On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:51:16 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Goomba 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.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> sf
>>
>> I get so fed up with giganews and comcast sometimes! I couldn't get to
>> usenet this morning either (still can't) so I took the cue from Blinky
>> and just signed up for the usenet provider he uses.
>
>For the record, my primary is http://news.individual.net (10 euros (about
>$14US) a *year*), and I presume you are referring to that. It's
>excellent. I've been testing - and it seems solid - the free server shown
>in my sig. I guess I'll change that line to reflect that it seems okay.
>
>Two other good freebies are http://news.motzarella.org and
>http://news.datemas.de -- but the only GG-killer I know of is the one in
>my sig. (For datemas, ignore the "temporarily suspended" note.)

I'm back online with comcast now... honestly, I can't complain about
the service. I was just wondering if I was the only one. I've been
on comcast internet for about 4 years and they have been unusually
reliable.

I was with Earthlink though their growing period and experienced more
than a couple problems, but one they upgraded their servers they were
fine for me. DD came to live with us a couple of years after college
graduation and found a job with google. They required high speed
internet (cable type high speed) so we switched our internet provider
over to comcast.

Honestly, if you're not downloading big programs (or a gamer), I'm
still not convinced that using a tabbed browser isn't the best way to
surf the net economically and with no frustration. All you do is go
to one (graphics rich) site, start downloading it and move on to
another one. That strategy worked perfectly for me back in the day.

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