OT: Newsfeed Issue?

Phred <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Or cough up your 10 Euros/year and register with
News Individual Net <http://news.individual.net/>
and enjoy the best damn newsfeed available on the
planet today. (No good if you're into binaries
though.)

They're not the best but are damned good...

The Ranger

(Gal Called J.J.) said:

Hey all -- I'm not invisible (like Nancy), but I think my
newsfeed is funky nonetheless. I see only 29 new posts since
yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, and even less than that for
Saturday. RFC is usually a lot busier than this. Am I not
getting all the articles, or is everyone off cooking and
whatnot... :-)

--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"You still haven't explained why the pool is
filled with elf blood." - Frylock, ATHF

news.individual.net - about $14 for a year - a good deal, and much
easier than chasing free news servers, IMO.

Gal Called J.J. said:

Hey all -- I'm not invisible (like Nancy), but I think my
newsfeed is funky nonetheless. I see only 29 new posts since
yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, and even less than that for
Saturday. RFC is usually a lot busier than this. Am I not
getting all the articles, or is everyone off cooking and
whatnot... :-)

Hard to say. Google is showing me 25 posts for April 11. Yours is
"dated" 7:48 a.m. but showed up here just now, four hours later. On
the other hand, I posted a reply and it showed up quickly.

Google is doing another very strange thing. When you look at older
posts it shows you many duplicates of the postings. A 10-post thread
might show up as 60 posts because everything gets repeated 6 times. I
sent them a message about it, but I guess it's all part of Google
Groups being a "beta" site. -aem

One time on Usenet said:

[email hidden] (Gal Called J.J.) wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Hey all -- I'm not invisible (like Nancy), but I think my
newsfeed is funky nonetheless. I see only 29 new posts since
yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, and even less than that for
Saturday. RFC is usually a lot busier than this. Am I not
getting all the articles, or is everyone off cooking and
whatnot... :-)

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news.individual.net - about $14 for a year - a good deal, and much
easier than chasing free news servers, IMO.

Right, but my newserver (zipcon.net) isn't free, it's part of
my ISP. And I'm not going to waste their time by complaining
until and unless I know if there's a problem, which is what I
was asking about. "aem" says she's only seeing 25 posts for the
day with Google, so there may not be a major issue. OTOH, I saw
neither my original post in this thread, nor Phred's reply, so
I'm missing something anyway. Fooey...

--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"You still haven't explained why the pool is
filled with elf blood." - Frylock, ATHF

(Gal Called J.J.) said:

Right, but my newserver (zipcon.net) isn't free, it's part of
my ISP.

BTW, I love your sig! I know, JJ, my news server is with my current
ISP, and my old one is with my former ISP. Neither one of them were
worth a tinker's damn - they didn't propagate half the posts I could
see on overseas servers. I say again - news.individual.net - I love
it. YMMV.

Gal Called J.J. said:

[snip] I'm seeing
106 new articles for April 11th, as compared to 60 through Zipcon.
Now I have something factual to complain to my ISP about -- thanks
to everyone who replied...

At this moment Google is showing only 32 for April 11, so they are
obviously lacking a lot in wherever they're getting their feed. -aem

The Ranger said:

Missing posts and non-action are what chased me away from Dirtstink.net
(Earthlink).

Huh? How long ago was that? They resolved news server issues years
ago and even have had E & W servers, so if one acts up - EL users can
switch over (manually) to the other.

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The Ranger said:

Missing posts and non-action are what chased me away
from Dirtstink.net (Earthlink).

Huh? How long ago was that?

Three years ago.

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They resolved news server
issues years ago and even have had E & W servers, so if
one acts up - EL users can switch over (manually) to the other.

I'm glad you think they've fixed their server farm. According to multiple
other sources, the same issues that were being screamed about when I was an
ELN member are _still_ favorite topics within their own newsgroups.

Go figure.

The Ranger

The Ranger said:

I'm glad you think they've fixed their server farm. According to multiple
other sources, the same issues that were being screamed about when I was an
ELN member are _still_ favorite topics within their own newsgroups.

The truth is, for an ISP, Usenet is probably a money loser. Don't expect
them to exert the same resources towards fixing crummy Usenet as they would
towards email or web access. Your best bet is to either hope your ISP
out-sources Usenet to a company who does nothing but, or pay a company for
premium Usenet access yourself.

--

-Jeff B.
zoomie at fastmail fm

Yeff <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The truth is, for an ISP, Usenet is probably a money loser.

Without a doubt maintaining servers for Usenet is a definite resource-drain.
Binaries alone can kill a great feed and drain any profits from a business
because of equipment requirements if not managed correctly.

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Don't expect them to exert the same resources towards
fixing crummy Usenet as they would towards email or
web access. Your best bet is to either hope your ISP
out-sources Usenet to a company who does nothing but,
or pay a company for premium Usenet access yourself.

But if it's advertised (and it was), some effort should be used towards
maintaining it. And if it's part of the price I'm paying them [that ISP], I
don't feel I should be forced to go to Supernews, Airnews, or any of the
others.

I'm currently with a local ISP that is AWESOME, better than either Prodigy
or ELN ever were or could hope to be. Best of all, I'm receiving every mail
sent to me. I couldn't say that about either of my previous ISPs after their
super-growth.

The Ranger

The Ranger said:

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The Ranger said:

Missing posts and non-action are what chased me away
from Dirtstink.net (Earthlink).

Huh? How long ago was that?

Three years ago.

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They resolved news server
issues years ago and even have had E & W servers, so if
one acts up - EL users can switch over (manually) to the other.

I'm glad you think they've fixed their server farm.

I switched last summer (cable hasn't allowed EL into their niche
here), but still keep a minimum account with them just to keep my old
address alive. As I said before... if one server went funky (very
rarely), I switched to the other, I never experienced a poor news feed
from both at the same time - and you know how much I use usenet.

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According to multiple
other sources, the same issues that were being screamed about when I was an
ELN member are _still_ favorite topics within their own newsgroups.

Ragging on EL has been a popular sport over the years. It doesn't
mean they are right or even half right, though. I'd even be willing
to bet that most of the complainers are using their parents accounts!
If they had autonomy, they'd stop complaining and vote with their feet
just like you did.

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.