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04-11-07, 06:06 AM
How To Use Usenet, A Beginners Guide
Written by Ernesto (http://torrentfreak.com/author/ernesto/) on April 10, 2007
Usenet is considered to be the most “private” way to share files. In other words, no MPAA or RIAA watching your back. It is fast, has a lot of content, and it’s getting more popular, even though the technology is almost 30 years old. Time for an introduction.
Sounds great, but let me start off with the downside to Usenet. The biggest disadvantage is that high speed Usenet servers are not free. You need at least some kind of paid subscription plan to be able to get decent speeds on Usenet. For some people this is not a problem, their argument often is that they already pay a lot of money for high speed broadband access, so why not pay a little extra to get the best speeds out of it.
Slyck.com did a pretty good Usenet vs. BitTorrent comparison (http://www.slyck.com/story1376.html) earlier this year that sums up the pros and cons of both filesharing methods. Although I’m more a BitTorrent person myself (surprise), some people probably want to give it a try. Usenet might look very complicated to the less p2p-savvy among us, but it’s a piece of cake with this tutorial from UsenetFreak (http://usenetfreak.com/) (great name).
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Written by Ernesto (http://torrentfreak.com/author/ernesto/) on April 10, 2007
Usenet is considered to be the most “private” way to share files. In other words, no MPAA or RIAA watching your back. It is fast, has a lot of content, and it’s getting more popular, even though the technology is almost 30 years old. Time for an introduction.
Sounds great, but let me start off with the downside to Usenet. The biggest disadvantage is that high speed Usenet servers are not free. You need at least some kind of paid subscription plan to be able to get decent speeds on Usenet. For some people this is not a problem, their argument often is that they already pay a lot of money for high speed broadband access, so why not pay a little extra to get the best speeds out of it.
Slyck.com did a pretty good Usenet vs. BitTorrent comparison (http://www.slyck.com/story1376.html) earlier this year that sums up the pros and cons of both filesharing methods. Although I’m more a BitTorrent person myself (surprise), some people probably want to give it a try. Usenet might look very complicated to the less p2p-savvy among us, but it’s a piece of cake with this tutorial from UsenetFreak (http://usenetfreak.com/) (great name).
continue (http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-use-usenet-a-beginners-guide/)