Frustration has set in here in Dorset! Firstly gave my back a fearful wrench
on Saturday, so, feeling very sorry for myself, come Sunday I brought up my
Freeagent icon and pinged for new messages. Winsock error or something.
Anyway, from that day till now I am getting the same error message and
wondering what the heck to do next. I have accessed the group through www.
ureader.co.uk which is not the usual layout. To my knowledge I have not
altered any settings: a friend thinks it is a problem at Wanadoo's end. Any
thoughts welcome!
Robin

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posted on 23 Mar 2006 by Jim Webster
I would like to add:


"Robin Nicholson" wrote in message
.. .
Frustration has set in here in Dorset! Firstly gave my back a fearful
wrench
on Saturday, so, feeling very sorry for myself, come Sunday I brought up
my
Freeagent icon and pinged for new messages. Winsock error or something.
Anyway, from that day till now I am getting the same error message and
wondering what the heck to do next. I have accessed the group through www.
ureader.co.uk which is not the usual layout. To my knowledge I have not
altered any settings: a friend thinks it is a problem at Wanadoo's end.
Any
thoughts welcome!
Robin

wanadoo seem to have stopped supporting usenet
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.

From discussions and queries on various newsgroups it looks as though
the mainly "free" ISPs are cutting down on what they offer as their
upstream providers are requiring payment.

It does look as though free access to a wide range of newsgroups is
disappearing, particularly binaries, and the smaller ISPs may be
squeezed out.

--
..ElaineJ. Briallen Gifts/Cards catalogue at http://www.briallen.co.uk
..Virtual. Corn Dollies, Cards, Coasters, Mousemats, Kids' Tshirts
StrongArm Jones' Pages at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ejones
..RISC PC. Corwen, North Wales; Steam Traction;CMMGB&Yukon Volunteers.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.sci.weather/

is fine and free but does required registration.

I have been using it for about a year now.

Jack

"Elaine Jones" wrote in message
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Quoting from message
posted on 23 Mar 2006 by Jim Webster
I would like to add:


wanadoo seem to have stopped supporting usenet
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.


I've just checked Elaine, it might not have but it does now, if by alt you
mean groups like alt sustainable agriculture or alt talk weather snow

Jim Webster

Robin Nicholson wrote:
Frustration has set in here in Dorset! Firstly gave my back a fearful wrench
on Saturday, so, feeling very sorry for myself, come Sunday I brought up my
Freeagent icon and pinged for new messages. Winsock error or something.
Anyway, from that day till now I am getting the same error message and
wondering what the heck to do next. I have accessed the group through www.
ureader.co.uk which is not the usual layout. To my knowledge I have not
altered any settings: a friend thinks it is a problem at Wanadoo's end. Any
thoughts welcome!
Robin

I had the same problem as I'm with Wanadoo (have been since the early
Freeserve days).

Like Jack. I suggest you use
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.sci.weather/

It's fine, once you get used to the layout, and Googles going to stay
around for a bit!

Graham
Penzance

Jim Webster wrote:
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

Elaine Jones wrote:
That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.

It does - and AFAIAA it always has done.

It doesn't carry any binary groups, though.

--
Neil Sunderland
Braunton, Devon

Please observe the Reply-To address

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posted on 23 Mar 2006 by Neil Sunderland
I would like to add:

Jim Webster wrote:
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

Elaine Jones wrote:
That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.

It does - and AFAIAA it always has done.

Not a couple of the alt groups to which I'm subscribed, I think it's
possible that it carries only the more "serious" ones.




--
..ElaineJ. Briallen Gifts/Cards catalogue at http://www.briallen.co.uk
..Virtual. Corn Dollies, Cards, Coasters, Mousemats, Kids' Tshirts
StrongArm Jones' Pages at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ejones
..RISC PC. Corwen, North Wales; Steam Traction;CMMGB&Yukon Volunteers.

"Elaine Jones" wrote in message
...
Quoting from message
posted on 23 Mar 2006 by Neil Sunderland
I would like to add:

Jim Webster wrote:
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of
those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

Elaine Jones wrote:
That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.

It does - and AFAIAA it always has done.

Not a couple of the alt groups to which I'm subscribed, I think it's
possible that it carries only the more "serious" ones.

they don't carry the Clari net groups that I found useful, and I assumed it
was because so many of these are in HTML or binary (I only need the text
ones) so it might be a knock on effect from that policy
I'm going to try to contact them to see if they will take them, after all
they say they welcome this sort of suggestion

Jim Webster

In article ,
Elaine Jones writes:
Quoting from message
posted on 23 Mar 2006 by Jim Webster
I would like to add:

wanadoo seem to have stopped supporting usenet
I recommend the advice I got John Hall here
For 10 Euros (about 7 quid) a year, news.individual.net is excellent.
However it doesn't provide binary groups, should you want any of those.
See: http://news.individual.net/

That server does not carry all the *alt hierarchy.

It doesn't carry binary groups, but based on my own experience it seems
to have a very good coverage of the others. It carries all the six alt
groups that I take, some of which are fairly obscure. Of course, it
probably doesn't carry any alt groups that have been created without
going through the proper process (yes, even the alt hierarchy has such a
thing).

From discussions and queries on various newsgroups it looks as though
the mainly "free" ISPs are cutting down on what they offer as their
upstream providers are requiring payment.

It does look as though free access to a wide range of newsgroups is
disappearing, particularly binaries, and the smaller ISPs may be
squeezed out.

Agreed.
--
John Hall
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
sit next to me."
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

In article ,
Jim Webster writes:
[Re NIN]
they don't carry the Clari net groups that I found useful, and I assumed it
was because so many of these are in HTML or binary (I only need the text
ones) so it might be a knock on effect from that policy
I'm going to try to contact them to see if they will take them, after all
they say they welcome this sort of suggestion

The problem is at the Clari end. They don't make their groups available
to the Net at large, though posts crossposted to other groups may "leak"
out.
--
John Hall
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
sit next to me."
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)