'Good' networks to connect to???

[gajackson1]

Ok, I am basically happy with my P2P program setup now (Clean KMD 2.4.4), but do not know which network I should be connecting to. My GF & I are general file dl people/heavy share types (we live in SoKo, land of the Broadband and home of the FileSharers).

We collect a little of everything - movies, pron, game ISOs, MP3, tv series, etc.

What are good networks to connect to - either general or specific? We find our upload speeds are fast, but dl's are slooowwwww (even after doing the optimization here at zp).

Regards,

G & C,

Seoul

[joey tribiani]

"My GF & I are general file dl people/heavy share types" "We collect a little of everything - movies, pron " I Can't tell you how long i've been looking for a relatinship like that. The Networks i like to connect to are :CBS,NBC,FOX And ABC

[Whistler]

euh smacks of p2p spies...
bittorent and never look back

[gajackson1]

Joey - Thanx for the compliment - I thought my 'relationship' like that would be an Asian gal; funny to come 1/2way around the world to meet a girl from Atlanta. I am guessing you were being sarcastic, (truth be told, Korean tv/cable blows), but I MEANT FastTrack, KaZaA, etc.

Whistler - errmmm, if you mean p2p spies as in working for 'the man,' then it is a big no. My file sharing/trading days go waaayyyy back to a Commodore 64 in Houston area in the 1980's (5" floppies traded in school); I only started really doing stuff when I got to Korea in 1997. In fact, it is one reason why we are glad to be in Asia - travel to places like Vietnam or Singapore, and full apps, music cds, game ISOs, etc are about $1 each - cheaper in bulk! We are expats, & this ridiculous RIAA thing is just one of many good reasons why.

Computers & broadband are both cheap here in Korea; my gf & I now live together, so we have our own individual desktops & a server. (This is sort of a trial-run for a business venture in Vietnam; we would like to have a bar & some bungaloes, all 'wired' for use).

It seems like we deal with a lot of leeching - very different from Napster just a few years ago.
As for bt, we tried it, but hmmmm . . . it is a LOT of open window sublets. And I haven't seen a workaround for the disconnect issues - every time we get one, we have to manually reconnect - not good for trying to leave on the computers overnight, and wake up to completed dls. Shareazaa looked promising, but again - lots of takers, but no returns on a lot of stuff we were looking for. We are both partial to the larger, KL/WinMX -style interfaces.

Regards,

Glen & Christina

[joey tribiani]

I Primarily use BT (Burst Client)And Overnet i have gotten some rare stuff off of that. Recently and Every once and a while i use Kazaa. Happy Downloading and good luck with your business :gj

[RACKnRAIL]

I haven't used KCeasy in a long time, but it is supposed to connect to 3 networks. I don't use fasttrack anymore and have to agree that bt rocks! I always liked Kazaa Lites K++ 2.4.3 the best for fasttrack though.

KCeasy: http://www.kceasy.com/

[ccc1005]

I use Bittorrent (Azureus Client), Guntella (Bearshare) for most of my files. I also use MUTE off and on to see if i can find stuff, and then there is always Emule for every file you can imagine, just be rdy to wait a long time.

[babarfloyd]

Shareaza is a good client to use because it connects to several networks at once. You can connect to Gnutella1, Gnutella2, and eDonkey2000. And you can download Bittorrent files as well.

I don't recommend connecting to Gnutella1, though. Shareaza doesn't have all the latest features of Gnutella1 and you'll be able to find everything you could ever want or need from the other networks.

[Ken17625]

For a person so familiar with file sharing, you seem to be asking a very "beginner" like question.

Very odd indeed.

[origin]

just experiment with all the available p2p networks out there and in time you will learn how to put each of p2p network to use to find specific things that you are looking for. results may and will vary depending on what time of day you are searching for something and exactly what it is. lol.

l8

[gajackson1]

Thanks for the advice - we have tried switching back & forth between Overnet, KaZaA & Fasttrack networks - that seems to be helping some. We know that we should break down & experiment with a lot of different programs, but it is a little frustrating to install, uninstall, experiment, switch . . . we would prefer to use 1 (maybe 2) good programs, and leave our comps & server on 24-7.

Ken, it IS an odd question, out of context. (Anyone can skip this next part): I'm 36 years old, and have had the 'pirate streak' ever since stealing music involved shoplifing 45 records from a department store rack :gj . . . copying & trading computer software (games) was a natural leap from that. In high school, I drove a 1971 Olds with approximately 200 cassettes in cases in the back - we were always dubbing tapes & trading with friends.

Off to college, and I lagged, until some comp friends got me interested in our college network. But it wasn't until I got to Korea, and had my own comp & broadband that things really took off (that would be 98-99). Back then, we would have Napster parties at my apartment - literally, we could run so fast that people could just search for, dl, cue & listen to whatever they wanted, on the spot - and burn it to CD afterwards. VERY uncomplicated.

Times are different now. Maybe, if I was still in HS or college, I'd have more time to futz around with it. But, in truth - I don't. :(

We have the files, the comps, & the bandwidth; we don't have a lot of time to master the new, more treacherous P2P waters. We need a good, semi-universal program, good network connections, and hopefully someone will come up with an automated hashing program to verify our files for sharing with others.

(Rant/wist over)

A 'basic' question, but one that did not need asking a few years ago, and one that would not have received so many varied responses back then, either. Once again, thanks for your help/suggestions.

Regards from Seoul,

G.