Best P2P software

[Masterdog]

Hi all,

I went onto P2P today for the first time in a while (LimeWire, if anyone's interested) and I found it's really gone downhill since last time I used it. There was very little stuff available. What's the current gold standard in P2P software? Or are all the networks like that nowadays?

Cheers,

MD

 

[The Deuce]

newsgroups

 

[Hen_Dawg]

Newsgroups aren't P2P, but they are the best method if you're willing to pay a bit.
Otherwise it's torrents. Azureus, UTorrent etc..

 

[Masterdog]

Yeah I'm often using torrents but I'm really after searchable P2P type things. My ISP doesn't carry newsgroups but I suppose giganews or something might be worth a try. I take it from the lack of alternative suggestions that P2P really is in decline then?

 

[The Deuce]

all depends on your isp tbh, whether they throttle them or not, BT do and BT also throttle port 80 after 4pm, that's why i switched to newsgroups, BT don't throttle port 119.


thanks for pointing out the obvious though Hen Dawg, as if i didn't already know

 

[Hen_Dawg]

thanks for pointing out the obvious though Hen Dawg, as if i didn't already know

Of course you know that! Masterdog may not

Even my usenet connections gets slowed down in the evenings. However I'll take 300kb/s throttling rather than 15kb/s which torrents gave.

What do you mean 'searchable p2p type things'?

 

[Nicos Rex]

For smaller files, eMule is worth a try - I find it a lot better than Limewire and it fits the bill as foar as being searchable.