On May 19, 8:10 am, wrote:
> 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/...
>
> 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.



AND call your comcast company tech support and demand a month credit.
I did and they said but you can surf, to which I replied I spend most
of my internet time on usenet. They gave me credit for the month!

Stick it to 'em!!! Do it!!! They're the lazy BUMS!!! We're not.

Andy
P.S. I hate goodle usenet!!!