NTL News server(s) AWOL (again)?

Hi,

It's suspiciously quiet in the NTL newsgroups - haven't seen a new
post appear in more than 12 hours, and a post to NTL.test has not
been listed.

Can connect to the server(s) and see old posts OK.

Applies to at least the following news servers:
news.cable.ntlworld.com
news.ntlworld.com
text.news.ntlworld.com
newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
Email is being delivered OK.

Nothing reported on the service status page.
Customer Service couldn't help.
STB Tech Support said it is a known problem.

Not sure what the scope of the outage is: I'm on cable broadband
via STB in the Stockport area.

Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?

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"BRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns93B960D7B1384BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4...
> Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?

Use a different nntp server perhaps.

"tHatDudeUK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bf0esb
$9f29q$(E-Mail Removed):

>
> "BRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns93B960D7B1384BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4...
>> Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?
>
> Use a different nntp server perhaps.
>

AFAIK These groups are only available to NTL subscribers via NTL-
specific servers. As stated in my OP, I've tried the usual suspect
alternatives I know of:
news.cable.ntlworld.com
news.ntlworld.com
text.news.ntlworld.com
newscache.cable.ntlworld.com

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"BRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns93B960D7B1384BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4...
> Hi,
>
> It's suspiciously quiet in the NTL newsgroups - haven't seen a new
> post appear in more than 12 hours, and a post to NTL.test has not
> been listed.
>
> Can connect to the server(s) and see old posts OK.
>
> Applies to at least the following news servers:
> news.cable.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
> Email is being delivered OK.
>
> Nothing reported on the service status page.
> Customer Service couldn't help.
> STB Tech Support said it is a known problem.
>
> Not sure what the scope of the outage is: I'm on cable broadband
> via STB in the Stockport area.
>
> Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?

I gave up on using NTL's news servers as they seemed to die during peak
periods and then reappear the next morning for a while. This was
consistently, on a daily basis. Trying to use them at weekends was also
practically impossible.

D

In article <Xns93B96511A78D2BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4>, Brg wrote:
> "tHatDudeUK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bf0esb
> $9f29q$(E-Mail Removed):

> I've tried the usual suspect
> alternatives I know of:
> news.cable.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> newscache.cable.ntlworld.com

text.news.ntlworld.com seems to be working OK.

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Jock Mackirdy
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Jock Mackirdy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> In article <Xns93B96511A78D2BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4>, Brg wrote:
>> "tHatDudeUK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bf0esb
>> $9f29q$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> I've tried the usual suspect
>> alternatives I know of:
>> news.cable.ntlworld.com
>> news.ntlworld.com
>> text.news.ntlworld.com
>> newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
>
> text.news.ntlworld.com seems to be working OK.
>

...and it is for me now. Looks like they've fixed something.

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On 15 Jul 2003 08:31:17 GMT, BRG <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>
>Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?

Yep, had to revert back to the rather more pedestrian alternative.


greg


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"BRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns93B96B79CB51BBrianGxxx@130.133.1.4...
> Jock Mackirdy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > In article <Xns93B96511A78D2BrianGxxx@130.133.1.4>, Brg wrote:
> >> "tHatDudeUK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bf0esb
> >> $9f29q$(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> >> I've tried the usual suspect
> >> alternatives I know of:
> >> news.cable.ntlworld.com
> >> news.ntlworld.com
> >> text.news.ntlworld.com
> >> newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
> >
> > text.news.ntlworld.com seems to be working OK.
> >
>
> ..and it is for me now. Looks like they've fixed something.

Fixed, kicked, sworn at ,its all the same to them

BRG <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:Xns93B960D7B1384BrianGxxx@
130.133.1.4:

> Hi,
>
> It's suspiciously quiet in the NTL newsgroups - haven't seen a
new
> post appear in more than 12 hours, and a post to NTL.test has not
> been listed.
>
> Can connect to the server(s) and see old posts OK.
>
> Applies to at least the following news servers:
> news.cable.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
> Email is being delivered OK.
>
> Nothing reported on the service status page.
> Customer Service couldn't help.
> STB Tech Support said it is a known problem.
>
> Not sure what the scope of the outage is: I'm on cable broadband
> via STB in the Stockport area.
>
> Any other NTL subscribers experiencing the same?
>

Problem recurred last evening and overnight, reported to Tech
Support.

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