Usenet / Newsgroups.

[kopite]

Plus free ssl connections

[da_ging]

of you could use bintube which is an astraweb reseller for only $10.99 and you get to use their own usenet client and search

[oolon]

I also use Easynews. It has a very useful web interface for binary news groups where you can select the files you want put them all into a huge zip file and download them. Pictures can be previewed etc. Servers run NNTP, HTTP, NNTPS and HTTPS on multiple ports.

[Carlh]

Ones I have used in the past include:

Giganews
Usenetserver
Astraweb.

Currently I am with Newshosting using there european server without issues, supports SSL as well and for unlimited is currently $14.95 per month.

I dont really use it that often however when I need to grab something from there it manages to max out my connection without any issues.