On Mon 19 May 2008 10:30:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I've been with EL since...uh, I think 1998. Perfectly happy with them.

We've had Cox for Internet, cable, and phone for the past year and a half.
In that length of time it's literally been perfect.

>> 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.
>
> I couldn't live without tabbed browsing.

Me either.

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Wayne Boatwright
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