Raj Feridun wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:56:24 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
> wrote:
>
>> John W. wrote:
>>> For those interested, there's a short article in the January _Wired_
>>> about using a broadband connection to watch international
>>> programming. The technology is TV2Me and is expensive; see
>>> www.spaceshift.net. John W.
>
>> Something to consider if they ever shut down bittorrent.
>
> Just get a subscription to a decent Usenet server. That's all I've
> ever needed and I don't have to deal with the hassles of P2P. It's
> well worth the $39.95 for 3 months I pay to Usenetserver.com
> considering the amount of stuff I download.

Bittorrent is not a hassle at all and it's completely free. And it is
lightning fast, particularly if you are downloading a popular file (like a
TV show shortly after it has been aired.) Within 5 to 6 hours after a show
has aired it can be found on any bittorrent search service. An hour show
(generally 350MB) can be downloaded in a little more than half an hour
usually.

Jeff