I was wondering what speeds you are getting on your different connections on Usenet? What client are you using to access usenet? What service are you using and is it unlimited, block account, etc.?
What are the settings on your particular client?
I have Newsleecher 3.0 with supersearch enabled as well as Gioganews unlimited with encryption. I have 20 bots enabled and though a lot of people say I really don't need that many, I have seen a decent speed with it, so I leave it on.
I get around 650 KB/s....not the greatest in the world, but I am happy with it.
Heck, I am happy I live in a city that even has broadband period! I still remember my 56k roots.
Bout 1000KB/s here. Typical 8MB connection.
I use Giganews and I max out the connection at 8 megs, newsleecher stays at about 1,004 to 1,017 KB/s. It doesn’t slow down even during peak hours which is nice but a lot of that depends on your ISP. Fortunately you can throttle Newsleecher to use the web as your download pipe is saturated otherwise. %75 throttle still gives you 768 KB/s which still leaves plenty of bandwidth for other activities. Oh and yes it's unlimited. Who the hell uses limited accounts anyways.
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I use the Grabit Client, and Newshosting.com with 8 connects on a 6mbps line at 600K down.
All is good here. :icon_sunn
20 bots? I think you mean streams. Anyways, more streams = more cpu usage, 4 is all I use and I've never seen my connection drop bellow 1,000 KB/s for more then a second or two.
Additional streams are only useful if running several computers over the same network router IP address or for extremely high bandwidth connections like T3’s or Verizon fios. Try using 6 connections you might see your speed actually increase.
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I only get around 1000 Kbps, but I'm using my ISP's news server. It's fast enough for me and it's free. :)
What's everyone paying for a 8MB line?
THANKS
OH YEAH I just called my ISP for an extra $9.95 I get bumped from 5mb to 8mb
WoOt
I'm paying now $44.90 for 8MB
Originally Posted by DasFox
That's great! I have to pay freakin' 80 BUCKS if I want to upgrade my cable internet account! I am already paying 50 bucks a month for that and Giganews is extra...so it will be awhile before I ever use their upgrade plan.
fanboys!!!
A couple of sites I've been working on if you're interested http://www.howtogetfaster.co.uk, [url]http://www.documentaries.me.uk[url] and a new startup http://thelocalseo.co
And PROUD OF IT!
I pay $20 for a 3MB connection.. Thinking of upgrading since I only pull about 250 down on avg... May have something to do with my config though.
"It's true, I'm a rageoholic! I just can't get enough rageahol!"
`Homer J
Fan boys hell I've been dorking around for one week trying to find a decent torrent site, and have found ZERO.
I just signed up today at tbkresources thinking ok got one at last, what a waste, was downloading something, only one seed on it at 27K, zipped over to Newzbin did a search, found it, and got it at 950K within 1 hour.
Now guys we're talking a 4.5GB file at 27K errr give me a break.
Thank goodness for my Usenet for now, so far this torrent searching has been crap. :icon_scra
LOL! I feel the exact same way! I very RARELY go to a torrent site anymore...even a decent one like torrentleech which I am a member of.
I do visit some occasionally, but it is mainly to keep my account open in case there is some file on the private site I want. But now 95% of my files come from newsgroups and I haven't looked back.
Oh, and I did the exact same thing today that you did, went to one of my torrent sites and tried to download a fle....it crawled at a snails pace....so I went and found the same thing on usenet and got it in a few minutes!
I can't find any decent torrent sites either and all these BT big talkers around here have nary ponied up one invite.
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