wat do you use to D/l stuff?

[Ali]

Bearshare won't work?!

 

[ViolentJ]

i use shareaza (for torrents) and limewire

 

[Andi-B]

I use azureus for Bittorrent and shareaza for other

 

[Griff]

Newsgroups. Would never go back to P2P now.

 

[Dink]

newsleecher was given a free password.

going back to p2p would be like going back to dial-up

 

[Dan Page]

the pirate bay for torrents.

 

[The Hoff]

Azureus for Bittorrent, use the usual sites for links - but mainly private sites.
DC++ for stuff i can't find on torrent (Abi titmuss lesbian video for example).

 

[Saner]

eMule

 

[Final Maxim]

frostwire and bittornado

 

[edde]

Limewire and bittorrent.

 

[Final Maxim]

should upgrade to frostwire edde. limewire servers will be shutting down in the near future due to legal stuff. frostwire is exactly the same just theyve added a filter thing to cover their arses

 

[Mole]

FlashFXP for FTPs.
Used to use Grabit for newsgroups before I started using ftps.

 

[xtreme_boi]

Kazza Pro

 

[Munson]

Newsgroups. Would never go back to P2P now.

Absolutely. Newsgroups piss all over file sharing.

 

[Final Maxim]

dont you have to pay for newsgroups?

 

[Smokey]

how do newsgroups work?

 

[Munson]

dont you have to pay for newsgroups?

I pay $15 a month for unlimited bandwidth with usenetserver. Speeds that max out my connection 24/7, and no uploading so browsing isnt slowed down at all. I do use Azureus for some Bit Torrent stuff still, but very rarely.

 

[Final Maxim]

nuff said.

ill happily search for a well seeded torrent which will max out and pay $0

 

[Munson]

how do newsgroups work?

Its very easy when you know how, but not easy to explain. Google is your best bet for research. You need plenty of software to get the best from it.

Google...

WinRAR
Quick PAR
NewsbinPro
Newzbin

Plus DVD Shrink, Daemon Tools, Nero etc. etc. etc.

Be aware that you often find illegal content though, which is obviously bad.

 

[Munson]

nuff said.

ill happily search for a well seeded torrent which will max out and pay $0

Your choice. Different strokes. But newsgroups are better when you know how to use them. Trust me I've used everything

 

[Munson]

Maxed out is also a bit misleading. A well seeded torrent might max a 512k or 1mb pipe, but it might not max a 3mb or 10mb pipe. News servers will max anything any UK ISP can offer right now. Again it all comes down to cost and what you need.

 

[Griff]

nuff said.

ill happily search for a well seeded torrent which will max out and pay $0

Think I'll stick to Newsgroups thanks even if it does cost a whopping £8 a month...

 

[Bryan]

i'm quite happy sticking with torrents (use bit comet) over newsgroups, although they were good, they were just too much hassle for me to use in the long run, i don't d/l half as much 'material' as i used to

also use limewire pro which is very good for audio files

 

[Mole]

Your choice. Different strokes. But newsgroups are better when you know how to use them. Trust me I've used everything

You've obviously never been in the FTP 'scene'
On newsgroups people have to upload the releases, on FTP's you can get the releases straight from the release groups, if you know the right people etc, and it doesn't cost a penny.
You may get releases on newsgroups the same day that a release group releases them, but with FTP you get it seconds after.

Bearing in mind that most FTP servers that are linked with the release groups are sitting on extremely fast connections,usually over 100mbit

 

[Munson]

I do use FTP all the time, but not for downloading 'proper' files...to date

 

[Munson]

 

[WeeGad]

Anybody else use Soulseek??

 

[Ali]

Didn't know there were that many...i'll have a look later. cheers

 

[quickshift]

i use soulseek too slow thou

 

[valver lad]

Hows FTP used then? Do they have to send you the link to their folders?

 

[Tim-Grove]

Think I'll stick to Newsgroups thanks even if it does cost a whopping £8 a month...

damn you im only getting 500ish K/sec. Still waiting for my 10meg upgrade

 

[Dink]

be greatful my max is 235KB/s:dapprove:

roll on ntl's 10Mbit upgrade