I maybe wasn’t clear. I have SABnzbd setup with the provider correctly (got it to download one file I found successfully). What I mean is can I set the indexer websites to only show stuff that’s avaliable from my backbone as I only have one usenet provider on the Omicron backbone.

I’ve seen torrents easily saturate 350 Mbps connections. Speed is actually one of the advantages of bittorrent protocol and has inspired things such as Windows peer to peer update feature.

I’ve actually been having problems with downloads from an indexer (nzbplanet) that don’t download. I wonder if I have something configured wrong. I am not sure how to tell an indexer site what provider and backbone I am on.

People keep saying Usenet has better speed but I am not buying that. I regularly match the speed of my internet connection.

As for avaliability I am not sure. I am aware that there is limited retention time with usenet and that their are multiple “backbones”. How does this effect the avaliability of downloads?

This is also why peer block was invented. To stop people connecting to honey pots.

Yeah they have tried that before and never got it passed or implemented afaik. Honestly the people of my country need to burn half the government down and start again. It’s just sad. Still doing better than the US somehow.

I get what encryption does. I also understand why it doesn’t make torrents safe. That’s why I got irritated when people were trying to claim encryption is why usenet is safer, cause torrents have encryption too. Even if Usenet is safe the reasoning people used is bad.

I think I am the most worried about indexer sites as these are banned or blocked in my country. Weirdly enough the Usenet ones aren’t blocked and I am wondering why. I believe they have some kind of loop hole.

Speed is not the concern with using a VPN. Having to pay for both is the concern.

Is it possible to get an infection and not notice?

If I could afford one of them then I wouldn’t be doing this

It’s more commonly sold in England. Starsan was banned here for a while, and it’s still hard to get a hold of, hence chemsan. Chemipro oxy is what I have found in a brew shop here and seems to work well. I might go back to that