View Full Version : Using a newsgroup for the first time
fireforce555
April 13th, 2004, 08:10 PM
Hey guys, I have some questions about newsgroups. I know there are ALOT of them but what I wanted to ask is how many are out there that offer high quality new music? Also, whats the privacy like on those? I would never download copyrighted materials of course but if I accidently did, what are my chances of being busted? Also, I found out comcast only has Giganews available for free to their customers but its an account limited to 1 gig a month. I read this site http://www.newsgroupservers.net/#NNTP and it lists many servers you can buy access to, are they any good?
Gregory_JJ
April 13th, 2004, 09:08 PM
As a newsgroup user, I found the newsgroups to be a great source of music. As for being busted for downloading copyrighted material, as far as I know, what you download is between your isp provider ( and/or Giganews in your case) and you. The newsgroups are not networked likes p2p programs are.
fireforce555
April 13th, 2004, 09:19 PM
I am checking out Easynews. It looks fair and it says it doesnt keep records of what you download. So, is it easy to find the music or is it tough navigating?
jahill
April 13th, 2004, 09:27 PM
how do you knwo if what your downloaded is copyright anyway.....i want to download movies music and games....how am i to know...
fireforce555
April 13th, 2004, 09:35 PM
how do you knwo if what your downloaded is copyright anyway.....i want to download movies music and games....how am i to know...
If its owned by a major movie studio chances are its not "legal". But just because its not "legal" doesnt mean you CANT download it, it just means that you shouldnt discuss it in public on a message board :) Get my drift?
jahill
April 13th, 2004, 09:36 PM
what, waht are we talking about here....im confused??? :)
what is a good news group to use for the above
tvaddict817
April 13th, 2004, 09:41 PM
how do you knwo if what your downloaded is copyright anyway.....i want to download movies music and games....how am i to know...
Umm... are you serious? Basically, if you can buy it, it is probably copyrighted and you shouldn't download it if you are afraid of getting busted. Any CD you see in a store is copyrighted. Any movie you see at a store is copyrighted. Any game or software you see at a store is copyrighted. This response is copyrighted so don't attempt to copy it or I will sue you.
Miniver
April 21st, 2004, 11:40 AM
good newsgroups
alt.binaries.xbox
alt.binaries.ps2
alt.binaries.dvd
alt.binaries.dvdr
alt.binaries.movies
alt.binaries.mp3
alt.binaries.music
alt.binaries.dreamcast
alt.binaries.pretty much anything you are looking for
fireforce555
April 21st, 2004, 01:02 PM
Is usenetserver.com anygood? They have an unlimited plan for like 15 a month. Thats a pretty hot deal. I hear easynews is great but their bandwidth cap is a little low for me. If I get a newgroup account I will be after video as much as audio and 6gigs is gonna fly fast as hell on that.
Miniver
April 21st, 2004, 01:42 PM
the best way is to just get it from your isp, normally
DefCoN
April 21st, 2004, 01:43 PM
Is usenetserver.com anygood? They have an unlimited plan for like 15 a month. Thats a pretty hot deal. I hear easynews is great but their bandwidth cap is a little low for me. If I get a newgroup account I will be after video as much as audio and 6gigs is gonna fly fast as hell on that.
Usenetserver.com is excellent probably the best there is i actually use it all the time for everything.I pay for the $39.95 for 3 months and there is no d/l cap and your speed goes as fast as your isp provider can give you..It is the same for the $15 dollar a month plan as well..No cap very fast speeds..I would rate it on a scale of 1-10---->20 lol
It is the greatest plan out there for so little money so i would suggest you get this now!!!
fireforce555
April 21st, 2004, 02:02 PM
the best way is to just get it from your isp, normally
I wish I could. Comcast only offers giganews and it is limited to a tiny 1 gig per month. And from talking to other comcast users, they say that comcast doesnt allow the binary groups on its version of giganews. Comcast stinks in this area, although in performance I am more than happy with them. I ALWAYS get more than 360KB per sec. :)
fireforce555
April 21st, 2004, 02:04 PM
Usenetserver.com is excellent probably the best there is i actually use it all the time for everything.I pay for the $39.95 for 3 months and there is no d/l cap and your speed goes as fast as your isp provider can give you..It is the same for the $15 dollar a month plan as well..No cap very fast speeds..I would rate it on a scale of 1-10---->20 lol
It is the greatest plan out there for so little money so i would suggest you get this now!!!
Sweet! What reader do you use? I am looking at grabit now, it seems pretty easy for a newbie to use.
Miniver
April 21st, 2004, 02:09 PM
newsbin is a great program
fireforce555
April 21st, 2004, 02:12 PM
newsbin is a great program
That free? LOL
DefCoN
April 21st, 2004, 02:14 PM
Sweet! What reader do you use? I am looking at grabit now, it seems pretty easy for a newbie to use.
Definetaly Newsbinpro 100%
LordLOC
April 21st, 2004, 02:15 PM
Usenetserver.com is very good, however they do not scale all the way up to your ISP's limit. I do believe they have a 2.2 or 2.5 downstream maximum on their servers. If you do 3 or 4 downstream it's not a big deal of course.
There's a few really good news providers, usenetnews is one, 100proofnews.com is another, but they seemingly always have problems. Newsfeeds is another good one. Easynews. Buzzardnews, but they outsource usenetserver and add additional restrictions. Astraweb is another. There's many popular providers, I'd suggest shopping around for prices first, then move on to retention and completion which are very important. Giganews and Usenetserver are both famous for their retention and completion rates.
Bleh sorry for ranting.
LordLOC
April 21st, 2004, 02:16 PM
Oh, and I use Grabit and PowerGrab as my main readers. Along with Xnews if I feel like it.
JiMiThInG
April 21st, 2004, 02:36 PM
I think Newsbin Pro is the best
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php is a must read for any news group newbie.
DefCoN
April 21st, 2004, 04:07 PM
Usenetserver.com is very good, however they do not scale all the way up to your ISP's limit. I do believe they have a 2.2 or 2.5 downstream maximum on their servers. If you do 3 or 4 downstream it's not a big deal of course.
There's a few really good news providers, usenetnews is one, 100proofnews.com is another, but they seemingly always have problems. Newsfeeds is another good one. Easynews. Buzzardnews, but they outsource usenetserver and add additional restrictions. Astraweb is another. There's many popular providers, I'd suggest shopping around for prices first, then move on to retention and completion which are very important. Giganews and Usenetserver are both famous for their retention and completion rates.
Bleh sorry for ranting.
Actually you are wrong...You download as fast as your pipe can handle..Even though usenetserver.com says 2mb limit ..trust me guys..