Posted by kim on 11/16/73 11:40

"Technobarbarian" <Technobarbarian-ztopzpam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:X7OGf.57089$V.39942@fed1read04...
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> "Kraftee" <kraftee@pleasedon'tspam@kraftee.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:43eb4801$0$1466$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
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>> Technobarbarian wrote:
>>> "Peterson" <hoseratl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6PzGf.1232$Ly6.1212@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
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>>>> "Joe Gillis" <FloatingInThePool@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>>>>> I've been using WinMX for over two years, but I've had it. It
>>>>> constantly freezes up on me, and last night after two hours of
>>>>> screwing with it, it simply crashed on me.
>>>> I'd suggest you go look around on www.winmxworld.com for some help. It
>>>> sounds like you've got the connection patch, since you can
>>>> actually get on to the network, but if not, they'll point you to it.
>>>>
>>>> A big problem with WinMX, from my experience, is the prevelence of
>>>> 'fake' files flooded into the network, particularly with more
>>>> popular/current songs. You can try searching with "-user" in one of
>>>> your search boxes to eliminate the fakes, but you then lose the
>>>> convenience of narrowing searches and will be a bit deflated in the
>>>> amount of files now available to you.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I'm looking for a new P2P program -- any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>> I've been using Warez with some success. I enjoyed Ares while I was
>>>> using it -- good availability of some more semi-obscure stuff, but
>>>> began having incredibly frustrating connection issues soon after. Warez
>>>> is kinda like a clone of Ares, uses the same network, and
>>>> hasn't given me any connection problems. I don't seem to have the
>>>> same success in file availability, but I still have more than I do
>>>> with WinMX, typically. Probably better options out there, but I'm
>>>> not exactly Mr. Tech-savvy, either.
>>>
>>> Obviously. Much like Kazaa WinMX is dead, but the corpse keeps
>>> flailing around and probably will for some time to come. It's sad to
>>> watch, particularly with all the fans that can't let it die in peace.
>>> Right now: Shareaza, eMule plus and uTorrent are the best available.
>>> Next week, who knows? Evolution marches on. Getting all attached and
>>> drippy about any one program is ridiculous. Hell, getting all
>>> attached to p2p doesn't make much sense either. For music files
>>> binary usenet groups and a good binary harvester are often a better
>>> choice. There the freeware Grabit and shareware Newsbin Pro are the
>>> top of the heap this week.
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>> Only one problem, what happens when your ISP's binary news groups are
>> fuba & they place a cap on how much you can download from external news
>> services. P2P fills the bill for me for now, although I have had my first
>> warning about usage & I can see the time when the restrictions will just
>> force me to leave for pastures new & it will be a case of the grass is
>> greener...
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> I can see where that might be a problem. My ISP keeps pushing up my
> speed, so it would be counter-productive to cap my volume. We've gone from
> 4Mbps to 6Mbps. I have no idea what sort of volume I'm downloading, but I
> don't worry about it. Sometimes I just download stuff to take a look,
> figure out I don't like it, didn't need it, or whatever, and dump it.

That didn't deter ISP's in the UK. They doubled the line speed at the same
time they capped downloads such that the average customer will use up his
allocation within half a morning. Mine is still uncapped but I suspect
that's because I seldom maxed-out in the past. Now I've got a decent
newsserver I suspect they'll cap me.

(kim)

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