Thread: Usenet guide

For zero day content USENET is the way to go. IT usuallt takes about 30 minutes longer to show up on Usenet than it does on torrent sites, but once your download is complete you are done. Nothing to upload ever. Most Usenet providers retain files for 240-400 Days. There is a few free services like EWEKA, but it is best to use a premium service provider. News readers like Newsbin Pro not only downlad your files, but can auto repair missing parts(by using PAR files), Auto Unrar files, and download using RSS feeds. Once you get the hang of Usenet, its really is no different than downloading torrents, other than the fact that you don't upload anything. You download the files off of servers provided by your Usenet access company, and download speeds are always maxed out.


Definition:
Usenet is a worldwide-distributed discussion system. It consists of a
set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by
Subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these newsgroups by
people on computers with the appropriate software -- these articles are
then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide
variety of networks. Some newsgroups are "moderated"; in these
newsgroups, the articles are first sent to a moderator for approval
before appearing in the newsgroup. Usenet is available on a wide variety
of computer systems and networks, but the bulk of modern Usenet traffic
is transported over either the Internet or UUCP.

To enjoy everything the newsgroups have to offer, you need three essential things:

1. A good newsgroup server - this is where your newsreader will download the files from. A server like NewsDemon provides Usenet Newsgroup access.
2. A newsgroup reader - this is the program you will use to download from the newsgroups.
3. Access to an indexing site - this is where you will browse or search for things to download from the newsgroups.


Newsgroup Servers:

1. Giganews
2. NewsDemon
3. Thundernews
4. Binverse
5. Astraweb
6. EasyNews

I recommend Astrweb. It's $11/month (Current Special) with 365 days retention, unlimited Downloads, 20 Connections, and SSL for added security. Plus they don't keep any logs of user activity.
http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html



NewsGroup Readers

You will need a binary newsreader before you will be able to download from Usenet. I recommend Newsbin for your download client. You can download it from Demonoid. I bought my copy since it includes free updates. Seems worth the price to me.

•Forte Agent
•NewsLeecher
•GrabIt
•NewsBin Pro
•Unison (for Macintosh)


Free Newsgroup Readers:

1. Alt.Binz
2. GrabIt
3. SABnzbd+


Indexing Sites

Then you use .NZB's to download (just like .torrents). There is many sites which index files. These sites make it easy to find and download content. Some sites look just like torrent sites. They even have forums.
Sites I use are:
http://www.nzbsrus.com/ Just like a torrent site.
https://www.newzleech.com/ Great search engine.
https://nzbmatrix.com/index.php Great indexing site with the fastest post times.
http://www.nzbseeker.com/ Nice site with lots of info about the files.
http://www.tvnzb.com/index.php The Bitmetv of usenet.
https://v3.newzbin.com/ The best indexing site with the most content. Cost about $1-2 a month. Although, It's half price in December. I usually renew mine for a full year in December. A full year at half price is £7.30



I hope this helps. Enjoy.

Nice tut, I use the free ipv6 eweka service and its very nice :) Takes a bit of time to understand what your doing and they have slow pretimes when you compare to good torrent sites but the content and the fact you don't have to seed back is a good reason to at least try it.

EWeka is ok, but the best speeds I get are 2-3 Mbps. With Astraweb I get 15 Mbps. Which is my max download speed.

Originally Posted by Helios

EWeka is ok, but the best speeds I get are 2-3 Mbps. With Astraweb I get 15 Mbps. Which is my max download speed.

Of course if you have huge pipe, its much better to pay for a newsserver, but eweka maxes out my home connection ~ 1.5mB/s. When I had my seedbox it averaged about 20mbit, sometimes I even got a solid 10mB/s but now they have capped it and have a max of 8 connections, still it is free :)

Here is a list of free Usenet Providers.

http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutor...tml#post213420

got to love both usenet and torrents. the 2 greatest things next to sex and cars lol

hmm.. well after reading this i can finally give it a try, i didn't even know what it meant before! usenet, usenext, etc.. it was all the same to me. haha.
thanks for this tutorial, +1

With the latest tracker takedowns, this is probably the safest way to get what you want.

thank u for this tutorial, but i cant connect to any server.
Do u know how i can connect to a free server to make a search?