Over here uploading and downloading is illegal, but downloading isn't being fined. Uploading though, can be dangerous as you can get hefty fines. You can also upload on usenet, as it is filled with posts from others, but as it's all encrypted and put on servers instead of being directly downloaded by people from your drive, the worst that could happen is it being removed from the servers. There's a large community, with many smaller communities. Just like with torrents. Just less malware, less junk, less risk.

My max internet speed is 1Gbit/s upload and download. Usenet usually downloads with 70MB/s (restricted by the operating and writing speeds of my NAS which runs everything 24/7) while torrents usually don't go higher than 20MB/s when seeded properly.