On May 18, 11:11 am, sf > wrote:
> Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> moment? I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> minutes so far. Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> but did on retry. Does anyone know what's going on? I hate to talk
> to them because they act like it's my fault. They assume I've changed
> settings or done something else just as bad.
>
> I wonder if GigaNews is fighting an onslaught of SPAM messages which
> has put them offline? We fight them in our own way, but can you
> imagine how much cr*p they have to filter out?
>
> TIAhttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/browse_thread/thread/17d24e27c13cf5bb/ce1c08fcad0d0fa8?lnk=raot
Comcast and Usenet problem - rec.food.cooking | Google Groups
> sf

I traceroute from

http://network-tools.com/default.asp...ws.comcast.net
And after the 8th hop:

216.196.96.61 g3-16.gw2.dca.giganews.com

the rest of four hops timeout before it quits.

Rotate servers is what I'd do if I knew what I was doing.