Virgin Newsgroups increased retention

[oneman]

For those on Virginmedia, their newsgroup retention has been increased to 30 days. That means you now have access to around 250TB of files.

[johnboy1974]

thanx for the info oneman this is very good news for me.

[barrowmanandrew]

great news,

i normally use the matrix for downloading, but i only get twenty days retention from them.
this wasn't a problem as vermin where giving me less.

can u recommend a diffrent site or a better way of using nzb's, so i can take full advantage of vermins new found generosity..

p.s.
i'm a bit of a novice with nzb's

[johnboy1974]

andrew you should become a vip member of nzb matrix its 7 quid well spent and you get 600 days retention.
ps you can pay by sms text message too which was very convenient for me.

[Fellianis Wig]

great news,

i normally use the matrix for downloading, but i only get twenty days retention from them.
this wasn't a problem as vermin where giving me less.

can u recommend a diffrent site or a better way of using nzb's, so i can take full advantage of vermins new found generosity..

p.s.
i'm a bit of a novice with nzb's

NZBsRus.com - NZB, Search, Files, Newsgroup, Usenet, Download

no retention limit but its only 5 nzbs a day unless you go vip

[oneman]

andrew you should become a vip member of nzb matrix its 7 quid well spent and you get 600 days retention.
ps you can pay by sms text message too which was very convenient for me.

^^^ Pay the 7 quid one off fee. I believe index is now around 900 days which matches most of the big usenet providers.

Also binsearch.net is free, goes back 900 days and has unlimited nzb downloads. Coverage is not bad but search is very primative, no sorting of catagories or anything. I use it for finding songs which matrix is poor at and sometimes has stuff that matrix has not indexed.

[standarren]

could do with some help here guys i have a membership with nzb matrix Vip
so i can down load anything i like
i also have grabbit downloader i have read on nzb about generating a api code
do i have to input this in grabit tried reading on nzb site but it dont make sense

thanks in advance

[barrowmanandrew]

i use newsleecher m8, i found it far easier to use.

you will still need a server.
if you are a virgin customer, they have a free server but it only has 30 days retention....

[oneman]

Just about everyone I know now uses sabnzbd. Its open source (i.e. free) and web based so you can do everything remotely as well including apps to manage it from iphone, android, etc

As with most readers will only download PAR if required.

It can hook into nzbmatrix and newzbin (instructions on the web site or the guide I posted) so you can trigger downloads without having to mess with nzb files (great when you are at work) and understand tags so downloads are sorted including TV downloads by show and then season. It also has loads of plug-ins, for example ones to monitor and auto-download TV shows.

SABnzbd.org : Home of SABnzbd+, the Full-Auto Newsreader

Its only weak point is that it does not work with headers.

[masur123]

On topic... Its good that they provide this service for free, but at the same time limit the speed to it. Quite frustrating if you ask me, plus I wouldnt trust Virgin as far as I could throw them, which isnt very far. One sniff of a law suit and your info is passed on no questions. Something I have a lot of respect for BT and TalkTalk for.

I use Binsearch, which is really good if you know exactly what the file is called, also use Newzbin and Mimo. If one these hasn got what I am looking for, one of the others has!

[MrFug]

Using your ISP nntp server to download pirated software/movies/music isnt a good idea anyway.

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[oneman]

On topic... Its good that they provide this service for free, but at the same time limit the speed to it. Quite frustrating if you ask me, plus I wouldnt trust Virgin as far as I could throw them, which isnt very far. One sniff of a law suit and your info is passed on no questions. Something I have a lot of respect for BT and TalkTalk for.

Haha, you know that in the ACS case from last year that BT gave over customer details and that Virgin Media and Talk Talk didn't ?

BT sent customers' details unencrypted to ACS:Law | ZDNet UK

[masur123]

Haha, you know that in the ACS case from last year that BT gave over customer details and that Virgin Media and Talk Talk didn't ?

BT sent customers' details unencrypted to ACS:Law | ZDNet UK

Perhaps sniff of a law suit was an incorrect term, BT and TalkTalk where the only ISP's to challenge the Digital Economy act, and for that reason is why I respect them. I should have said they wouldnt roll over and accept whatever is put in front of them from the law makers or government.

Any user who doesnt take steps to cover their tracks, which is how I assume BT knew what they were doing, really should take more care. If they had done, perhaps BT wouldnt have had the info to hand over.