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Posted by FatKat on 04/06/06 04:58
Technobarbarian wrote:
> "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
> news:1144241386.864153.181350@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > 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!
dat's what I says - probably more within a shorter amount of time if I
wanted. The point of filling up those DVD-R's (these are data discs
BTW, not single 2-hour movie discs) is actually watching what I burn,
not simply burning discs I'll never watch/listen to.
> Oh my. He could spend a
> few bucks and download that much stuff in around 4 hours.
But I don't spend anything - and while the time factor is much less,
it's no bargain because I'm already leaving my system on-line all day
anyway. If I'm WinMX all night, it makes no difference if the DL takes
4 hours or 8 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.
I prefer the nothing-on-top-of-ISP/monthly plan, myself.
> For your volume a $7 a month 1.5Gb a day Buzzard News account would suffice.
I thought I covered that - for my volume, nothing per month already
suffices.
>
> In the p2p realm I'd suggest: eMule plus, Shareaza and uTorrent waaaaaay ahead of
> WinMX.
Tried Shareazza - nothing special in terms of file-availability or DL
speed. Tried DC++ - good, but not enough to make me leave WinMX.
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