A) A Usenet Client. This is equivalent to a torrent client, but for usenet. I recommend Sabnzbd as an easy to use client with a nice web interface like qbittorrent.
B) An NZB indexer, equivalent to a torrent indexer, but for .nzb files instead of .torrents. These are almost always paid access, but with pretty low prices. I use nzbgeek at $12/year, though they have an $80 lifetime membership option.
C) And finally a usenet provider (what you’re actually connecting to to download data). There’s a few maps around to show you what providers are available such as this one. Pretty much all of them offer decent speeds, high data caps (if limited at all), and SSL; so the main things to look for are location and retention.
Retention is how long a usenet provider keeps messages (files) around for you to download before deleting them from their servers.
Servers located near you is good for speed/latency, but having servers located in seprate regions governed by NTD vs DMCA means takedown attempts are less effective.
Some say you should have multiple providers in multiple regions; but I’ve been happy just using Frugal Usenet
Monthly for $6, or yearly for $60.
With usenet, items download at max bandwidth/disc write speed, 96% of what I’ve tried to download is available (from sabnzbds stats), and when/if something fails to download it happens within a minute or two allowing you/the 'arrs to immediately try a new nzb.
Now, when I request an item from the arr stack; it’s almost always available to watch within 15min. No more waiting on slow/missing seeds or stalled torrents; and no more seeding torrents fishing for copyright notices.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Is there a good guide somewhere on how to get started with Usenet?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Just a quick google search: www.rapidseedbox.com/blog/guide-to-usenet
In short, you need three things:
A) A Usenet Client. This is equivalent to a torrent client, but for usenet. I recommend Sabnzbd as an easy to use client with a nice web interface like qbittorrent.
B) An NZB indexer, equivalent to a torrent indexer, but for .nzb files instead of .torrents. These are almost always paid access, but with pretty low prices. I use nzbgeek at $12/year, though they have an $80 lifetime membership option.
C) And finally a usenet provider (what you’re actually connecting to to download data). There’s a few maps around to show you what providers are available such as this one. Pretty much all of them offer decent speeds, high data caps (if limited at all), and SSL; so the main things to look for are location and retention.
Retention is how long a usenet provider keeps messages (files) around for you to download before deleting them from their servers.
Servers located near you is good for speed/latency, but having servers located in seprate regions governed by NTD vs DMCA means takedown attempts are less effective.
Some say you should have multiple providers in multiple regions; but I’ve been happy just using Frugal Usenet Monthly for $6, or yearly for $60.
With usenet, items download at max bandwidth/disc write speed, 96% of what I’ve tried to download is available (from sabnzbds stats), and when/if something fails to download it happens within a minute or two allowing you/the 'arrs to immediately try a new nzb.
Now, when I request an item from the arr stack; it’s almost always available to watch within 15min. No more waiting on slow/missing seeds or stalled torrents; and no more seeding torrents fishing for copyright notices.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Oh, nice! Thank you so much for the day response.