Pipex broadband and newsgroups

I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I find
although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in the
newsgroups.
I am only trying to download text, and it takes ages, infact it was quicker
on the old BT dial up (much quicker) this is the server I am trying to
connect to, nntp.dsl.pipex.com
Am I doing something wrong ?
Frankly I am disappointed with Pipex.

Cheers
Newsboy.




Newboy

Newboy blurted on Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:12:42 -0000:

> I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I find
> although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in the
> newsgroups.
> I am only trying to download text, and it takes ages, infact it was quicker
> on the old BT dial up (much quicker) this is the server I am trying to
> connect to, nntp.dsl.pipex.com
> Am I doing something wrong ?
> Frankly I am disappointed with Pipex.
>
> Cheers
> Newsboy.

You don't say how long you have been with Pipex...you could sign up for a
News Account at http://www.individual.net/ (it is free), and see if that
d/ls faster. If it does it'll mean Pipex are having News Server problems
and hopefully they'll be able to sort it out soon.

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The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
*Lucille S.Harper*

If you are just using text then try using

news-text.dsl.pipex.com


"Newboy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4199e09b$0$313$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I find
> although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in the
> newsgroups.
> I am only trying to download text, and it takes ages, infact it was
> quicker
> on the old BT dial up (much quicker) this is the server I am trying to
> connect to, nntp.dsl.pipex.com
> Am I doing something wrong ?
> Frankly I am disappointed with Pipex.
>
> Cheers
> Newsboy.
>
>

"Ron S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1xkfegh04f1zb$.(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Newboy blurted on Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:12:42 -0000:


"Blurted" !!!!!! Oh right, thanks Ron.





>
> > I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I
find
> > although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in
the
> > newsgroups.
> > I am only trying to download text, and it takes ages, infact it was
quicker
> > on the old BT dial up (much quicker) this is the server I am trying to
> > connect to, nntp.dsl.pipex.com
> > Am I doing something wrong ?
> > Frankly I am disappointed with Pipex.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Newsboy.
>
> You don't say how long you have been with Pipex...you could sign up for a
> News Account at http://www.individual.net/ (it is free), and see if that
> d/ls faster. If it does it'll mean Pipex are having News Server problems
> and hopefully they'll be able to sort it out soon.
>
> --
> The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
> *Lucille S.Harper*

Newboy blurted on Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:48:47 -0000:

> "Blurted" !!!!!! Oh right, thanks Ron.

Ain't nothing personal :-) I've used it for years :-)

--
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Because Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.

Sneaky_russian wrote:
> If you are just using text then try using
>
> news-text.dsl.pipex.com
>
>
> "Newboy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4199e09b$0$313$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>
>>I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I find
>>although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in the
>>newsgroups.
>>I am only trying to download text, and it takes ages, infact it was
>>quicker
>>on the old BT dial up (much quicker) this is the server I am trying to
>>connect to, nntp.dsl.pipex.com
>>Am I doing something wrong ?
>>Frankly I am disappointed with Pipex.
>>
>>Cheers
>>Newsboy.
>>
>>
>
>
>

What else could be used besides text? Do some newsgroups use images?
But if one was using text only, would it matter which news server to choose?

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Yours truly,
Ed

On 17 Nov 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, Ed wrote:

>What else could be used besides text? Do some newsgroups use images?

There are a variety of types of binary, from software (warez - usually s/w
which has had licence control broken, allowing free use without paying for
ot - ie breaking copyright law) to movies to images and audio (albums, or
singles, or almost anything you can think of) in alt.* newsgroups mostly.

See <http://www.usenet-provider.com/> or <http://www.usenetbinaries.com/>

>But if one was using text only, would it matter which news server to choose?

Since storing thousands of GB of binaries can place a heavy load on news
servers, some split the binaries onto specific servers, and provide just
text newsgroups from what is often a faster, less loaded, server. Peter



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poster wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, Ed wrote:
>
>
>>What else could be used besides text? Do some newsgroups use images?
>
>
> There are a variety of types of binary, from software (warez - usually s/w
> which has had licence control broken, allowing free use without paying for
> ot - ie breaking copyright law) to movies to images and audio (albums, or
> singles, or almost anything you can think of) in alt.* newsgroups mostly.
>
> See <http://www.usenet-provider.com/> or <http://www.usenetbinaries.com/>
>
>>But if one was using text only, would it matter which news server to choose?
>
>
> Since storing thousands of GB of binaries can place a heavy load on news
> servers, some split the binaries onto specific servers, and provide just
> text newsgroups from what is often a faster, less loaded, server. Peter
>
>
>
So, as I'm not into binaries, then it would be more efficient for me to
use news-text.dsl.pipex.com? Is that correct?

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Yours truly,
Ed

On 17 Nov 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, Ed wrote:

>then it would be more efficient for me to use news-text.dsl.pipex.com?

I'd suggest you use whichever one(s) you find are fast and give you all
the headers. Using MS OE, or Netscape, etc, you could easily create a
pair of news server entries, one for the text-only and one for their
binaries service. Take some specific (not too busy) newsgroup and get
all the headers from both servers. If the count of headers is the same
then use whichever was faster getting the list of newsgroups and headers

As an academic exercise, you could also compare with another news service
if you have access to one - Univ. of Berlin runs news.individual.net as
a free service (I've never used it, so cannot say how easy it is to open
an account, but plenty of people find it a reliable service, and if you
later switch ISP, you'd make no changes to the settings and news would
have the same article numbers, so would carry on without problem).


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> Univ. of Berlin runs news.individual.net as a free service (I've
> never used it, so cannot say how easy it is to open an account, but
> plenty of people find it a reliable service

Very good, very reliable - text only groups though.

Signup is usually by return of email within 24 hours, and they give you a
login and password - in my case, its my surname and a password.

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