Forgive my ignorance, then, as I'm not even half as dedicated to UseNet as people here (and elsewhere) are. What are the other ways?
I know a lot of free providers, and free advertisement/endorsement type deals, but none at the "better" providers like astra/leaseweb. What are the links that I'm missing?
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abhdtv+hdbits=massive amount of caps and blurays YAY!
Last edited by worthlessone; 04-29-2011 at 11:09 AM.
I wasn't really talking about "leet" sites, I was talking about mindset of some of the people that staff the sites. I've got my own content covered, but I also tend to upload (other content and/or my encodes), and naturally I am more likely to cross paths with a staff member. If I see something redundant or illogical, I speak out, and in response to that you find out 1 of 2 things. (1) This staff member is an idiot that wants a rim job, or (2) the staff member is bright and enlightens me with an experienced perspective. I've mostly only run into the first type. So I've pretty much stuck to usenet for both ul/dl.
usenet - good for new stuff, fast, no ratio etc
torrents (and other protocols like emule) - good for old and rare non-scene releases (nsotalgia is a key reason for my filesharing and many over 30 I suspect), easier to request stuff, etc
Use the both of them for about $35 us/month (seedbox and usenet server) - think I would stop the seedbox first after the usual buffer strategy on trackers b4 stopping the usenet.
What I dislike most really about the usenet system - the retention in itself is good but the limit (900 days) is not if you want old releases that haven't been reposted - personally I couldn't find many DVDs from scene groups for that reason. But hey between the two of 'em they work fine for me!
To those who missed the news, there was a huge promotion last black friday, 4$ per month, unlimited access on one of the providers. That's less than the cost of a pack of cigarettes where I live at.
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