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How do I download with Newsgroups??
amilo
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Can anyone tell me how I go about downloading through newsgroups?
My brother told me its a fast way of downloading but I don't know where to start!!
Went to a site called megaupload but they seem to charge and I don't want to pay to set it up if it can be done for free
Maybe someone can tell me how to go about it.
My brother told me its a fast way of downloading but I don't know where to start!!
Went to a site called megaupload but they seem to charge and I don't want to pay to set it up if it can be done for free
Maybe someone can tell me how to go about it.
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For a quick start what ideally do I need to download?
You need access to the newsgroups first, without that, the software is useless. If you can't access them through your ISP you will need to sign up to one of the premium newservers. Googling news servers will bring up a full list. Giganews is the best but also the most expensive. Which one you sign up to could depend on your monthly download limit with your ISP. If you are restricted to 40gb per month there is no point in an unlimited giganews account.
If you have access, newleecher is probably the best for downloading binaries, but agent is better for the text only groups.
Both have a free trial period
http://www.newsleecher.com/
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
im with adsl24.
Thanks!I'm afraid I don't have a credit card so I am probably wasting my time trying to set this up if it can't be done for free.I have unlimited downloads with my provider so I don't need to worry about that.
Are ADSL24 an entanet reseller? If they are then they provide free newsgroup access. The address is new.enta.net (I think)
You will need free software such as alt.binz or grabit (links above) or you could use windows live or outlook express.
I have no idea what newsgroups the entanet server carries (it may not carry binaries) or how long the retention is.
If you want decent access then you need to subscribe to a premium news server.
I too am with ADSL24 (Entanet) and can tell you that they only host the most popular text-based newsgroups (ie not binary ones) on news.enta.net
Most ISPs generally don't host binary newsgroups and if they do, they will usually be linux distros and open source software ones.
To the OP - I've got a Giganews account and use Grabit (on Windows) and Unison (on the Mac). Whilst Giganews is amongst the more expensive options (I pay $24.99 a month), they have the most extensive newsgroup list and have just upped their binary retention to 240 days.
Just to add, you can pay for Giganews through Paypal.
Yeah, they have cheaper options though. 240 days retention means that, once a file (or usually a file split across several rar archives) has been uploaded to that newsgroup, it is available for 240 days until it is removed from the newsgroup. Most of the time, the more popular items/files get re-uploaded anyway. It helps to cut down on storage capacity on the servers for their to be an expiry date.
They are free news servers but they are usually very slow and the newsgroups they carry are limited.
Googling - free new servers - brings up links.
Using the free software and connecting to one of the free newservers will give you some idea of what usenet is like but you wont see the binaries that are available.
Because with torrents, you are also uploading what you have downloaded - and this is what you get caught for (if for arguments sake you were downloading something copyrighted). With newsgroups, you don't have to upload a single thing and speeds tend to be limited only to your broadband speed - ie. if your broadband connection is 5Mb, on a newsgroup you will generally download at that full 5Mb.
Usenext offer a free trial which is no-obligation based. www.usenext.com It also has its own software for use on its servers which includes search amongst other things. This is what most binary newsgroup newcomers tend to use as its fairly easy to get the hang of.
It would be illegal for anyone to have a look at what you are downloading through means of snooping about your ISP.
With torrents, however, you are uploading the content which is classified as distributing copyrighted material - which is illegal.
Giganews offer 25Gb for $12.99 which is about £6-7.
you have to give credit card details for the free trial?
As for newsgroups, you can get accounts that give you SSL encryption so from their server to your PC is totally secure (more so than private torrents). Private torrents can be quick, but newsgroups are always faster, you don't have to upload anything and most of the scene stuff comes out there first.
Where's that in DS's T&Cs then?
There's been loads of threads about usenet.
This forum is about giving helpful advice
Tried Limewire , u torrent and bittorrent with not a lot of luck and long waits to get anything ... and then suddenly it speeds up and I think it's ok again.
This is something that has actually got me puzzled. I was browsing through the high def groups and noted that someone had posted a blu-ray rip of 38gb. The entire upload had taken only 5 hours. It would take me 15 hours to download and at maximum theoritical speed around 14 days to upload (I might have worked that out wrong?)
The people posting the files aren't doing it from the UK. I have no idea who would have upload connections that fast?