VPNs worth it?

**BadKarma** · 2012-07-06 15:22

Yes/No/Maybe

**SephYuyX** · 2012-07-06 15:27

Answer:
Yes/No/Maybe

**dejet** · 2012-07-06 15:28

Why do you need one?
That's your answer

**BadKarma** · 2012-07-06 15:37

Originally Posted by dejet

Why do you need one?
That's your answer

For cruising the high seas of course!

**Caiyuo** · 2012-07-06 15:42

If you're looking to pay for that sort of thing I'd think a subscription to a usenet server would be a better use.

**BadKarma** · 2012-07-06 15:50

Time Warner doesnt allow access to usenets apparently, at least in NY

**Caiyuo** · 2012-07-06 16:03

Have you looked into that fairly deep? It sounds totally implausible to block all third-party usenet servers. Some have trials, you could see if they work and go from there? For me starting up was $20/3 months for unlimited access at 10mbps from Astraweb, $5 block account and a $9 pay-wall to use nzbmatrix for finding files and then just the subscription fee every 3 months after.

**xopher** · 2012-07-06 16:41

Originally Posted by BadKarma

Time Warner doesnt allow access to usenets apparently, at least in NY

I think you're confusing that with them not offering access to binaries through their own services.

**Patriarch** · 2012-07-08 08:04

Originally Posted by BadKarma

For cruising the high seas of course!

lol... less vague?

Are you looking to connect to a corp/office vlan? If you are just cruising dem seas there are cheaper alternatives than setting up a VPN

**Tajin** · 2012-07-08 08:07

He wants to download piated shit from usenet because his ISP blocked it or something.

**xopher** · 2012-07-08 11:04

http://www.newsdemon.com/blog/time-w...-drops-usenet/

Time Warner only dropped internal access to newsgroups.

You can still get a 3rd party subscription. Do a little research next time.

**AidenCarby** · 2012-07-08 11:41

What would you guys recommend, as far as sailing the open seas without getting into trouble? PMs welcome

**xopher** · 2012-07-08 12:56

Bittorrent with private trackers or any of the pay usenet servers.

**hey** · 2012-07-08 13:11

What would you guys recommend, as far as sailing the open seas without getting into trouble? PMs welcome

Depends on what you're downloading, whether you're willing to seed torrents, and if you're willing to throw money at it.

For olde content, just download it from wherever, no one will care.
For content that isn't sold in your country (particularly stuff like anime), download wherever, no one will care.
For recent movies, and perhaps music, avoid public torrents like the plague. Either use private trackers, ddls, or a vpn.
For tv shows, public torrents are probably fine, but if you're really paranoid, you may want to use something else.
For anything released by small companies, use whatever, they can't afford to police the internet and sue you anyway.

If you're willing to seed a bit, you can safely get anything you need, without wasting money on a vpn, or usenet subscription from private trackers. Otherwise, you can still safely get most everything from public trackers. It's really only a few types of things that you need to be careful with. Particularly recent movies, and music.

**Tajin** · 2012-07-08 23:53

Originally Posted by xopher

You can still get a 3rd party subscription. Do a little research next time.

Was that for me? I dont usenet or mass pirate. Duly noted anyway.

**Patriarch** · 2012-07-09 10:05

Hey's suggestions is spot on

There are also various forms of basic IP blockers such as peerblock, but I haven't used that in forever

ghostvpn is a good alternative if you don't mind paying a couple bucks to get a good server

**xopher** · 2012-07-09 10:11

Originally Posted by Tajin

Was that for me? I dont usenet or mass pirate. Duly noted anyway.

No, for OP.

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