What Is It?
USENET (or newsgroups) can be thought of as a giant bulletin board where users post articles, discussions, pictures, movies, music and other media files that they feel will be of interest to other users. And did you know that you already have USEnet access through your ISP. All you need is a newsreader - most browsers come equipped with one. Otherwise, check out FreeAgent for a solid Free newsreader. Setting up the newsreader takes a little finesse, so if you need help, read this tutorial (coming soon).

So, What's The Catch?
The first thing you'll notice when you open up your subscribed newsgroup is that there are a LOT of messages to choose from. And for every good picture, you'll find 10 worthless or off-topic postings, and a whole lot of ads thrown in for good measure. *Sigh* This is the way of the 'net world. Everyone's out to make a buck. :/

The other annoying thing is that you simply don't KNOW what it is you're going to be looking at until you actually open it. The nature of the beast is that you have to judge by a text header - that the poster put there - in order to figure out if it's anything you want to look at. Of course, some descriptions are lacking, and some are outright lies.

A good way to safeguard against this is to subscribe to a newsreader service. I know, I know - you though this was all about free. Well, it is - you can totally use regular newsfeeds for free. The subscription services just take it up to another level of convenience.

Choosing A Subscription Service
The best one I've found by FAR is GUBA.com (Gigantic Usenet Binaries Archive). This service not only gives you anonymous access to the newsgroups, but it also weeds out all of the posts that are just ads or have no content, and it also thumbnails each image to you can see EXACTLY what you're going to be opening. If you have your newsreader set up, then try this side by side comparison:

Quick Benefits Breakdown of a subscription service:

• Easy navigation of thousands of pics & movies
  (everything's thumbnailed and labeled - so you know what you get before you click it)
• Extremely fast internet connection
  (since you use their connection you're not limited by your own download speed)
• Every Binaries newsgroup is represented
  (You're not at the mercy of what your ISP chooses to carry).
• Spam Filtering
  (dump the annoying ads and no-content messages... what a waste of time)
• Confidentiality
  (What you choose to look at online is YOUR business, NOT your ISP's, not anyone else's. Don't run the risk of being "tracked" online).
• Inexpensive
  (it's cheaper than a paysite membership and you get guaranteed fresh pics and movies every day).

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