"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message 
news:jcedt016q9pvq6cc2t297lp1509pvhi70o@4ax.com...

>
> I have the 100MB/s B-Flets (Family 100) and with 8 connections to my
> news server average about 10-11MBs. I can usually pull in a full DVD
> in about a half hour. I get all my TV shows off the groups too. I have
> a friend on regular old YahooBB ADSL and he actually gets about the
> same.
>

In a similar boat here - actually think it was Raj who put me on to usenet 
archives early this year.  Anyway, you might want to check out one of the 
proxy server sites to use for the foreseeable future.  I don't download 
anything from anywhere at the moment without going through a proxy.

-
jonathan