FileSharingTalker
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Some feedback:
So far I've downloaded around 60Gb and it always maximizes my connection at around 12 threads with a combined total of 3.7Mb/s.
The oldest NZB I've downloaded was 450 days old, which came corrupted, and my IPv6 backup servers managed to complete it.
Quite a good deal so far, imo.
Last edited by Cabalo; 11-29-2010 at 03:41 PM.
I've been using it as well (big thanks to klorox for the heads up!) and I'm very satisfied with what I'm getting for the money.
The retention is building up to the 711~ days they claim it seems. That doesn't bother me since I can use other sources to find old files in the meantime. There is not compression for headers (at least on the version of NL I'm using) and the header download is slow from the US server, but these small problems are easily worked around: use the EU server for headers and/or use nzbs for new stuff.
Download speeds max my modest home connection easily, even from the EU server.
So here is my feedback after a few weeks using Thundernews:
Speed is really good. I get about 7 MB/s. And I am on a 1 zillion Mbps line at an Ivy League school, so that is probably the maximum speed anyone will ever get.
Retention is OK, I don't care much anyway. Seriously, 600 days and 700 days, what's the difference?
Completion is HORRIBLE. I thought it was ok at first, but then when I checked the logs of Newsleecher, it turned out that my fill server (Astraweb) was filling non stop. The entire page was RED.
So yea, in general, Thunder is pretty good. If you have a fill server, that is.
Dominator
BT Rep: +1
Sounds like a pretty good deal.
It all depends on how much you're downloading. That puts you at $60 a year. Looking a block accounts $60 gives your roughly 600GB through block accounts(Blocknews).
For the average user 600gb will more than fulfill your needs. So I've gone to blocks, but then again I don't download everything in HD.
-Mutantx
AAARGH!
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Usenet sucks ,stick on BT
Im kay
FileSharingTalker
BT Rep: +24
Let's not go offtopic here.Originally Posted by becomehokage
There's a thread to discuss that, exactly at that very BT section. You can express there which you think are the pros and cons from each source.
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It doesn't "suck". You may be too dim to comprehend the basic concepts, but it most certainly does not suck. It isn't like Bittorrent where you can learn everything you need to know in an hour and you're off and running. It does take some work and it does take longer to learn and experience everything there is to know, but it's well worth it.
Usenet was around way before private BT trackers. It predates them by some twenty years and releases of apps, TV programs, and the latest films traditionally go to Usenet first. It's always been that way. Usenet and its numerous groups, has many, many more uploaders than any private torrent site. Now I'm not saying that some BT trackers don't have uploaders that cap TV shows or crack programs and release them exclusively to the site but Usenet is the place for getting releases first. You have to know the right groups, of course, but once you've got your favorite groups entrenched in your newsreader of choice, you'll find everything you need and will be able to download it sooner and faster than if you relied on your private tracker.
Using Giganews and Newsleecher, I have 900+ days of content to download* at max speeds, which downloads, fixes, and extracts itself.
* As an example, Newzbin can provide me with approximately 420,000 posts of content** whilst the average on my private trackers is maybe 10,000-20,000. Usenet search engines reveal literally hundreds of thousands of files available.
** That's new and old content. At max speed. All the time. With no need to upload.
There really is no comparison.
yo
nevermind the cost factor of courseIt doesn't "suck". You may be too dim to comprehend the basic concepts, but it most certainly does not suck. It isn't like Bittorrent where you can learn everything you need to know in an hour and you're off and running. It does take some work and it does take longer to learn and experience everything there is to know, but it's well worth it.
Usenet was around way before private BT trackers. It predates them by some twenty years and releases of apps, TV programs, and the latest films traditionally go to Usenet first. It's always been that way. Usenet and its numerous groups, has many, many more uploaders than any private torrent site. Now I'm not saying that some BT trackers don't have uploaders that cap TV shows or crack programs and release them exclusively to the site but Usenet is the place for getting releases first. You have to know the right groups, of course, but once you've got your favorite groups entrenched in your newsreader of choice, you'll find everything you need and will be able to download it sooner and faster than if you relied on your private tracker.
Using Giganews and Newsleecher, I have 900+ days of content to download* at max speeds, which downloads, fixes, and extracts itself.
* As an example, Newzbin can provide me with approximately 420,000 posts of content** whilst the average on my private trackers is maybe 10,000-20,000. Usenet search engines reveal literally hundreds of thousands of files available.
** That's new and old content. At max speed. All the time. With no need to upload.
There really is no comparison..Not that it's necessarily not worth it, just saying...
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As the first post shows - you can attain service for as little as around $5/month.
nevermind the cost factor of course
yo
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Awesome i just went for 100GB/month ssl unlimited BW for £3.25 per month. Thanx
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.Not that it's necessarily not worth it, just saying...
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