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Moike
Nov 21, 2011, 6:40:03 AM11/21/11
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... because they've turned it off.
Today.
This is tucked away in "Service Status"
**********************
Message posted at: 2011-10-18 16:27
What: Optus News Server removal
When:
Duration:
Impact: Optus has previously provided usenet service (Optus Newsgroup)
to customers. However, following evaluation of the services that we
offer to our customers, and the declining usage of usenet by our
customers over the past several years, it is no longer viable to
continue to provide this service. As a result, the usenet service is in
the process of being disabled and removed. This service will close as of
21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
you.
*******************************
I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
Time to wander through whirlpool again?
Moike
Today.
This is tucked away in "Service Status"
**********************
Message posted at: 2011-10-18 16:27
What: Optus News Server removal
When:
Duration:
Impact: Optus has previously provided usenet service (Optus Newsgroup)
to customers. However, following evaluation of the services that we
offer to our customers, and the declining usage of usenet by our
customers over the past several years, it is no longer viable to
continue to provide this service. As a result, the usenet service is in
the process of being disabled and removed. This service will close as of
21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
you.
*******************************
I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
Time to wander through whirlpool again?
Moike
TimC
Nov 21, 2011, 7:29:57 AM11/21/11
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On 2011-11-21, Moike (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
486 and a few tens of GB of disk.
Stupid ISPs.
Anyway, internode may be your friend. I can't see them giving up on
usenet anytime soon.
--
TimC
ಠ_ಠ
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> ... because they've turned it off.
> Today.
>
> This is tucked away in "Service Status"
>
>
> **********************
> Message posted at: 2011-10-18 16:27
> What: Optus News Server removal
> When:
> Duration:
> Impact: Optus has previously provided usenet service (Optus Newsgroup)
> to customers. However, following evaluation of the services that we
> offer to our customers, and the declining usage of usenet by our
> customers over the past several years, it is no longer viable to
> continue to provide this service. As a result, the usenet service is in
> the process of being disabled and removed. This service will close as of
> 21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
> you.
> *******************************
Bloody hell. Usenet servers run themselves. All you need is a spare
> Today.
>
> This is tucked away in "Service Status"
>
>
> **********************
> Message posted at: 2011-10-18 16:27
> What: Optus News Server removal
> When:
> Duration:
> Impact: Optus has previously provided usenet service (Optus Newsgroup)
> to customers. However, following evaluation of the services that we
> offer to our customers, and the declining usage of usenet by our
> customers over the past several years, it is no longer viable to
> continue to provide this service. As a result, the usenet service is in
> the process of being disabled and removed. This service will close as of
> 21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
> you.
> *******************************
486 and a few tens of GB of disk.
Stupid ISPs.
Anyway, internode may be your friend. I can't see them giving up on
usenet anytime soon.
--
TimC
ಠ_ಠ
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 21, 2011, 7:52:15 AM11/21/11
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"Moike" <bmwm...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4eca387d$1...@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
You'd have to be pretty silly to use one of the "big" ISPs these days, given their pricing structures.
TPG offer unlimited (as in, no download caps nor throttles ever) ADSL2+ including (if you want) line rental for $60/month, and have their own news servers:
http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl2plus_pricing.php
Exetel offer unlimited (as above) ADSL2+ including line rental for $49/month, but don't have a news server:
http://www.exetel.com.au/business_plan_pricing_new.php
I'll disclose now though that I'm a reseller for TPG, so some might consider this post biased - so do your own due dilligence. I currently have two independent ADSL2+ feeds coming in, one from TPG and one from Exetel, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them both reliability-wise.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
> ... because they've turned it off.
> Today.
I may be mistaken, but AFAIK Telstra killed their UseNet link quite a while back (February, I think?). They didn't kill the server; they simply killed its peer connections.
> Today.
> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
TPG offer unlimited (as in, no download caps nor throttles ever) ADSL2+ including (if you want) line rental for $60/month, and have their own news servers:
http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl2plus_pricing.php
Exetel offer unlimited (as above) ADSL2+ including line rental for $49/month, but don't have a news server:
http://www.exetel.com.au/business_plan_pricing_new.php
I'll disclose now though that I'm a reseller for TPG, so some might consider this post biased - so do your own due dilligence. I currently have two independent ADSL2+ feeds coming in, one from TPG and one from Exetel, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them both reliability-wise.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Bill_h
Nov 21, 2011, 7:57:07 AM11/21/11
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centres.
--
Bill_h
thefathippy
Nov 21, 2011, 4:22:17 PM11/21/11
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Tony F
Moike
Nov 21, 2011, 4:40:47 PM11/21/11
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fine.
We'll probably stay with Optus, because we have a deal that gives 120G
of data, line rental and lots of included landline calls for $60. I
never use the landline, but SWMBO needs it (she's the last professional
on the planet without a mobile) and a proper fax machine.
Moike
TimC
Nov 21, 2011, 5:21:57 PM11/21/11
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On 2011-11-21, thefathippy (aka Bruce)
I assume Moike is not your worst enemy, but I wouldn't even wish that
upon my own worst enemy. For them, I would reserve Outlook.
--
TimC
I don't want Perl to be beautiful -- I want you to write
beautiful programs in Perl. --Larry Wall
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> 21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
>> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
>> you.
>> *******************************
>> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
>> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>
> Google groups? ISP agnostic.
>> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
>> you.
>> *******************************
>> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
>> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>
I assume Moike is not your worst enemy, but I wouldn't even wish that
upon my own worst enemy. For them, I would reserve Outlook.
--
TimC
I don't want Perl to be beautiful -- I want you to write
beautiful programs in Perl. --Larry Wall
Nigel Allen
Nov 21, 2011, 5:46:54 PM11/21/11
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On 22/11/11 09:21, TimC wrote:
> On 2011-11-21, thefathippy (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> On Nov 21, 10:40 pm, Moike <bmwmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>> 21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
>>> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
>>> you.
>>> *******************************
>>> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
>>> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>>
>> Google groups? ISP agnostic.
>
> I assume Moike is not your worst enemy, but I wouldn't even wish that
> upon my own worst enemy. For them, I would reserve Outlook.
>
That's just plain nasty.
> On 2011-11-21, thefathippy (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> On Nov 21, 10:40 pm, Moike <bmwmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>> 21/11/2011. If you still want to use usenet, there are a number of
>>> commercial usenet providers that will be able to provide this service to
>>> you.
>>> *******************************
>>> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
>>> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>>
>> Google groups? ISP agnostic.
>
> I assume Moike is not your worst enemy, but I wouldn't even wish that
> upon my own worst enemy. For them, I would reserve Outlook.
>
N/
Diogenes
Nov 22, 2011, 12:09:43 AM11/22/11
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works.
http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
=================
Onya bike
Gerry
Message has been deleted
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 22, 2011, 1:56:34 AM11/22/11
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"GWD" <gdel....@this.westnet.com.au> wrote in message news:4ecmc7tshan93fmjh...@4ax.com...
> AOL to all that.
Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Nev..
Nov 22, 2011, 3:50:30 AM11/22/11
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On 21-Nov-11 22:40, Moike wrote:
> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
iinet have a very reliable usenet server.
> I guess there are other ISPs as well. I think we're out of contract.
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
Nev..
bikerbetty
Nov 22, 2011, 3:57:02 AM11/22/11
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On Nov 21, 10:40 pm, Moike <bmwmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... because they've turned it off.
> Today.
>
> Today.
>
I think we're out of contract.
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>
> Moike
Bastards!
> Time to wander through whirlpool again?
>
> Moike
betty
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 22, 2011, 4:40:42 AM11/22/11
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"bikerbetty" <biker...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ec99d0e2-a00b-4ca1...@x29g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
Did they kill Kenny?! :-O
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Diogenes
Nov 22, 2011, 5:45:40 AM11/22/11
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:56:34 +1100, "Bob Milutinovic"
<cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
I've never mastered the art of longcomings...
<cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
=================
Onya bike
Gerry
bikerbetty
Nov 22, 2011, 5:58:12 AM11/22/11
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"Diogenes" <cy...@society.sux.ok> wrote in message
news:ijbmc7dvqqiuefl4f...@4ax.com...
>
> I've been using eternal-september for a while now. It's free and it
> works.
>
> http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> =================
>
> Onya bike
>
> Gerry
Thanks Gerry - after a few false starts I think I've got it sorted now. No
> I've been using eternal-september for a while now. It's free and it
> works.
>
> http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> =================
>
> Onya bike
>
> Gerry
more Google Groups for me - wheeeeee!
betty
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 22, 2011, 7:46:50 AM11/22/11
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"Diogenes" <cy...@society.sux.ok> wrote in message news:59vmc79hgmkslm6mu...@4ax.com...
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:56:34 +1100, "Bob Milutinovic"
> <cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
>
> I've never mastered the art of longcomings...
Drink cranberry juice.
> <cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
>
> I've never mastered the art of longcomings...
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
atec77
Nov 22, 2011, 7:55:37 AM11/22/11
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--
X-No-Archive: Yes
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 22, 2011, 8:01:59 AM11/22/11
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"atec77" <ate...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:jag64c$i85$1...@dont-email.me...
Ah, grasshopper, you have much to learn...
Six to twelve hours before "indulging" with your better half, consume an entire 1.5 litre bottle of cranberry juice.
Then note the volume and duration of the (to use Gerry's paraphrasing) "comings."
This is a trick usually shared only among actors in the adult film industry. Try not to divulge it to too many people.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Six to twelve hours before "indulging" with your better half, consume an entire 1.5 litre bottle of cranberry juice.
Then note the volume and duration of the (to use Gerry's paraphrasing) "comings."
This is a trick usually shared only among actors in the adult film industry. Try not to divulge it to too many people.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Diogenes
Nov 22, 2011, 3:35:16 PM11/22/11
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:46:50 +1100, "Bob Milutinovic"
they except for the porn star thing. My fame as a porn star, at
65yoa, cannot possibly last too much longer...
Then again, cranberry joice "with added Viagra" might be a top seller
around the nation's nursing homes... Pity the staff having to wipe
down the walls, or getting used as moving targets by charged-up
Vietnam vets...
I'll get out of your way now...
=================
Onya bike
Gerry
<cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Diogenes" <cy...@society.sux.ok> wrote in message news:59vmc79hgmkslm6mu...@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:56:34 +1100, "Bob Milutinovic"
>> <cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
>>
>> I've never mastered the art of longcomings...
>
>Drink cranberry juice.
Now why would I want to induce longcomings? What possible use are
>"Diogenes" <cy...@society.sux.ok> wrote in message news:59vmc79hgmkslm6mu...@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:56:34 +1100, "Bob Milutinovic"
>> <cogn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yes, we all know Gerry has his shortcomings, but to accuse him of being an AOL user? That's just low!
>>
>> I've never mastered the art of longcomings...
>
>Drink cranberry juice.
they except for the porn star thing. My fame as a porn star, at
65yoa, cannot possibly last too much longer...
Then again, cranberry joice "with added Viagra" might be a top seller
around the nation's nursing homes... Pity the staff having to wipe
down the walls, or getting used as moving targets by charged-up
Vietnam vets...
I'll get out of your way now...
=================
Onya bike
Gerry
atec77
Nov 22, 2011, 5:15:16 PM11/22/11
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X-No-Archive: Yes
Theo Bekkers
Nov 22, 2011, 9:54:41 PM11/22/11
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"Bob Milutinovic" wrote in message
news:4eca49c1$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
Theo
news:4eca49c1$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> "Moike" <bmwm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4eca387d$1...@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> ... because they've turned it off.
>> Today.
> I may be mistaken, but AFAIK Telstra killed their UseNet link quite
> a while back (February, I think?). They didn't kill the server; they
> simply killed its peer connections.
Telstra newsgroups are still working for me.
> news:4eca387d$1...@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> ... because they've turned it off.
>> Today.
> I may be mistaken, but AFAIK Telstra killed their UseNet link quite
> a while back (February, I think?). They didn't kill the server; they
> simply killed its peer connections.
Theo
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 22, 2011, 11:01:58 PM11/22/11
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"Theo Bekkers" <theo...@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message news:RfZyq.6261$NR2....@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...
Hmmm... Maybe they run a separate news server for Telstra customers, and another for all second-tier customers (I'm coming through Exetel, which has a "let our users use your mail server" agreement with Telstra).
Which news server do you connect to? I've just re-connected with reader.news.telstra.net and find that for aus.motorcycles, its entire content is limited to two posts made on the 4th of October.
This post confirms I'm not the only one who's seen emptiness on Telstra's end:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1155218
I noticed for about two weeks back in February that there was absolutely no new content coming into any of the newsgroups, and nor were any of my attempted posts making their way out - so I pointed my news reader elsewhere (AIOE, as it eventuated).
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Which news server do you connect to? I've just re-connected with reader.news.telstra.net and find that for aus.motorcycles, its entire content is limited to two posts made on the 4th of October.
This post confirms I'm not the only one who's seen emptiness on Telstra's end:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1155218
I noticed for about two weeks back in February that there was absolutely no new content coming into any of the newsgroups, and nor were any of my attempted posts making their way out - so I pointed my news reader elsewhere (AIOE, as it eventuated).
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Theo Bekkers
Nov 22, 2011, 11:22:07 PM11/22/11
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"Bob Milutinovic" wrote
> "Theo Bekkers" <theo...@bigpond.com.au> wrote
>> Telstra newsgroups are still working for me.
>
> Hmmm... Maybe they run a separate news server for Telstra customers,
> and another for all second-tier customers (I'm coming through
> Exetel, which has a "let our users use your
> mail server" agreement with Telstra).
> Which news server do you connect to? I've just re-connected with
> reader.news.telstra.net and find that for aus.motorcycles, its
> entire content is limited to two posts made on the > > 4th of
> October.
news.bigpond.com
Theo
> "Theo Bekkers" <theo...@bigpond.com.au> wrote
>> Telstra newsgroups are still working for me.
>
> Hmmm... Maybe they run a separate news server for Telstra customers,
> and another for all second-tier customers (I'm coming through
> Exetel, which has a "let our users use your
> mail server" agreement with Telstra).
> Which news server do you connect to? I've just re-connected with
> reader.news.telstra.net and find that for aus.motorcycles, its
> entire content is limited to two posts made on the > > 4th of
> October.
Theo
Bob Milutinovic
Nov 23, 2011, 2:21:53 AM11/23/11
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"Theo Bekkers" <theo...@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message news:Px_yq.6331$7r4....@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...
That explains it, then.
Nobody from outside of Telstra's address space can connect to it, so it's only for Telstra internet customer use.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Nobody from outside of Telstra's address space can connect to it, so it's only for Telstra internet customer use.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
nemis...@gmail.com
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Fuckin Pricks.
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