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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT
I'm using newsdemon. Unlimited downloads with 50 connections allowed. Astraweb is also really good. For the best deal wait till black Friday sales next week.
My setup consists of sabnzbd, sickbeard, couch potato. I add all my tv shows and movies that I want and it scans nzbmatrix and pulls them down the same day they're aired.
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Astraweb used to be a good provider, then they started becoming far too compliant with DMCA requests to remove content. I think it's become automated. Basically, some of the most popular stuff that's posted gets taken down minutes later. I used to be with them, back when things were good for everyone on newsgroups.
I now use Blocknews for fills, and Shaw's highwind news server as a primary.
Nzbmatrix isn't such a great indexer. They don't allow certain shit to be indexed, because they themselves I believe are complying to DMCA requests. I use a combination of Nzbmatrix, Nzbs.org, and Newzbin.
Newsgroups peaked I'd say maybe a little less than a year ago. Prices were cheap, content was rarely removed, retention was high. It seems to be going downhill now, with people having to use a number of backup providers to get their content.
I tell everyone who's new to newsgroups to read this:
http://www.slyck.com/Newsgroups_Guide . It's long, but it's all relevant. If you don't want to be a noob, read it. Jumping right into using Sickbeard, couchpotato, and sabnzbd right away won't give you the whole picture.