I just took a look and saw this message:
Hi all,
This news server is now closed this means no new posts will be made
available on this server or any of it's aliases such as news.ntlworld.com,
news.virgin.net, news.cable.ntlworld.com, news.ntli.com etc
This is because we have migrated to a new binary news server
news.virginmedia.com The new binary server offers many more groups, allows
unlimited connections and articles are kept for longer. Please create a new
account in your news reader pointing to news.virginmedia.com now.
How do I set it up?
If you're an Outlook Express user, follow the instructions at
http://www.virginmedia.com/customers...ress-exntl.php
but at step 6 enter news.virginmedia.com instead of the old server name.
Remember that you can only access the service when you're on a Virgin Media
Internet connection.
Please ensure that you DO NOT enter any username and password details
for this server. This would prevent you from accessing the server.
If you have problems
If you have any issues please connect to the news text server
text.news.virginmedia.com and post to the virginmedia.support.usenet group
What's happening to the Text server?
At this point we're not making any changes to the text server and it will
continue to be available at text.news.virginmedia.com
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Virgin Media