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Commercial NNTP Gateway Recommendations?

Posted by Cliff on from the as-public-NNTP-becomes-extinct dept.

plazman30 asks: "I am a customer of comcast.net, which provides usenet access through Giganews, but they cap downloads at 1 GB. Giganews will allow greater access for a monthly fee, but the amount of download you get is based on how much you pay. I am interested in getting usenet access greater than 1 GB and am willing to pay for it, but I want to get the best value for my dollar. I was wondering what slashdot users that pay for usenet access are using."

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  1. Let me get this straight... by afay · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're willing to pay for the ability to download pirated software and copyrighted media, but you won't actually pay for that material directly? Seriously, I know there's a lot of legit stuff on usenet, but if you really need more than a gigabyte a month then you're stealing.

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    1. Re:Let me get this straight... by Chasing+Amy · · Score: 2, Insightful

      > if you really need more than a gigabyte a month then you're stealing.

      I hit my 6 GB limit every 4-6 days. What does that mean I'm doing? :-)

      Seriously, I've taken to using my USENET feed instead of a VCR or TiVo for shows I know will get capped and posted in high quality. Since they don't come out on purchasable media or purchasable downloads from the netweork's website, and since I've never ever bought a single thing I've seen on a commercial, at least not since I was a kid, I'm not stealing *anything*. You can call it stealing, but it isn't--I haven't deprived anyone of any property, real or intellectual.

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