Who still uses Usenet?

[96Firebird]

I pay $8/month ($96/year deal) for Astraweb to download all my "discussions" at full speed.

 

[Scaryfaces]

I wouldn't mind a pm on how to start up with usenet.

While you are at it learn how to xdcc the bots on Irc.
There are search engines out there that are like Torrent, and Nzb but are for packs if needed. The hardest part is setting up your ports and configuring Mirc to auto download when your turn comes up.. By the way always read the info in the channel before requesting a pack.

 

[aldamon]

Yep easynews but they are far to expensive. I prefer my $5 a month unlimited account special with Supernews.

I don't know what you get with the alternatives, but Easynews is worth it for the GUI, the global search with global/custom filters (gets rid of 95% of the german language "discussions" in results), its PAR viewer with auto-unzip/auto-unRAR so you can ID virus/PW-locked junk (anything that doesn't automatically extract in PAR viewer AVOID), and ZIP manager so you can place everything in queues and download it all at once.

 

[bigrash]

I still use giganews. I find usenet better than any other methods

 

[BladeVenom]

Giganews was the most expensive last time I checked.

 

[RossMAN]

I pay $8/month ($96/year deal) for Astraweb to download all my "discussions" at full speed.

and how many "discussions" have you download at full speed? :whiste:

 

[dennilfloss]

I just downloaded from Astraweb last night at full speed. Funny thing is, according to Newsbin this was going a little faster than my Speakeasy Internet speed test from nearby servers.

 

[OnePingOnly]

Sabnzbd is pretty good. Then use binsearch or nzbclub. If you watch a lot of TV shows, look into sickbeard.

+1. Summed it all up quite nicely.

 

[pcslookout]

and how many "discussions" have you download at full speed? :whiste:

80,0005,665

 

[Sephire]

It looks like Astraweb has the best deal right now for unlimited.

 

[pcslookout]

It looks like Astraweb has the best deal right now for unlimited.

Maybe.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Are these being blocked by fios?

 

[Sephire]

No.

 

[pcslookout]

Are these being blocked by fios?

No why would you think that?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I thought I remember it having to do with the old internet routing and its a loop hole people use for kiddie prn. Now I want to establish that I don't think anyone here uses it for that nor would i

 

[lxskllr]

I thought I remember it having to do with the old internet routing and its a loop hole people use for kiddie prn. Now I want to establish that I don't think anyone here uses it for that nor would i

I think news group access used to be offered by default from ISPs, but most if not all have stopped that. That might be what you're thinking of.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

That could be it

 

[waggy]

I thought I remember it having to do with the old internet routing and its a loop hole people use for kiddie prn. Now I want to establish that I don't think anyone here uses it for that nor would i

/facepalm maybe thats why you used it though..

I think news group access used to be offered by default from ISPs, but most if not all have stopped that. That might be what you're thinking of.

yeah i used to get it free with comcast (it sucked) and a few other ISP's i had. Up until 2 years i go i got it free with the ISP i use now. they discontinued that and gave me free phone service. not sure witch i like better LOL

astraweb is cheap and is a great service.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Waggy I respect you but come on guy that's not cool to even imply. Below is what I was talking about.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html

Yes this only seemed to apply to VZ usenet.

 

[Sephire]

ISP usenet have about 3 days retention for alt.binaries back then. Useless.

 

[robphelan]

In case this was posted previously pardon me for not reading all the posts.. but i've been using Sickbeard + SABNZBD + NZBMatrixfor the past 5 months or so. Setup was a little bit cumbersome, but works like a dream now.

 

[pcslookout]

ISP usenet have about 3 days retention for alt.binaries back then. Useless.

True.

 

[zokudu]

So I've been testing Usenet for the last month and in my opinion it is not better than torrenting properly. Canceling my subscription, what a waste of cash.

 

[SMOGZINN]

So I've been testing Usenet for the last month and in my opinion it is not better than torrenting properly. Canceling my subscription, what a waste of cash.

First off, what do you call 'torrenting properly'? Are you using a paid proxy that actually does something to protect you?
For Usenet did you pay for a good indexing site like NZBMatrix?
Did you use SAB, Sickbeard, and Couchpotato?

 

[AMDZen]

Seed box is cheaper and faster