After three years of waiting, our phone exchange has been upgraded for broadband and I should be connected in the next few days. (56Kbps to 2Mbps, slight increase

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I have never really bothered downloading much stuff of the net due to the decades it would take to dl anything over 1MB.
What are the best sites/clients for dl'ing stuff (music/vids/apps etc). I used to use kazaa on the rare occasion I did need to dl something but it is riddled with virus's and spyware.
Ive heard bit torrent is pretty good. Are there any particular torrent sites that stand out from the rest?