Direct Downloads vs Newsgroups

Yeah, definitely don't forget speed. With any good news provider you will be able to max out the download capacity on your internet connection. I've got friends in NYC that have no problem filling the 30megsof d/l speed that Verizon Fios gives them using Astraweb.

As for expense you can sign up with Astraweb for $11/mo using http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html . They say its a special offer but its been running for almost a year now.
 
ploopsy said:
uploading: If you look in the right places you can get away without uploading anything.

security: Dunno, my guess is DDL since you dont pay them or leave any personal info.

downloading: DDLs require wait times and captchas and the speeds are usually capped to prevent abuse. usenet is always fast.

ease of use: Jdownloader is great for DDLs like RS and makes it simple, clicking around the web pages is not as fun. NZB requires a tiny bit more initial setup but works great and automatically after.

expense: Downloading NZBs will always cost a little money to get it done fast and uncapped.

content: Cant tell, they both offer tonnes of stuff.
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How do you figure DDL is more secrue? Rapidshare has a pending case aganist it, and is also giving uploader (and probably downloader) info over to authorities.

News provides offer more security, the only way anyone is going to say anything is if the ISP subponeas the info...News providers fall under the "Common Carrier" law, just like a phone company isn't liable, and can't be shut down.
 
Also, if you look around you can get free Usenet providers too, and but not very good retention, and if you go premium Usenet, mostly all files stay until they hit 300+ days of retention, not any DDL services I know keep files up that long, hot files like a few hours a day if your lucky, but I've notice news provider deleting articles but still better than DDL.
 
Content wise: I favor forums for older/obscure content(and especially music). In my opinion there's really no comparison between the two for the harder to find stuff. But...ng's is the better method for new content. You'll find the files on indexers pretty much immediately after pre. On forums you can be waiting quite a while.

As for security: I feel very secure downloading with either method.
And expense: Both cost money(if you want the full benefits out of each method) but both are cheap.

Uploading: I really can't say since I haven't upped to ng's yet. But uploading to filehosters are easy. It's just a pain when you have a slow upload speed and wanting to up anything over a gb or two.

So for me it's pretty much a toss up between the two. I use both methods and love them both. I use forums for music and anything older, and newsgroups for new and big files(season packs, etc).
 
well thanks for all your responses guys

so far my experience is that usenet is good for very large files, such as 10GB x264 movies, especially since you get good speed and there's no hassle with all the links.

I'm pretty picky about what I download so I kinda generally prefer direct dl because there is usually more info about the file and there is quite a bit more hard to find and good quality content available.

Also, there are plenty of large files available in 1GB links on direct dl, so its not that inconvenient. I imagine direct dl is pretty safe because there's no seeding like in torrents and it can and is also used for legit purposes, like usenet.

Concerning uploading, does this guide entail all I that need need to know about usenet or is there more?
http://www.usenetshack.com/the-definitive-guide-how-to-upload-post-to-usenet/

and which providers have the best policies?
is it safe to do through free ipv6 lol:whistling?

As far as expense goes, usenet seem like the better deal. The only dl provider that in my opinion might be better is megashares because its cheap, unlimited and has similar content. The problem with paying for direct downloads is that the files that you may want to download are scattered all over different file hosts. I've never payed for anything tho . . .

And finally, how is tehParadox safer than pspiso?
the majority of their uploads are to the same hosting sites - megaupload and rapidshit
 
Finding content on usenet is easy with any of the many indexing or spotting sites which are constantly posted about here as well as FST itself. What more than an nfo does anyone need?
 
SonsOfLiberty said:
How do you figure DDL is more secrue? Rapidshare has a pending case aganist it, and is also giving uploader (and probably downloader) info over to authorities.

News provides offer more security, the only way anyone is going to say anything is if the ISP subponeas the info...News providers fall under the "Common Carrier" law, just like a phone company isn't liable, and can't be shut down.
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Good point i did not think of that. As I am more of a leech I never thought about how unsafe uploading to rs may be.
 
realityhd said:
Finding content on usenet is easy with any of the many indexing or spotting sites which are constantly posted about here as well as FST itself. What more than an nfo does anyone need?
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Thorough encoding details, screenshots, downloader feedback, etc. . . that kind of extra attention is usually available with direct downloads. Could be life saying if it concerns a Window OS;)

As far as content goes only recent and common stuff seems to be available as nzb - I have yet to see any Sektor Gaza albums, that is
 
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