NTLworld newsgroups closed, Virginmedia news server AWOL

This evening the ntlworld branded newsgroups on
text.news.ntlworld.com are showing this message:

"This newsgroup has now been closed as its purpose is now served
by the new virginmedia.discussion.broadband newsgroup. If you
are not already subscribed to this group, please refresh your
newsgroup list and you should be able to add it accordingly.

Regards,
The team at Virgin Media "

However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.

<sigh>

Are they working for anyone else?

"Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns98F2CA676B24Afrz@80.5.182.99...
> This evening the ntlworld branded newsgroups on
> text.news.ntlworld.com are showing this message:
>
> "This newsgroup has now been closed as its purpose is now served
> by the new virginmedia.discussion.broadband newsgroup. If you
> are not already subscribed to this group, please refresh your
> newsgroup list and you should be able to add it accordingly.
>
> Regards,
> The team at Virgin Media "
>
> However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
> news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.
>
> <sigh>
>
> Are they working for anyone else?


I'm still using the text.news.ntlworld.com server and I can see the new
newsgroups ok. So I would just keep with the text.news.ntl.......

Simon

Frazer Jolly Goodfellow wrote:
> This evening the ntlworld branded newsgroups on
> text.news.ntlworld.com are showing this message:
>
> "This newsgroup has now been closed as its purpose is now served
> by the new virginmedia.discussion.broadband newsgroup. If you
> are not already subscribed to this group, please refresh your
> newsgroup list and you should be able to add it accordingly.
>
> Regards,
> The team at Virgin Media "
>
> However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
> news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.
>
> <sigh>
>
> Are they working for anyone else?


Just keep to the server you are using now and refresh the list, there
are many xNTL posts on there.

text.news.virginmedia.com is the one I'm now using, this for me just
points to the old blueyonder service, not sure if it would point to the
old ntl service on xNTL.

"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in
news:5HDJh.4672$(E-Mail Removed) k:

> Frazer Jolly Goodfellow wrote:
>> This evening the ntlworld branded newsgroups on
>> text.news.ntlworld.com are showing this message:
>>
>> "This newsgroup has now been closed as its purpose is now
>> served by the new virginmedia.discussion.broadband newsgroup.
>> If you are not already subscribed to this group, please refresh
>> your newsgroup list and you should be able to add it
>> accordingly.
>>
>> Regards,
>> The team at Virgin Media "
>>
>> However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com
>> and news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.
>>
>> <sigh>
>>
>> Are they working for anyone else?
>
>
> Just keep to the server you are using now and refresh the list,
> there are many xNTL posts on there.
>
> text.news.virginmedia.com is the one I'm now using, this for me
> just points to the old blueyonder service, not sure if it would
> point to the old ntl service on xNTL.
>

I can ping text.news.ntlworld.com OK, but can't see any virgin
groups on that server. Pinging news.cable.virginmedia.com returns
'could not find host' responses. Looks like a delay in DNS updates
reaching this part of the galaxy (South Manchester, SK12).

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:53:45 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband , Frazer
Jolly Goodfellow <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
>news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.

Server names haven't changed, AFAIK.
--
Mark McIntyre

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:02:43 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>>However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
>>news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.
>
>Server names haven't changed, AFAIK.

They haven't - might be worth refreshing the newsgroup lists if any
issues.


Alex


--

Alex Brown
Senior Product Manager
Product Management, Virgin Media

Alex Brown <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:02:43 +0000, Mark McIntyre
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>>However, the replacement servers, news.cable.virginmedia.com and
>>>news.virginmedia.com, aren't reachable for me.
>>
>>Server names haven't changed, AFAIK.
>
> They haven't - might be worth refreshing the newsgroup lists if any
> issues.
>
Thanks guys. I've now discovered the trick to get Xnews to refresh
the newsgroups list from the ntlworld server and hence found the VM
groups.

In trying to sort it I was misled by this Google hit:
http://www.virginmedia.com/toolsservices/newsgroups/

.... which appears now to be a case of premature e-publication :-)