Melville
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
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So where do you find these newsgroups?
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Gsi_Ire
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
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so can anyone tell me how to use newsgroups, point us to a good page.... go on, you know you want to!
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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yeh i would hate some help like
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Ojc
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My fastest is about 200kb/s on 8mb Broadband.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules
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Originally posted by MarkM
I have have had max 494kbps on 4MB service...
My average is 489kbps...
Mine would hit the roof on 10MB...I use newsgroups though...
You have sense! Torrents are for suckers! can't believe so many people still use them! 
Newshosting? Newzbin?
Newzbin...using newsleecher...
Once you go newsgroups you never look back
Torrents are for chumps
[Edited on 27-10-2006 by MarkM]
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MarkM
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Originally posted by Jules
They are all about the speed baby, all about the speed! 
DL'ing 13GB in under 5 hours? Yep that's right!
No uploading or sharing? Yep that's right!
No gaining "reputation"? Yep that's right!
Everything what he said
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MarkM
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On 4MB it takes me 30-35 mins to download a full DivX movie...
Music albums take 2-3 mins maximum...
I downloaded FM2007 in around 10-13 mins also....
Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups Newsgroups
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Jamescorsa97
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Registered: 19th Aug 04
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Hmmmmmm
Might try newzbin later on today.
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ssj_kakarot
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do you have to purchase access to the sites as ive just had a brief scan and it seems i need to pay to access usenet or something.....?
Any one care to explain further? please...
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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My record for a single day is 56Gb - Newgroups is where the speed is
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MarkM
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Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
do you have to purchase access to the sites as ive just had a brief scan and it seems i need to pay to access usenet or something.....?
Any one care to explain further? please...
Yes you do...its normally around $5 a month so about £2.60 or something....dont think newzbin is allowing anymore to join at the minute...
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jamied
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anybody or is it all top secret
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ssj_kakarot
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well tbf torrents still have there advantages there free, it seems there is a lot more rare things you can get through torrent and you still get decent speed with torrents any way.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Yip ssj, I always max out my connection on torrents anyway, unless its something obscure, and its free.
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MarkM
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$5 a month is no biggy...
I just downloaded Inside Man...full DVD Rip on DivX in 30 mins...im only on 4MB Broadband..
Thats worth $5 a month all day..
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John
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I get 180k down and it takes me about an hour 10 to get a 700 meg film.
I know somebody who downloads from the same site and gets full speed on his cable.
5 mins for a 350meg tv show so he'll get a 700 meg film in 10 mins, again torrents and no charge.
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ssj_kakarot
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says its only 25p week for access to that newsbin, that aint to bad i guess, still nothing wrong with torrents, think ill give news groups a try when i get my htpc sorted.
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haller14
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i normally get 150kb/s + on my torrents using u-Torrent 1.6 but atm its only 20kb/s whys this?
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Bart
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ok, so you download the .nzb files, but what do you do with these?
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WATSON
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Not long changed my internet from AOL to TISCALI first night of downloading was lastnight when i had got home had 4 dvd's on download and woke up to all them finished also thats with me on a 2meg line?
That good or bad 
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drunkenfool
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about 3GB in 8 hours is roughtly 1mbps, depends how long it took though cos it might have been done in half that time which would mean your conenction was maxed out. To be honest though Im more suprised that you got anything like that speed from torrents with Tiscali
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WATSON
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Yeah i know Tiscali has been really good since i have had them 
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
ok, so you download the .nzb files, but what do you do with these?
Open them in a newsgroup reader, something like Newsbin Pro.
Yes you have to subscribe to a Newsgroup host, I use Newshosting's Unlimited service which is $15 a month (so about £8), I'm also pretty sure (as has been mentioned) that Newzbin.com aren't accepting new registered members at present but that may of changed, another .nzb provider is Merlins Portal but again not sure if you have to register/subscribe etc etc.
As for people asking about them, surely you must appriciate that all this isn't something that should be discussed at length, you have google and I'm sure you can find all your answers given a bit of effort......
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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quote:
Originally posted by John
I get 180k down and it takes me about an hour 10 to get a 700 meg film.
I know somebody who downloads from the same site and gets full speed on his cable.
5 mins for a 350meg tv show so he'll get a 700 meg film in 10 mins, again torrents and no charge.
Yeah but when you upload stuff on torrents your download speed takes a right battering - you don't have this problem on newsgroups
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John
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No it doesn't.
Just don't let it use all of your upload bandwith.
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