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Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2008Test, please ignore
Test  SignatureJane British OO, American and Australian HO, and DCC in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html On Oct 23, 7:07 pm, Jane Sullivan <spamt...@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Test Sorry, it failed. >Test Jane Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of any note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after all these years? SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ On 25/10/2008 13:54, Mike Hughes said, > Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of any > note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after > all these years? At work I collect news from Demon,and there are loads of missing posts - I know that because my own ISP is Zen, and there are actually loads of posts. If my ISP was Demon I would be well p***ed off. SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ > On 25/10/2008 13:54, Mike Hughes said, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > know that because my own ISP is Zen, and there are actually loads of > posts. If my ISP was Demon I would be well p***ed off. Rather than change ISP, I can heartily recommend the free text only news server news.albasani.net. Good retention and I don't seem to lose anything. You sign up here http://albasani.net/index.html.en . SignatureKeith W Sunbury on Thames (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living) >Rather than change ISP, I can heartily recommend the free text only news >server news.albasani.net. Good retention and I don't seem to lose >anything. You sign up here http://albasani.net/index.html.en . Or news.motzarella.org which is also free and good. Guy Signaturehttp://www.chapmancentral.co.uk "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken <snip> > Or news.motzarella.org which is also free and good. I'll second that. SignatureWikipedia: the Internet equivalent of Hyde Park and 'speakers corner'... > <snip> >> >> Or news.motzarella.org which is also free and good. > > I'll second that. I tried Motzarella before Albasani and I have found that the latter has a greater retention period. Other than that there is little to choose between them. SignatureKeith W Sunbury on Thames (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living) >> <snip> >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > has a greater retention period. Other than that there is little to > choose between them. Other than for binary groups I really don't see much point in high retention, most discussions are either topical or very 'conversion like' - who would going into a pub and try to restart a month old conversation?... If you want to check on who said what etc. weeks after the event that is were Google comes into play, and dare I say what Google groups should only be used for. SignatureWikipedia: the Internet equivalent of Hyde Park and 'speakers corner'... > Rather than change ISP, I can heartily recommend the free text only news > server news.albasani.net. Good retention and I don't seem to lose > anything. You sign up here http://albasani.net/index.html.en . I pay a very modest annual subscription to Supernews which also allows access to binary groups. Well worth paying for the railway images available on alt.binaries.pictures.rail - especially if you like American prototypes. John. >> Rather than change ISP, I can heartily recommend the free text only >> news server news.albasani.net. Good retention and I don't seem to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > available on alt.binaries.pictures.rail - especially if you like > American prototypes. Several NSPs sell non-expiring blocks from $2 up, for occasional binary users. You only pay for the bandwidth you use, and posting is unlimited. I use Usenet-News - http://www.usenet-news.net. SignatureMartin S. > Jane Sullivan <spamtrap@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> writes >>Test [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after > all these years? So, Demon has finally gone to hell? SignatureMartin S. >>Test >Jane > >Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of any >note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after >all these years? Some things never go out of fashion: C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this news server what I paid to access not half an hour ago at this very boutique. G: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it! G: No, no, it's uh,...it's just busy. C: Look, matey, I know a dead news server when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. G: No no it's not dead, it's, it's busy'! Remarkable server, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful processors! C: The processors don't enter into it. It's stone dead. http://everything2.com/e2node/The%2520dead%2520news%2520server%2520sketch Tim formerly tim@smof.demon.co.uk >> Jane Sullivan <spamtrap@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> writes >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Tim > formerly tim@smof.demon.co.uk LOL! "It's not easy to pad these python files out to 200 lines, you know." SignatureMartin S. >>> Jane Sullivan <spamtrap@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> writes >>> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > "It's not easy to pad these python files out to 200 lines, you know." Not like when I where a lad we Had to get Half an hour afore we went to bed. Get t'coat on and Leave. Not afore wid licked road clean mind. SignatureTrev Nobody is perfect. But Being a Yorkshire man is as close as you can get. >>>> Jane Sullivan <spamtrap@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> writes >>>> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > to bed. Get t'coat on and Leave. > Not afore wid licked road clean mind. [pedant]That wasn't Monty Python[/pedant] (kim) >> <me@my.place> MartinS bashed on keyboard and typed: >>>>> Jane Sullivan <spamtrap@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> writes [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > [pedant]That wasn't Monty Python[/pedant] At Last the 1948 Show. SignatureMartin S. > Not like when I where a lad we Had to get Half an hour afore we went >>> to bed. Get t'coat on and Leave. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > At Last the 1948 Show. But also on Python stage concerts but without Marty > "MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote... >> Not like when I where a lad we Had to get Half an hour afore we went [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > But also on Python stage concerts but without Marty No Tim Brooke-Taylor, either. http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/four-yorkshiremen-sketch-p1.php SignatureMartin S. >> Test > Jane > > Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of > any note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing > ISP's after all these years? The Demon specific newsgroups have had weeks of posts about the Demon news-server being broken. Obvious conclusion is that Demon consider it a low priority to restore a proper service. So, need to look elsewhere. Others have given lists of free services (I use one of them). Alternative is the 10-Euro a year "news.individual.net" service. If you were paying Demon because of their news servers, I'd look at alternatives such as IDNet, Zen, etc.. They might not all offer news servers (see above for that solution), but currently seem to offer better ISP services. - Nigel (an ex-Demon customer, how happily using IDNet who are a lot better) SignatureNigel Cliffe, Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/ >>> Test >> Jane [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > - Nigel (an ex-Demon customer, how happily using IDNet who are a lot > better) Welcome back Nigel! I say "welcome back" because my newsreader and/or/newsserver has been blocking your posts for as long as I can remember and for no good reason that I could think of? There's a couple of other posters here being blocked as well. I can only read replies to their posts and not the originals. (kim). And I thought it was just me. >>Test >Jane > >Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of any >note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after >all these years? Crumbs! The only message in this thread that I received was my own one and the one I am replying to. I need to talk to Demon to find out what is happening with their news feed. >And I thought it was just me. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after >>all these years? SignatureJane British OO, American and Australian HO, and DCC in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html >Crumbs! The only message in this thread that I received was my own one >and the one I am replying to. I need to talk to Demon to find out what >is happening with their news feed. Jane I think that the Demon staff are well aware of the problem but do not seem to have an answer. When I spoke to them the 'tech' guy muttered something about 'working with a third party'. I was sent a customer survey which I filled in with several Level 1 ticks (the lowest). It seems like we need a lot of people to complain but whether or not they can fix the problem remains to be seen SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ >And I thought it was just me. There are quite a few people affected. I contacted Demon on Monday morning, eventually ending up talking to a 'tech' guy who sent me a Demon Customer Survey e-mail which I've duly completed showing my displeasure - there were a few 1 out of 10 scores from me. I got the impression that, although he couldn't say it, the tech guy was just as p***ed off as the rest of us. It seems that Demon are working with a third party on this issue, Whether this is before after the recent loss of news I couldn't establish. Hope this one gets out to the wide world. Try and post a reply, even if it's just a 'me too' so that we can see if anything is getting through. >>>Test >>Jane >> >>Are you having trouble getting news from Demon? I've had nothing of any >>note for over two weeks now. Is it time to consider changing ISP's after >>all these years? SignatureMike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/ > Hope this one gets out to the wide world. Try and post a reply, even if > it's just a 'me too' so that we can see if anything is getting through. Gotcha! John. >Hope this one gets out to the wide world. Try and post a reply, even if >it's just a 'me too' so that we can see if anything is getting through. I got it. If it's a "me too" then..... Me too. Mike Hughes said the following on 27/10/2008 20:41: > Hope this one gets out to the wide world. Try and post a reply, even if > it's just a 'me too' so that we can see if anything is getting through. <AOL> Me too! </AOL> (Well, at work, anyway. I wouldn't touch Demon with a bargepole at home.) SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ On Oct 23, 8:07 pm, Jane Sullivan <spamt...@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Test > -- > Jane > British OO, American and Australian HO, and DCC in the gardenhttp://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html Yep, test definitely failed! -- Michael Gooden Model Train Enthusiast http://oomodeltrains.hmmetro.net Just spoke to Demon about this. The techy finally admitted that they have had a problem with their news server for 1 1/2 months and that it will be some weeks before the problem is resolved. They are having a new server with a third party ?? but it is still not ready yet. When I asked about a rebate for loss of service, I was told that when the service resumes to contact them regarding compensation as a large number of their customers have already asked this question. Nice of them to let us know isn't it! Regards. >Test |
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