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Posted by Technobarbarian on 04/06/06 02:26
"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1144241386.864153.181350@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> CB wrote:
> I'm looking for another shared file program to pull down music & video
>> files. I mean....NOT music files. I have used Napster, Kazaa, Imesh
>> & Winmx in the past. I'm looking for something that offers a lot of
>> shared files and doesn't have all kinds of crap that goes with
>> it...spam, bugs, worms, blah blah blah. AND I'm willing to pay!!!
>> Now that's something you don't hear very much now-a-days!!
>>
> Why aren't you happy with WinMX? I've used it for 3 years and haven't
> replaced it. I don't really get spam (none if I stay off OpenNap) or
> bugs or worms or blah blah blah. I do get the video files I want -
> whether popular or obscure. Availability of files and quality has less
> to do with the program or network than simply those who use it - the
> best program won't get you your files if it's dominated by leeches.
> Using WinMX, I've downloaded enough in the past week to fill up two
> DVD-R's.
>
> That last part was hysterical - willing to pay? That was a joke right?
> Well, FTR there's a reason that you don't hear much of that these
> days: P2P is supposed to obviate the need to pay for anything. If you
> had to pay, you could just get NetFlix or go to Blockbuster. People
> nevertheless choose a pay service because they can't get their
> peer-share software to work, or even be bothered to learn how to make
> it work. Go back to WinMX and this time be prepared to invest a
> littl;e time.
That's funny, because from where I'm sitting *you're* pretty much a
hoot. Enough stuff to fill up TWO DVD-Rs in a week! Oh my. He could spend a
few bucks and download that much stuff in around 4 hours. Unlimited accounts
with a premium usenet news server run from $25 at the top of the heap for a
Giganews account to around $15 a month for something more budget minded. For
your volume a $7 a month 1.5Gb a day Buzzard News account would suffice. And
that whole "leeching" thing--Irrelevant with binary usenet groups.
My p2p app's work just fine, and I use them at times, depending on what
I want and when, but the bulk of my downloads come from binary usenet
groups. I gotta agree with DadiOH, except that I'd suggest Newsbin Pro
instead of Grabit. In the p2p realm I'd suggest: eMule plus, Shareaza and
uTorrent waaaaaay ahead of WinMX.
TB
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