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Originally Posted by Chris T
Thanks - Gooogling is so much less entertaining than 2-way discussion. 
So, now I'm confused, if so much stuff is so readily available on news servers, why does anyone bother about p2p? |
I think one reason could be that with p2p you get more choice over what you d/load. With newsgroups you are limited to what is on the server at any one time. It can also be difficult to get large files, as they have to be broken up into chunks & re-combined once d'loaded - just one part missing or corrupted can screw the whole file. All up I think it is probably seen as a bit geekier to use news groups, but they do have the advantage of anonmity.