File Sharing on the Usenet

Although the Usenet's primary purpose and design is to carry on discussions and conversations on virtually any topic imaginable, the fun does not end there. The Usenet and the very nature of its server peering and client server relationships makes it an ideal place to share user-generated binaries and files. Binary files are stored in the form of sets of encoded text messages or articles on the newsgroup servers.

Binary files are rather large, so before one can be uploaded or stored on the Usenet, it must first be broken up into smaller parts and converted from binary to text message format. This conversion process is done through yEnc and the binaries are stored as multipart text messages, the native storage format of the Usenet newsgroup file system. Luckily, downloading and sharing files has never been easier with today's newsreaders.

Today, newsreaders are capable of downloading and decoding multipart binaries and reassembling them back into the original single binary file. Binary files can be any type of user-generated digital content.

Usenet File Sharing Benefits

Ready to share your creative digital juices with others? Pick a newsgroup related to the content you just created and put your files on the Usenet. The Usenet is the best place to share files, particularly large files like videos or cds because the files are stored on any NNTP news server that carries the group where you are posting and sharing your content.

All you need to do to download your content and share it is to plug into a Meganetnews server and start downloading as fast as your ISP will let you...That's right...we said it! Full speed ahead, our servers have no bandwidth caps. Meganetnews also allows for faster, safer and secure communication over the Usenet through the use of Meganetnews' multiple secure socket layer (SSL) connections.

Browsing and downloading from the Usenet with SSL connections means that all of the communications and file sharing of user-generated content between our servers and your computer remain completely private and secure.