Broken posts on the news server ?

[The Jackal]

Just tried news.blueyonder.co.uk which should be synonymous to news.virginmedia and WOW the number of broken binaries is unreal.

I've never seen anything like it - this news server used to have above average retention and complete posts whats going on ?

Am I alone on this one or is it a new Virgin feature?

[danielf]

Nope, you're not alone. I see you've already found the relevant thread :D

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33616945-ex-blueyonder-newsgroup-access.html

[Richy99]

oh look another thread moaning about the news server

above average retention? what do you call above average

[zing_deleted]

120 days is the average for me but then I pay for my binaries ;)

[Agent47]

I use astraweb, dont know why cause the speeds are total crap on average 250k per sec.

[Richy99]

I use astraweb, dont know why cause the speeds are total crap on average 250k per sec.

how many connections you using? i can get over 10meg with them

currently maxing out a 2meg conenction with 2 connections to news.astraweb.com

[danielf]

oh look another thread moaning about the news server

above average retention? what do you call above average

In my (limited) experience of the BY newsserver (or newsservers in general), it was actually quite usable, up to a week and a half ago.

[Agent47]

how many connections you using? i can get over 10meg with them

currently maxing out a 2meg conenction with 2 connections to news.astraweb.com

im using europe.news.astraweb on port 23, ive tried ports 119, 1818 etc.

still poor

what port do you use

[Richy99]

i just tested it on port 119 whilst using a 2meg BT connection

i will test it from home later