# Newsgroups: a safer/faster more reliable way to torrents

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**Created:** [November 24, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newsgroups-a-safer-faster-more-reliable-way-to-torrents/248594 "2009-11-24T07:28:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newsgroups-a-safer-faster-more-reliable-way-to-torrents/248594/14 "2009-11-24T14:49:34Z")

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> [@WTB: RAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-ram/26297/2):
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> private torrents sites are just as safe as a newsgroup and they are free. newsgroups aren’t gonna keep you from ever getting caught either. and the more popular they become it just means they are going to start looking at them more. just how it happened with torrents, but newsgroups are nothing new, they are as old as the internet. on that note, i refuse to pay for my illegal downloads so i’ll stick with my torrent sites. and newsgroups get shit maybe an hour earlier then torrents…not a big deal imo.

I’m not saying its uber awesome and better than torrents. I agree with everything you just said.

Although I have seen things on newsgroups days before you see them on torrents.

I just like newsgroups because its a constant 2mbs here on my home connectin where as torrents tend to be hit or miss, a couple of the underground torrent sites I belong too tend to have fast seeders and I can hit 1-1.5mbs but never as stable as newsgroups.

Wayne you will be recieving a PM

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