anybody else feel like the arse is falling out of the nzb download world?

[Yloss]

Althou i know the world spins and will keep doing so i hope there will always be a cozy beacon to call home ...
The feeliong of community cannot be bargained for ;-)

[HandyAndy]

Community is everything, always was. The issue with most of the automated sites is they are not growing their communities and most just have forums full of members asking questions. An active community is required for content solutions and quality. A site is required that is both automated and member populated. Found mine

[jSchmiez]

Frankly, i'll keep doing what i'm doing until streaming becomes more convenient. I don't see that happening for a long time.

[Sjorre]

Times changes, but it's up to you if you want to change too

[nntpjunkie]

I think the title of this thread is a little symbolic of the problem. nzb download world! Usenet is what's important, not nzbs. People have tried to make Usenet more like Bittorrent, that's not really necessary. With automatic downloading of new content and longer retention, I don't think getting stuff is a problem. And the price isn't a factor. A cheap Dutch server 60mbps account is as little as $6.30 a month, and they allow sharing. Split 3 ways, it's $2.10 per. Torrent people pay much more for seedboxes.

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[firebirduk]

I've been using usenet to download for about the last 7 years, and still amazed by some of the content you can find out there. Used torrents for a few years before that, but used to annoy me at the slow transfers and than hanging at 99.9% complete for days sometimes. Prior to that used to look for direct download sites.

I've noticed a lot more takedowns in the last few months, but changing my news provider seems to have done away with that (for now anyway, touch wood). In the meantime, I'll continue downloading stuff, maxing out my connection (lol, and buying more hard drives to store it all).

Why would I want to stream stuff - unless a film is particularly bad, I want to keep a copy in case I want to watch it again. Can't see me switching over anytime soon

[ak357]

Frankly, i'll keep doing what i'm doing until streaming becomes more convenient. I don't see that happening for a long time.

Agree me too

[piercerseth]

I think the title of this thread is a little symbolic of the problem. nzb download world! Usenet is what's important, not nzbs. People have tried to make Usenet more like Bittorrent, that's not really necessary. With automatic downloading of new content and longer retention, I don't think getting stuff is a problem. And the price isn't a factor. A cheap Dutch server 60mbps account is as little as $6.30 a month, and they allow sharing. Split 3 ways, it's $2.10 per. Torrent people pay much more for seedboxes.

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[Gribley]

Interesting read. Guess it depends on your NNTP provider. USENET rocks basically and yes DCMA does take down posts "MUCH" more often than in the past but at least if you spread your provider over a couple of servers you are good.

I`ve used NNTP for 25 'ish years with Forte Agent/Free Agent and then doing stuff in Uuenc, base64 to combine downloads along with other stuff I can`t even remember now! It is now much more user friendly, doubt any of the current crowd have ever seen an actual news post but that is another matter For those that are interested it is just like a forum mainly, you can chat.... it isn`t just binary downloads encoded to 7bit!!!!

Live, jump in there and join a group. I is all anonymous so enjoy people..... it isn`t just about the binaries

[baronkarza]

In case no one has read the news. Net neutrality is dead. It's only a matter of time before the ISP's start throttling Netflix, Hulu, and the rest of them. Once streaming quality takes a nose dive you will be thankful you have that saved copy on your HD! Long live usenet!