negative1 said:
but it will be a cold day in ***** before i ever touch a newsgroup,
or post files there (see my sig)....torrents work for me, so i don't
mess with anything else......besides here in the US, some providers
are cutting off the whole alt.* newsgroups anyways...
later
-1
Off-topic, but I gotta fix some FUD:
I have a 10Mb/sec down connection, and with a premium news host (like any of Giganews, Easynews, UsenetServer, etc.) I can completely saturate my connection. ALL THE TIME. Usenet is NOT inherently slow! Not too sure about inefficient -- but if it's able to consistently fire 10 Mb/sec into my computer, whether it's really efficient or not is moot.
I'm also a member at several private tracker sites, and I do get good torrent speeds. Some even run at 10 Mb/sec down. But definitely not all torrents run that quickly. On Usenet, *everything* runs fast! So if I have a choice between the two methods (Usenet or BitTorrent) for a given file, I always choose Usenet.
With a premium news server, NOMP, and a subscription to Newzbin, Usenet can be just about as convenient as BT.