Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8777141)

Thanks, rep for the link. Mimo does not seem to work all that well...it says my speeds are between 5 Mbps and 20 Mbps, but the few downloads I have done have taken way longer than they should. I just need to figure out all the proper tweaks and get the best news reader, etc. to maximize my speed. I set up for 50 connections as well.... I have 16 gigs of ram in my new machine, so I should have enough resources to handle that many connections.

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN (Post 8777157)

use sabnzbd to dl and search for the files on here http://www.binsearch.info/

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8777141)

Thanks, rep for the link. Mimo does not seem to work all that well...it says my speeds are between 5 Mbps and 20 Mbps, but the few downloads I have done have taken way longer than they should. I just need to figure out all the proper tweaks and get the best news reader, etc. to maximize my speed. I set up for 50 connections as well.... I have 16 gigs of ram in my new machine, so I should have enough resources to handle that many connections.

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8777205)

Setup sabnzbd, used binsearch, made an nzb...and got a connection speed of 59 kbs. Not sure why my giganews connection is so damn awful...although I did subscribe with the option of using their vpn. I will disable that next and see if my bottleneck is there.

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN (Post 8777399)

Yes, it depends on your ISP...Roadrunner sucks using VPN whereas Surewest was fairly quick.

Originally Posted by Brainiac (Post 8777445)

I use SureWest, and my download speeds haven't noticeably changed since I began using IP Vanish a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by KC Fish (Post 8777397)

RAM has nothing to do with how many connections you can handle.

In most cases, it's your own connection with your ISP that is the bottleneck. Have you run any speed tests to test your connection? Sometimes you'll have issues that aren't apparent until you're downloading from somewhere with shitloads of bandwidth like Newsgroups.

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8777733)

I usually test at speedtest.net. I have the Time Warner "Turbo" package, which is suppose to be 15 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. Usually the test will return a d/l speed between 12-20, and an upload speed of slightly under 1 Mbps.

I get good speed on my bittorrents and such. Do I need to forward a port for the newsgroups like I do with utorrent? Had not thought of that till just now.

Originally Posted by Brainiac (Post 8777445)

I use SureWest, and my download speeds haven't noticeably changed since I began using IP Vanish a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN (Post 8777754)

Like I said, when i was with Surewest I had zero problems, RR just blows. Need Google Fiber!

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8777802)

Wonder if Surewest services my part of town, their website says they do, but they also list my address as being in Raytown, KS, LOL, so that might not be accurate.....might be a good stopgap till google fiber comes along.

Originally Posted by Setsuna (Post 8921275)

IPT a porn convention? If so, then yes.

Originally Posted by kaplin42 (Post 8925413)

Negative. But Im bumping in the hopes that someone out there will have an IPT invite that they don't mind sharing.