I'm ex telewest so does that mean I can't access NTLs news server ?
telnet news.cable.ntlworld.com 119
Trying 62.253.170.163...
Connected to news.ntli.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
502 Permission Denied - Permission Denied --
http://www.highwinds-software.com/ (Tornado v1.0.6.380)
Connection closed by foreign host.
Whereas
telnet news.blueyonder.co.uk 119
Trying 194.117.143.37...
Connected to news.blueyonder.co.uk.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 Welcome to the blueyonder binary Usenet server (Tornado v1.0.6)