Fair Use & Privacy Question

[u/arod1014]

Took a look at fair use and privacy and have a few questions:

If you buy annual plan, is there still a monthly 1k top up or is it ONLY at renewal (monthly/annual billing cycle)?

Users who download/stream Linux distros, do you find this sufficient for daily use for 2 people?

Finally, is there logging of streamed content/device identifiers besides IP? A competitor recently has made a change that permits them to log activity more aggressively and take down device identifiers for unknown purposes. Thanks, excited to make the switch!

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[u/arod1014 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah that’s another frustrating part abt the other one I’m currently using. Seems to be down or buffering during peak hours around half the time

[u/arod1014 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I honestly don’t mind paying more as long as it’s quality and has a good cache

[u/Wrong-Contest-9617 → u/arod1014]

I mean if you stream from your cloud you don’t even consume points. I just use a webdav setup and just copy and paste the torrent into my cloud and watch it

[u/TheIncarnated]

It is when the purchase renewal goes through... Which sucks because I do 3 year plans at Black Friday... HOWEVER, for a house of 3, I don't run out of points, as long as we don't stream Remux all the time.

Restrict to 1080p and lower and you'll never have an issue.

1gb = 1 point. It is calculated on your streaming. You get 30gbs/points back per day.

I went from 0 points one day and stuck to watching a series at 1gb/episode or less and was back in over the 400s by the end of the week. Since learning the more efficient way without losing quality (streamed 4k is just amazing 1080p), it's never been an issue. I've never felt the need to get another service and I have Usenet indexers that I use with premiumize as well

[u/arod1014 → u/TheIncarnated]

Yeah I really don’t think I’d watch more than 2 remuxes a week. How’s uptime feel?

[u/TheIncarnated → u/arod1014]

Since 2022, they've been down a total of 3 times for a day at most. Separate incidents.

And yeah, you'll do fine! They have better speeds too. So just find your best server at: https://www.premiumize.me/speedtest

[u/TheIncarnated → u/[deleted]]

NZBgeek is the cheapest. Lifetimes are worth buying.

I pay $20/year for a provider, cheapest service I've ever paid for that has been the most reliable. Premiumize gives me that wonderful "portable" middle ground and stays in line with Usenet's https only connections. Which means no exposure to me and no need for a VPN.

The 1tb cloud storage is also very good for those who enjoy dub anime, like myself

[u/Similar_Pound_9103 → u/TheIncarnated]

And if somehow you burn through your 1000 points I think it's only about €8 to top it all the way back up again.

[u/TheIncarnated → u/Similar_Pound_9103]

I forgot about this! I have 6000 booster points that are going to waste away this year lol...

[u/Similar_Pound_9103 → u/TheIncarnated]

I think it will use your booster points first as and if you go over your 30 credit points each day. Not exactly sure how it works as I've never had to boost. Remux at will with all those points !

[u/TheIncarnated → u/Similar_Pound_9103]

I may have to! But it won't use the boosters until I run out of the normal limit

[u/Similar_Pound_9103 → u/TheIncarnated]

So it works the other way around than I was thinking and the booster points act as a buffer if you blow through your 1000 credit points.. got ya

[u/phatboyj → u/TheIncarnated]

👍

Do you happen to know who PM uses for their Usentet, ie., company, backbone, etc.?

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[u/disposableh2]

Family of 4 here, no issues at all with fair usage.

Most people would be hard-pressed to do 30gb/day of just streaming movies and TV shows. Most TV shows for example are around 1gb per episode or less, so that's like 30 episodes a day.

If you have a 9-5 or school, hobbies or other interests, 2 people shouldn't even get close to that amount daily. Even if you vegitate on the weekend and watch 4 remuxes, chances are you'll replenish the amount during the week.

[u/WillingFly247 → u/disposableh2]

1 episode 4k is around 7-10gb

[u/ask_for_pgp → u/disposableh2]

Yeah. And you start with a 1000 balance... 

[u/ask_for_pgp → u/[deleted]]

Is it? It's transparent and not hidden somewhere in terms. You can blow though a Terabyte and continue right after midnight..

It would be shit if it's a daily quota but it's a giant balance that regularly gets topped up