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Posted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 20:32 Post subject: Newgroup that accepts paypal |
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Can anyone recommend me a newgroup provider that accepts paypal. Thanks
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Jenni
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Posted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 21:00 Post subject: |
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nouseforaname
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Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2007 00:18 Post subject: |
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 06:43 Post subject: |
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Thanks guys I signed up with news demon.
Are BT capping download speeds in peak times on these news providers now. I know they do with torrents but recently my daily downloads on newsgroups are not full throttle speeds anymore but if I download after 11pm till about 10am it will be full speed.
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 06:56 Post subject: |
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Bren86 wrote: | Thanks guys I signed up with news demon.
Are BT capping download speeds in peak times on these news providers now. I know they do with torrents but recently my daily downloads on newsgroups are not full throttle speeds anymore but if I download after 11pm till about 10am it will be full speed. |
Try using encryption. Ususally if an ISP can see what your downloading or using what they'll throttle you. Mine does that with torrents unless you used an encrypted connection. most newsservers offer an SSL connection. Giganews you gotta pay more for it, usenetserver gives it for free
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 06:58 Post subject: |
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Interesting I'll have to give it ago then. So how do I go about encrypting my internet connection.
I'm on an unlimited plan as well so BT should piss off. I can download what I want.
https://www.newsdemon.com/join.php?pricepointid=17 I'm actually on a premuim ssl account but they still seem to be capping the speeds. I'm on the 50gb per month plan for europe which has ssl and europeon server.
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 07:01 Post subject: |
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Bren86 wrote: | Interesting I'll have to give it ago then. So how do I go about encrypting my internet connection.
I'm on an unlimited plan as well so BT should piss off. I can download what I want. |
depends if they offer it or not, they'll give you a seperate address to connect to in your newsgrabber. like usenetserver's is secure.usenetserver.com then you enable SSL options in the grabber then it encrypts the connection. So it also depends what client your using to grab your shit. I personally recommend using newsleecher as it supports it.
[edit] ya your server supports it, login and see if you can find the connecting address for it.
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 07:05 Post subject: |
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Ok thanks I will look that up then with news demon.
Also what about azureus for my torrent files dose that have an encrypting option if not which torrent program do you use that has an encryption option.
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Jenni
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 09:20 Post subject: |
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Encrypting you connection won't make a blind bit of difference as they're more concerned with the amount you're downloading. Virgin Media does it too though its not as stringent as BT. If I download more than 3gb between 4pm and 12 they reduce my connection to five mb. Although it is still prudent to encrypt it. Best not letting them know what you're getting.
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 09:26 Post subject: |
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Bren86 wrote: | Ok thanks I will look that up then with news demon.
Also what about azureus for my torrent files dose that have an encrypting option if not which torrent program do you use that has an encryption option. |
use utorrent
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roCcor
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 15:34 Post subject: |
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What about 'old stuff' Does usenet offer lots of old movies and stuff?
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 15:38 Post subject: |
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roCcor wrote: | What about 'old stuff' Does usenet offer lots of old movies and stuff? |
Yes.
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roCcor
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 15:41 Post subject: |
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Do they come clean with sfv/nfo/sample or is it some homemade crap releases?
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Parallax_
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 15:41 Post subject: |
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Most of them are old scene releases.
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 17:26 Post subject: |
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roCcor wrote: | Do they come clean with sfv/nfo/sample or is it some homemade crap releases? |
theres some homeade stuff that's just as good, but more than 80% is all scene release stuff. All old games...chances are it's an old scene release, I downloaded sin one day that was released by an old dos group. They still pretty much have all teh rleases from razer, immersion, FLT, deviance, hoodum etc.
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roCcor
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 20:47 Post subject: |
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I just signed up. Now what's the best reader to get? I tried grabit but integrated search is limited, which kinda sucks..
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Posted: Sat, 29th Sep 2007 21:02 Post subject: |
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roCcor wrote: | I just signed up. Now what's the best reader to get? I tried grabit but integrated search is limited, which kinda sucks.. |
use newsleecher, you'll have to pay to download the search results but I use newzbin anyways so it doesn't matter
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Posted: Sun, 30th Sep 2007 10:55 Post subject: |
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SirCez wrote: | How long is the unlimited uk connection is for? (premium plans 20 ssl connections, £12.1 - iis it just for a month? ) |
ya that looks like a monthly cost, you usually get a bit of a discount of you do 3 months.
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Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 13:21 Post subject: |
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http://www.xlned.com/
click on the bristish flag at the top if you cant read dutch
also they doing a 1 week free trail for everyone
I use it and they are pretty decent for newsgroups.
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Posted: Sun, 7th Oct 2007 23:27 Post subject: |
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i actually use usenet-news.net, it accepts paypal, it has a nice speed and it sells quota blocks too (if u don't wanna a monthly cost and/or you dl very much it's a nice option).
for the reader i can advise as an alternative altbinz, it has various usenet search engines incorporated (binsearch for example), ssl support, and up to ver 0.24.2 is free (not that matters much -P).
There are only 10 kinds of people : those that understand binaries and those that don't.

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Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 05:21 Post subject: |
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ha, and how do they know those files actually do exist on those servers unless they signed up for access and were downloading the stuff themselves
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Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 07:13 Post subject: |
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SpykeZ wrote: | ha, and how do they know those files actually do exist on those servers unless they signed up for access and were downloading the stuff themselves | Actually they just have to look at which groups they host.
Some newsgroups providers are advertising all over the place that you can download everything from them while being not really subtle in marketing piracy, e.g. just have a look at usenext's website, with an ipod well in the top banner along a PS3 controller and they have their ads and "affiliate program" put on every piracy related websites... Better to keep a low profile sometimes.
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Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 07:45 Post subject: |
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ManMountain wrote: | Beginning of the end of usenet? |
Nope, I don't think so.
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Posted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 21:29 Post subject: |
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I have read on many websites that info ... not to be pessimistic but ... if they start, as $en$i says, to look at the hosted groups of ng servers ... what could happen ? They'll begin to shut down them like the edonkey servers ?
There are only 10 kinds of people : those that understand binaries and those that don't.

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Posted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 21:41 Post subject: |
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Bren86 wrote: | Can anyone recommend me a newgroup provider that accepts paypal. Thanks |
www.newsfusion.net accept paypal, been using for a couple of years now without problems.
Great PAYG option.
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