Ukonline and news server

Finally got my Ukonline set up pulling down a steady 6.5 meg so im happy with that
Only problem is I can no longer access news.virgin.net via my connection,it worked fine alongside news.cable.ntlworld.com (on ntl 3meg)
Ukonline have stated they do not block port 119 so all I can think of is virgin blocking me.Any ideas of a way around this???

Realised this is in wrong place can a nice mod move to internet section

[andygrif]

You could access the Virgin news servers as Virgin.net is owned and run by ntl.

Now you've moved to another supplier you have to access their own news server, however UKOnline are well known for keeping their groups list..well, er...safe!

Your alternative is to subscribe to a third party news package, such as Clara News or Easynews.

[Gareth]

Grrrr... I'm choosing to not help you (although andygrif's done it anyway) just because I'm jealous of your 6½Mb line

Originally Posted by Gareth

Grrrr... I'm choosing to not help you (although andygrif's done it anyway) just because I'm jealous of your 6½Mb line

Ive had easynews for a couple of years just didn't wanna have to clock it more often.Looking at giganews as an alternative as its $24 unlimited
don't be jealous it keeps losing sync

Alternatively try news.individual.net

It used to be free, but now it costs 10 Euros (about six quid) for a whole year and it's *very* reliable (it also blocks a hell of a lot of newsgroup spam which is no bad thing!!)