# 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 25, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newsgroups-a-safer-faster-more-reliable-way-to-torrents/248594/17 "2009-11-25T04:37:07Z")

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> [@NYSpeed Track Day #1 - Friday June 15th, 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320/5):
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> your title is saying they are better then torrents :rofl
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> i just refuse to pay for something i can go to jail for. seems idiotic. my private sites rarely if ever go down, always get blazing fast speeds and everything i want is on them as fast as its released. and even if newsgroups gets it 2 days sooner, thats not worth the money imo. and if you use public torrents sites on the regular, your an idiot.

I belong to about 3-4 private sites…

The all get good speeds as their are high quality seeders.

And in terms of speed and reliability, newsgroups are better than torrents… If you dont want to pay for anything torrents and IRC are the way to go.

I just find it worth it to pay for fast speeds on 40+gig files

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