The original post: /r/usenet by /u/MrB2891 on 2024-10-28 16:13:30.

I’ve been using sab for a long while now and have had a poke through every settings page over the years and I’ve never come across anything like what I’m looking for, but figured I’d have a ask anyhow.

As the title says, can sab (or other usenet client) download from multiple servers at the same time?

Before anyone says “Use the right settings!”, let me explain.

I use Frugal (US) as my primary, followed by Eweka and then Frugal (EU). Anytime I’m pulling from Eweka or Frugal EU, as expected, my speeds are slow, 10-25MB/sec with 15MB/sec being typical, which means everything takes longer since I’m only using 10% of my available bandwidth. I’ve tried 10 connections, 20, 50, etc without any change.

If sab could be configured to use my primary server for the next download in queue, while still downloading the initial download from a secondary or tertiary server, the queue could get processed much faster.

Thoughts?