy's are more reliable

Best news grabber or download program IMO is NewsLeecher, easy to get around and dose lots of things for you.

The only negative points in NewsGroups i can see is:

• There is no actual support for releases unlike trackers where members can comment on releases and notify you if something is wrong with the release, but that wont be a big deal if you get your updates from other sites or any private tracker.
• You get corrupt archives, remember how files are corrupted on open indexers you get something similar BUT there is a way around. there are Part files(.par files), these .par files are there to reconstruct the corrupted archive, usually these files are listed among releases and here is where Newsleecher comes in handy, NL has a built in repair system, usually you must use another program to repair corrupt archive with par files but in NL it monitors the archive and downloads the par files if necessary and repairs it.

There are two ways to grab/download files you want:

• 1st option would be downloading headers using the grabber program to get a listing of available files, think of headers as release titles, when you go to a tracker you see a release name you click it and post opens where you then need to download the .torrent file, that .torrent file as you know has the release information, it tell the torrent downloader program what files to download from some1 using tracker, in Newsgroups its a bit harder to just click and download, you must 1st connect to the server which you paid for then group who uploads files to the server, these groups are titled for their specialty, some are famous for games and mostly titled alt.bin.games, we take as you want to download Crysis, you connect to that group and download their headers/release title, it will take some time and will download all titles on their group(you can choose to download the new files only) and then you will see the file names but not as a single . torrent file, it will show you what you usually see in .torrent files(**.01, 02, **.rar and so on) you must find out how many parts a release has and down them all and the rest is like torrenting.
• OR you can ignore all Crap talk that i said about option one and goto header/bin indexers sites like this and search, just like any torrent indexers, the only thing is they are not so fast to index, it will take upto 24 hours to index a new file.
• ORRRRRRRRRRRRr you can ignore both options and goto the beautiful FST's NZB section and get what you want which indexes all new/old files at speed of no1 else thanks to our great NZB posters

[madbeer]

I like utilizing my upload bandwidth to share torrents. Also you get the elitist feeling when you are on the hot trackers.

[BawA]

I like utilizing my upload bandwidth to share torrents. Also you get the elitist feeling when you are on the hot trackers.

Utilizing upload BW is good for those who have a fast connection for some one like me who's up speed is 25KBs it can be painful, it takes upto 24hrs for me to upload 1Gb and thats when am not downloading anything, this means my computer must be running all the time which makes me nervous, on most of the tracker i didnt upload more then 100GB which is a result of years of uploading until i bought an seed box to get some buffer on TL but now i prefer to pay that money on newsgroup then buying seedbox.

And i dont know how being part of a tracker makes you feel elite if you just go there to download. you will be elite in eyes of noobs who still use kazaa to download or buy their software needs. you will feel elite when you tell them that they suck and you rock by not paying your way to getting a game unlike them.