Is BT Total Broadband any good?

Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
Are BT any good?
Do they carry all the newsgroups?

Many thanks.
JD

"JD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
> Are BT any good?
> Do they carry all the newsgroups?
>
> Many thanks.
> JD

Newsgroups are their strongest point. It's outsourced through Giganews with
massive retention periods.
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Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:45:52 +0100, "Keith Willcocks"
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>"JD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
>> Are BT any good?
>> Do they carry all the newsgroups?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>> JD
>
>Newsgroups are their strongest point. It's outsourced through Giganews with
>massive retention periods.

I'm with them and very unimpressed. However according to their website
the do not carry newsgroups. Have I missed something?

Regards
Mike

JD wrote:
> Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
> Are BT any good?
> Do they carry all the newsgroups?
>
> Many thanks.
> JD
I am on Option 3 and very pleased so far.

They carry all the newsgroups I use but not aware of binary offerings etc..

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On 19 Sep 2006, "Keith Willcocks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>It's outsourced through Giganews with massive retention periods.

They're not alone in using Giganews, by the way!


Mind you, the path by which your message reached "news.eclipse.co.uk" (aka
europe.isp.Giganews.com) seemed a bit strange when looked at closely...

Path: border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com! border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!
feeder2.cambrium.nl! feeder4.cambrium.nl! feed.tweaknews.nl!
nntp-server.pubsub.com! news.glorb.com! border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!
nntp.giganews.com! local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com! nntp.bt.com! ...

(I was just a bit surprised to see the .NL servers in that path)

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> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:45:52 +0100, "Keith Willcocks"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>"JD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
>>> Are BT any good?
>>> Do they carry all the newsgroups?
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>> JD
>>
>>Newsgroups are their strongest point. It's outsourced through Giganews
>>with
>>massive retention periods.
>
> I'm with them and very unimpressed. However according to their website
> the do not carry newsgroups. Have I missed something?

Set your account to news.btinternet.com and you should get full access.
There are also dedicated support groups accessible by BT customers only
which start with bt.broadband....
--
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

"Robert Maskill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> JD wrote:
>> Thinking of changing from Virgin.net to BT Total Broadband.
>> Are BT any good?
>> Do they carry all the newsgroups?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>> JD
> I am on Option 3 and very pleased so far.
>
> They carry all the newsgroups I use but not aware of binary offerings
> etc..
>

I just checked and there are many binary groups listed.
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Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)