Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

What groups are you having problems with, Ian? I only ask because our experience differs so greatly. Also, what newreader are you using?

Newsgroups
 

So, just how many newsgroups have been culled?

I am new to the whole newsgroups thing and not only is ntl's service dreadfully slow, and also not all seem to be there.

Is this just temporary or is it permanent?

:confused:

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

NewsbinPro for bins and OE6 for text.

Everything seems ok again, except for the time outs, sometimes I have to click a post several times in OE6 before it will display, Easynews is fine though - which seems to point to the NTL newsserver as having the problem.
I can live with it, as completion is pretty cool on NTL's server at present.

I'm using news.ntlworld.com

Cheers

Ian

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

Where is the alt.binaries.cd.image newsgroup?

It was available on Pipex but now I can't access it anymore because I do no longer have an account with them. :(

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

You will find very few groups with images for DVDs and CDs and stuff. Seems all the large groups have been removed. You should have stuck with Pipex.

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

Well I could mention quite a few that are still available, but if i do they might remove 'em!;)

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Au contraire.... :)

THe ones i usually use are all there.

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

Theres no good groups, you'll have to subscribe to some usenet providor as ntl can't handle its customers

I'm on
Claranews (unlimited)
Astranews (pay as you go)

Re: Newsgroups
 

Don't know about extra culls, but the server performance (the NEW severs?) is a bad as it ever was, if not worse.

Performance on headers is quite good, but on bodies (and not big binaries, but text as well) is truly MISERABLE, if it doesn't bomb out, it'll do 7-10 and then freeze up for ages - it MIGHT move on when it feels like it, or it's just as likely to drop out.


What was the point of the newsgroups trial?
Perhaps thet were "nursing" the trial server, as it was reasonably ok during the period, but although use of it was extended beyond the trial period, it was getting flaky then - while the old server pool was actually having a pretty good run.

Re: Newsgroups
 

I find completion to be very good now - so the trial seemed to work for that but I agree with the time outs - reading text groups is a nightmare - it just times out all the time :(

Re: Newsgroups
 

I'd tend to agree with that. Headers are quick, but bodies (both text and binaries) are a nightmare and always seem to freeze for ages, triggering the OE "would you like to wait for another 60 seconds" stuff.

:mad:

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Im afraid I have totally given up on NTLs News Servers........Giganews all the way, I know its a bit pricey but its worth it :)

NTL should really be able to sort out a decent Newsgroup service and email but for some reason this business has dragged on for months if not years :(

My best advice is to register a domain, get a decent email service and subscribe to www.giganews.com

Re: Newsgroups
 

The text.news server was perfect for me as I don't do binaries... Seemed to be the only one that worked propley as well!! Where is the list of new news servers, why no email from NTL telling us this stuff??

Re: Newsgroups
 

Has NTL pulled the plugs out on any of the news servers in the last couple of days.

I say this as I was downloading newsgroups from the following servers;
62.253.162.114
62.253.162.115
194.168.222.40
194.168.222.41
However two days ago theses servers have seemingly stopped working. What a pity if they have been pulled as they're the only ones I've been able to download anything from during the past few months that haven't continuously timed out tking all day just to get a few messages.

If these are no longer available does anyone here know of the address for news servers that actually work?

Re: Newsgroups Trial Resumes
 

Some of the servers I have been using stopped working last night.

Looks like only the main servers ie news.ntlworld.com and their aliases are available and while they have big retention, they are lagging behind on new posts and downloads timeout a lot :o