OT: @home users? any newsgroup problems?

I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages before the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will dload..but this is getting frustrating.. anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? dave henrie

I have been having getting any messages at all It will go a full 24 hours before updating messages and then when it does, it only updates about 5-10% of what should be there "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messagesbefore > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body willdload..but > this is getting frustrating.. > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > dave henrie > >

Hi Dave, I can't comment on @home news server problems, but Verizon's news server is pretty much exactly as you describe. More often than not the server is unreachable and when it is, the lag to retrieve a message after checking the header may be a minute or more. It is more evident at the normal high usage times and more noticeable with the binary groups (yes THOSE binary groups!) I think the broadband providers, especially the large ones underestimate the demand on the servers or intentionally limit bandwidth to access them. I tried a few of the free servers, but the service wasn't much better. Time to rag on the service provider to get reasonable service for the money you spend. Jeff H Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messagesbefore > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body willdload..but > this is getting frustrating.. > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > dave henrie > >

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 05:40:49 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: >anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? About a week ago, there was a 24-hour lag in both messages appearing and being posted but gradually it caught up and now it's pretty much instantaneous. But I'm having what's probably a local problem -- they seem to be upgrading again (for which I am NOT complaining), and every night about midnight, the service gets very shaky, going off completely for up to an hour at a time or suffering intermittant failures. But compared to my old dial-up, this is paradise... :)

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 05:40:49 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages before >the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will dload..but >this is getting frustrating.. >anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? >dave henrie Haven't had the problem here. Are all of the headers appearing, and retrieving the bodies is slow? How are your download speeds? One thing you can try that sounds silly but might help is putting in the IP of the news server instead of using "news". Drop to a DOS prompt and type PING NEWS. In return, you'll get your news servers IP. I was having resolution problems with Forte Agent until I removed the NEWS server and just put in the IP. Tim

No problems with @home here in Mid TN. You might run some tracerts to your gateway and the news server, record the results, and call customer service to see what's up. Don Burnette "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I have been having getting any messages at all > > It will go a full 24 hours before updating messages and then when it does, > it only updates about 5-10% of what should be there > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages > before > > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will > dload..but > > this is getting frustrating.. > > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > dave henrie > > > > > >

Dave Henrie wrote: > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages before > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will dload..but > this is getting frustrating.. > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > dave henrie I'm having that same problem here in Portland Oregon. It started yesterday. Larry

I know they are in Bankruptcy proceedings...I got a very odd letter from AT&T yesterday about the possibility of switching their networks, but the newsgroups just seem doggy. I'll clik on a new message and many times will eventually get an error box saying 'your nntp server has not repsonded in 60 seconds...wait...cancel' Just before reading your message that happened again. I'm thinking they have laid off any staff that kept things running smoothly. dave henrie "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messagesbefore > > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body willdload..but

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> > this is getting frustrating.. > > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > dave henrie > > I'm having that same problem here in Portland Oregon. > It started yesterday. > > Larry

[email hidden] (Tim O) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >One thing you can try that sounds silly but might help is putting in >the IP of the news server instead of using "news". >Drop to a DOS prompt and type PING NEWS. In return, you'll get your >news servers IP. I was having resolution problems with Forte Agent >until I removed the NEWS server and just put in the IP. Good tip Tim. This was also the solution to getting my D-Link DI-704 gateway to work with newsgroups and email. In my situation I couldn't use ping to get the IP as I couldn't get through, but phoning your ISP will get you the info. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -15.39 MonsterRank 90.86 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

They still have the staff in place that is needed to run and maintain the network. I'd call 'em up and see if they of any problems. It's sunday, otherwise i'd check myself. -- - Will DeRivera - http://www.numic.net - http://www.luxt.com Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:evbM7.76908$[email hidden]... > I know they are in Bankruptcy proceedings...I got a very odd letter from > AT&T yesterday about the possibility of switching their networks, but the > newsgroups just seem doggy. I'll clik on a new message and many times will > eventually get an error box saying 'your nntp server has not repsonded in 60 > seconds...wait...cancel' Just before reading your message that happened > again. I'm thinking they have laid off any staff that kept things running > smoothly. > dave henrie > "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages > before > > > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will > dload..but > > > this is getting frustrating.. > > > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > > dave henrie > > > > I'm having that same problem here in Portland Oregon. > > It started yesterday. > > > > Larry > > >

Yup...it's a good system. =) FWIW, all maintenance procedures are done during a grave shift and they have a dedicated staff doing those maintenances. The only time a maintenance would occure during the say would be for emergency situations (usually when equipment has a known problem but is still running and when more people are affected by it than are still running). Keep that in mind if tech support ever tries passing that off on you when you call during the say. Just an FYI, hehe... -- - Will DeRivera - http://www.numic.net - http://www.luxt.com The Black Cat =^..^= <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 05:40:49 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > About a week ago, there was a 24-hour lag in both messages appearing > and being posted but gradually it caught up and now it's pretty much > instantaneous. > > But I'm having what's probably a local problem -- they seem to be > upgrading again (for which I am NOT complaining), and every night > about midnight, the service gets very shaky, going off completely for > up to an hour at a time or suffering intermittant failures. > > But compared to my old dial-up, this is paradise... :) >

Dave Henrie wrote: > > I know they are in Bankruptcy proceedings...I got a very odd letter from > AT&T yesterday about the possibility of switching their networks, but the > newsgroups just seem doggy. I use ATT@home. I asked about the financial situation, but was told the problem was with Excite@home, and that they (AT&T) ware doing fine. > I'll clik on a new message and many times will > eventually get an error box saying 'your nntp server has not repsonded in 60 > seconds...wait...cancel' Just before reading your message that happened > again. I'm thinking they have laid off any staff that kept things running > smoothly. Usually, nothing happens. It just sits there for a long time with a blank screen. If I start clicking on different un-read messages, I see a Netscape error message: --- Netscape: Error A News (NNTP) error occured: Too Many Connections [auth-readers allows 5 per host/0 per feed (0 == nolimit)] (Twister v1.2.0) --- Who knows what's happening? Larry

I couldn't get to usenet period for almost a week with @home here in the Phoenix area for a while, nor could a few other people I know. Well, obviously, now it's fine. =) Milhouse "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messagesbefore > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body willdload..but > this is getting frustrating.. > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > dave henrie > >

It is still going on here...the headers dload fine. Then I can read 3 or 4 messages normally, then....Full Stop for approximentally 70 to 80 seconds. The either I get the error box saying the nntp server did not respond or the messages load...for 3 or 4 more then wait again...grrr. I did a tracert and no real big hiccups...7 hops total. dave henrie "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8IAM7.20818$[email hidden]...

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> I couldn't get to usenet period for almost a week with @home here in the > Phoenix area for a while, nor could a few other people I know. Well, > obviously, now it's fine. =) > > Milhouse > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages > before > > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will > dload..but > > this is getting frustrating.. > > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > dave henrie > > > > > >

I was having problems too and I use telocity (directv dsl). At first the posts wouldn't go through, then some of the messages wouldn't show up. I resorted to www.dejanews.com. I am not sure if it is OK now or not. I think my posts are getting out. -- [email hidden] "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pfEM7.82800$[email hidden]... > It is still going on here...the headers dload fine. Then I can read 3 or > 4 messages normally, then....Full Stop for approximentally 70 to 80 seconds. > The either I get the error box saying the nntp server did not respond or the > messages load...for 3 or 4 more then wait again...grrr. > I did a tracert and no real big hiccups...7 hops total. > dave henrie > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8IAM7.20818$[email hidden]... > > I couldn't get to usenet period for almost a week with @home here in the > > Phoenix area for a while, nor could a few other people I know. Well, > > obviously, now it's fine. =) > > > > Milhouse > > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... > > > I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages > > before > > > the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will > > dload..but > > > this is getting frustrating.. > > > anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? > > > dave henrie > > > > > > > > > > > >

In article <8IAM7.20818$[email hidden]>, "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>I couldn't get to usenet period for almost a week with @home here in the >Phoenix area for a while, nor could a few other people I know. Well, >obviously, now it's fine. =) > >Milhouse > >"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:Bv%L7.72784$[email hidden]... >> I am having a terrible time reading more than one or two messages >before >> the server freezes. If I wait...EVENTUALLY the message body will >dload..but >> this is getting frustrating.. >> anyone else on the cable net having similar problems? >> dave henrie >> >>

I thought @home was going out of business anyway? That's excite@home, right? http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-7996444.html?tag=lthd Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

EldredP wrote: > I thought @home was going out of business anyway? That's excite@home, right? > > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-7996444.html?tag=lthd Yeah, we'll see how it goes after tomorrow. This could really suck as Comcast appears to have gotten caught with their pants down on this one. There doesn't seem to be an immediate backup plan if this goes thru on Friday, just an accelerated migration of their network to RoadRunner. And NetZero isn't a good backup. Dial-up sucks, & a 10hr a month limit blows. :-/ -- Fester