Ant wrote:
>
david....@earthlink.net wrote:
>> On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 2:03:02 PM UTC-5, Ant wrote:
>>> So, I have to use a free third party server (
news.neodome.net). :(
>>>
>>> I find it interesting that its new support web site
>>> (
https://help.earthlink.net) doesn't mention NNTP, usenet, and
>>> newsgroups. All old locations are gone. I hope EarthLink didn't
>>> terminate its newsgroup feature for us, old members. :(
>>
>> I wasted an hour of my time yesterday talking to customer support. The
>> phone tree options of course had nothing appropriate (although cancel
>> service is looking better). They of course had no clue what usenet was
>> but were able to turn up the Earthlink FAQ. He did finally escalate to
>> the next level and I may get a call back. Monday.
> ...
>
> And it's down again! :(
It's back again for now. I wonder if it will go down on every new month. :P
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RIP, my 10.44 yrs. old EVGA X58 SLI (132-BL-E758; BIOS date 5/11/2010;
v6.00 PG; release number IX58SZ64) mobo that was just cleaned on
5/29/2021. :(