rapidshare ?

lixxus · 13 May 2009 at 14:18

whats are peoples thoughts on it. is it better than usenet.

im talking about the premium accounts

pennywise · 13 May 2009 at 17:44

Usenet is probably better, but more complicated to set up. Finding the links for stuff on rapidshare can be a pain sometimes, although having never used newsgroups I can't comment on the stuff on it.

benjo · 13 May 2009 at 17:45

I always get max speed from rapidshare servers, and links are readily available

xb8browney · 13 May 2009 at 18:17

Moved from rapidshare to usenet.

Nuff said really.

Mattus · 13 May 2009 at 23:41

If you download enough to hit Rapidshare's limits, then you're probably going to be better off with an unlimited Usenet subscription. Also, Usenet can be SSL encrypted. Then again, a decent Usenet account is more expensive. Personally I've been able to find everything I need on RS. Theoretically RS has better retention as nothing that gets downloaded is ever deleted from RS, where on Usenet you'll struggle with files that are more than a year old.

thevet · 13 May 2009 at 23:49

usenet does not have nowhere near the amount of information uploaded to it that rapidshare does...rapidshare pawns all

xb8browney · 13 May 2009 at 23:55

Mattus said:
If you download enough to hit Rapidshare's limits, then you're probably going to be better off with an unlimited Usenet subscription. Also, Usenet can be SSL encrypted. Then again, a decent Usenet account is more expensive. Personally I've been able to find everything I need on RS. Theoretically RS has better retention as nothing that gets downloaded is ever deleted from RS, where on Usenet you'll struggle with files that are more than a year old.

thevet said:
usenet does not have nowhere near the amount of information uploaded to it that rapidshare does...rapidshare pawns all

Files get deleted a hell of a lot on RS I used RS for 3 years since moving to usenet I've never looked back.

Hyper · 14 May 2009 at 00:23

To backup what Browney said,

My Usenet provider now has a 200 day retention (ammount of time data is stored on servers) which is much longer than the average file stays on Rapidshare imo.

s0ck · 14 May 2009 at 00:38

Do any of you pay cash for your Usenet accounts?

Hyper · 14 May 2009 at 01:11

It only costs me £8 per month.

Tiger33 · 14 May 2009 at 01:45

both have advances to be honest

i personally use them both

i use rapidshare mostly for sharing large files

whilst of cause i use usenet for downloading

rapidshare for downloading is great if u can find the links
although links can become dead quickly.

if u dont mind paying then usenet everytime really