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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2005Help! Northern Virginia news readers
ARGH! My ISP has apparently dropped RPCA. Does anyone else out there use Cox cable internet and if so, are you having the same problems? At least Google works for me at the moment. -Caroline S. > ARGH! My ISP has apparently dropped RPCA. Does anyone else out there > use Cox cable internet and if so, are you having the same problems? At > least Google works for me at the moment. > > -Caroline S. Every once in a while, that happens to me. Usually, if I go back and resubscribe it is there. > ARGH! My ISP has apparently dropped RPCA. Does anyone else out there > use Cox cable internet and if so, are you having the same problems? At > least Google works for me at the moment. > > -Caroline S. Hi Caroline - I haven't used my Cox news access since last weekend, but I could get RPCA then. I'll check it when I get home and see if it's still there. I have noticed it hiccups from time to time, so hopefully that's all it is. The last time it did that to me, I unsubbed and resubbed, and things were happy again. I'll let you know one way or the other. Purrs- Chris > ARGH! My ISP has apparently dropped RPCA. Does anyone else out there > use Cox cable internet and if so, are you having the same problems? At > least Google works for me at the moment. > > -Caroline S. You are probably using the east server - news.east.cox.net - alot of people have been having this problem with the east server but not everyone. It just depends on which backend server you get connected to - which is determined by cox and your mac address. Switch to news.central.cox.net or news.west.cox.net and rpca should be available. In time rpca will return to the east server when Cox fixes the backend server in question that is having the problem. > ARGH! My ISP has apparently dropped RPCA. Does anyone else out there > use Cox cable internet and if so, are you having the same problems? At > least Google works for me at the moment. > > -Caroline S. As of 10:22 AM EST, looks like the Cox east server is behaving. I'm on it and have current messages. If you've tried resubscribing and that hasn't helped, the idea of tapping the Cox central or west servers is well worth a try. I may set those up as fall back sources at some point. Purrs! Chris, Tripper, Katie, and Hazard Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately, none has worked. I'll keep trying, then I'll call Cox and complain. What's weird is that I get some newsgroups, just not my favorite. Plus, it shows up in the groups available, and lets me subscribe, but then says it's not available when I try to get messages. -Caroline S. >Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately, none has worked. I'll keep >trying, then I'll call Cox and complain. What's weird is that I get >some newsgroups, just not my favorite. Plus, it shows up in the groups >available, and lets me subscribe, but then says it's not available when >I try to get messages. There is some discussion of this phenomenon in cox.internet.discussion.newsgroups. It might be a front end server issue. No real answer for the problem, but you're not alone. Supposedly, Cox is going to be doing upgrades to their NNTP service over the next 45-60 days. It will probably get worse before it gets better if it does indeed get better. I wouldn't be too surprised if they pull and AOL on us. I think it would still be good to report the problem. L. |
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