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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2006Usenet - Xtra's reply
Hi Bev, Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. Lois Recently you sent us an e-mail. Below is a summary of your request and our response. Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you. Our Response 28/04/2006 02:23 PM Dear Lois Thank you for your email. I can confirm the message below is from Xtra. We have decided that from Wednesday 3 May 2006 the Usenet server will be closed down. As per the below email If you'd like to continue using newsgroups, there are other services available such as gignews.com, or free services such as MSN Forums and Google Groups. If you require any more help with this issue please feel free to reply. Kind regards Chris D Service Co-ordinator Xtra Online Team Telecom New Zealand Ltd Xtra Helpdesk 0800 22 55 98 help  Signaturehttp://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one! Thanks for finding this out for sure, Lois. I have just found I cannot post on freenews.netfront.net but read the posts only. So unless I can find another suitable news server that might be the end of my posting!!! Bev > Hi Bev, > Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Xtra Helpdesk 0800 22 55 98 > help Dump Xtra and find an ISP that will provide the service you want. And make sure you tell them why you are dumping them! At least, find a cheaper ISP if they arne't going to provide newsgroups to you any more. news.individual.net are really good, and well worth my AUS$17 per year. I use them over my ISP's newsfeed because they seem faster, have better propgoation, better spam reduction, and I can access them at work. Although my ISP's newsfeed can be used as a backup (and to access binaries) at a pinch. Yowie > Thanks for finding this out for sure, Lois. I have just found I cannot > post on freenews.netfront.net but read the posts only. So unless I can [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> Xtra Helpdesk 0800 22 55 98 >> help > Thanks for finding this out for sure, Lois. I have just found I > cannot post on freenews.netfront.net but read the posts only. So > unless I can find another suitable news server that might be the end > of my posting!!! A free server that allows posting is nntp.aioe.org it may not be as good as news.individual.net but it's free. A server which carries some binaries ie. alt.binaries.pictures.animals is dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu it's another free one though it doesn't allow posting. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Thanks Adrian, I did try aioe.cjb.net but only got a handful of newsgroups, will try it again using your link as I am probably doing something wrong. I want a server that lets me post so am probably going to go to another server as Yowie suggested. Thanks. Bev >> Thanks for finding this out for sure, Lois. I have just found I >> cannot post on freenews.netfront.net but read the posts only. So [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > alt.binaries.pictures.animals is dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu it's another free > one though it doesn't allow posting. >Thanks Adrian, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Bev I use http://www.talkaboutpets.com/group/rec.pets.cats.anecdotes/ as a back up. The good thing is that I can access it from any computer, so I use it if I am away from home. It is much better organised than Google. It is free, you can post from it, you just have to register if you want to post. Elisabet >> Thanks for finding this out for sure, Lois. I have just found I >> cannot post on freenews.netfront.net but read the posts only. So [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > alt.binaries.pictures.animals is dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu it's another free > one though it doesn't allow posting. I tried to install dp-news. but it wasn't successful for some reason, but I was able to install news.syr.edu (who claimed to carry alt.binaries.pictures.animals) My first download consisted of Re: posts, all text. Disappointing, but today I can see the photos. Retention seems to be about 48 hours, not ideal but there isn't a choice. I'm glad to see abpa again. They also carry rpca and all the other groups I read so it's a back up to NIN and a first read for binaries. Tweed > I tried to install dp-news. but it wasn't successful for some reason, but I > was able to install news.syr.edu (who claimed to carry [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Tweed Regarding abpa, don't forget Usenet Replayer at http://www.usenet-replayer.com/groups/index.html They seem to have most (all) binary groups in Usenet, but it's a read-only thingie. SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 Thanks Yowie. I am seriously thinking of dumping Xtra, it does involve me in the hassle of sorting out broadband etc. but they have a monopoly in New Zealand. The government have been dithering about whether to unbundle thereby letting our other servers into the game. The sooner the better I think. The trouble is the other servers are at a big disadvantage to Xtra. I think their dumping of the newsgroups is lousy and probably sufficient reason to dump them!!!! And I don't believe their reason for dumping, that hardly anyone is using them. Lois is trying to work out her options also, being an Xtra customer. Bev > Hi Bev, > Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Xtra Helpdesk 0800 22 55 98 > help > Hi Bev, > Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > If you require any more help with this issue please feel free to > reply. The Google Groups interface sucks. It is still in Beta testing and they keep tweaking with it. I use individual.net for this ng because they were so *very* responsive when we had that awful spate of trolls a while back. However, for other newsgroups I use my local phone company which is also my ISP because I like access to binary groups. Jill >> Hi Bev, >> Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jill Thanks Jill, I'll look at individual net. I don't mind paying for a server but am paying heaps for broadband on Xtra at the moment and feel their dumping of newsgroups is a mean move! Bev >>> Hi Bev, >>> Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Bev At less than $20 New Zealand Dollars per _year_ I doubt you'd get a more reliable and spam less service anywhere than News Individual, several people on this group use it. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Hi Bev, > Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Xtra Helpdesk 0800 22 55 98 > help Huh. My ISP did the same thing to me recently. I use news.individual.net for my news server now, there is a small yearly fee which works out at around 7 English pounds, maybe you could sign up for this. The only downside is you cannot get binaries. They are great at blocking spam and abusive posts and the retention is good. Tweed >> Hi Bev, >> Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra. [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Tweed One free server I've found that carries a few binaries from alt.binaries.pictures.animals is dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu they don't catch all post though, I could see replies to Jill's post of Persia but not the pictures. Other pictures I could see so I'll keep it as a backup. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Many ISP's are dumping usenet. They say it's because nobody uses it, but I think it's just for cost cutting and legal (pirating) reasons. When none of the big ISPs carry usenet, then only small outfits will be left; There is no big money behind it. Then the small companies will be sued out of business and the record companies and software companies will have one less hassle to deal with. If you want a bulletin board, you will need to go to a page with ads. The writing is on the wall. >Hi Bev, >Here is the reply I have just received from Xtra.
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