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Default Comcast and Usenet problem

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "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.

>
> Can you imagine me? New pc and all, trying to figure out WHY can't
> I get to newsgroups??? What did I screw up? It was working fine
> yesterday!!
>
> Talk about bad timing.


My main feeds are reliable, but I still have several more set up. There's
no reason to limit yourself to just one news feed; there's no reason not
to have a backup, just in case. Especially if your main feed is flaky.


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