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nospamplease wrote:
> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
> not any other group.
>
> What is going on ?
>
> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
> ago:(
>
> Hoping this post makes it through.

Time to ditch them. Internode offer Astraweb as part of their package.

-- 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8
  - KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
  - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
  - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
  - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke 
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
  - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
  - Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor 
general!"
  - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his 
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!"
  - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.

"I don't care what you fuckers think!"
  - KRudd the KRude Rat at his finest again.

"We'll just change it all when we get in."
  - Garrett the carrott

"Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF" 
<""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au 
."> wrote in message news:4c36aa5a$0$11095$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> nospamplease wrote:
>> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
>> not any other group.
>>
>> What is going on ?
>>
>> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
>> ago:(
>>
>> Hoping this post makes it through.
>
> Time to ditch them. Internode offer Astraweb as part of their package.
<snip stupid sig>

Great advice for those that can only get Telstra/Bigpond cable broadband.
(Local exchange not ADSL capable) 

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:49:28 +1000, "Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF"
<""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au
."> wrote:

>nospamplease wrote:
>> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
>> not any other group.
>>
>> What is going on ?
>>
>> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
>> ago:(
>>
>> Hoping this post makes it through.
>
>Time to ditch them. Internode offer Astraweb as part of their package.

I've been with others. Telstra over all very good and can't remember
the web not working.

Their news servers though every 5 years seem to haywire.

I remember about 10 years back they had a viruson their network which
was filling upthe hard drives,but instead of removing the virus they
bought bigger hard drives. 

When that failed they got rid of the virus.



>
>-- 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8
>  - KRudd at his finest.
>
>"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
>  - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
>
>"This is the recession we had to have!"
>  - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
>
>"Silly old bugger!"
>  - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke 
>responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
>
>"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
>  - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
>
>"A billion trees ..."
>  - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
>
>"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor 
>general!"
>  - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his 
>appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
>
>"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!"
>  - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
>
>"I don't care what you fuckers think!"
>  - KRudd the KRude Rat at his finest again.
>
>"We'll just change it all when we get in."
>  - Garrett the carrott

On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +1000, "Terry" <wombathouse@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>
>"Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF" 
><""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au 
>."> wrote in message news:4c36aa5a$0$11095$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> nospamplease wrote:
>>> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
>>> not any other group.
>>>
>>> What is going on ?
>>>
>>> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
>>> ago:(
>>>
>>> Hoping this post makes it through.
>>
>> Time to ditch them. Internode offer Astraweb as part of their package.
><snip stupid sig>
>
>Great advice for those that can only get Telstra/Bigpond cable broadband.
>(Local exchange not ADSL capable) 

This is the only news group I can get. aus.general noposts and can't
read any older postings and not even the bigpond news groups are
working.

Find it odd that this is the only news group I've been able to post
in.

On Jul 9, 3:23 am, nospample...@mo.com (nospamplease) wrote:
> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
> not any other group.
>
> What is going on ?
>
> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
> ago:(
>
> Hoping this post makes it through.


Hi

I've been trying to access Bigpond news server for three weeks without
luck.
Their technical staff appear to be totally unaware of any problem.
Have you had any luck in restoring the service?

Kate

"Kate" <kate.spencer9@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
news:997a6e79-d802-45de-9809-c58a1954fa03@v35g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 9, 3:23 am, nospample...@mo.com (nospamplease) wrote:
> Bigpond news server dead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
> not any other group.
>
> What is going on ?
>
> I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
> ago:(
>
> Hoping this post makes it through.


Hi

I've been trying to access Bigpond news server for three weeks without
luck.
Their technical staff appear to be totally unaware of any problem.
Have you had any luck in restoring the service?
Kate

Make sure you have the correct name for the server :
news.bigpond.com
Don't know how you do it using "Agent" but in Outlook Express, it was 
necessary to Reset each news group.
(Bit of a pain as all the cache news groups are re-downloaded)
I got round it by setting "download headers only" and "catch up" before 
"synchronising" the server.

Some newsgroups are still missing from the server, and the Bigpond droids 
are in denial  :-)

On Jul 25, 3:33 pm, "Sunny" <wombatho...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> "Kate" <kate.spenc...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
>
> news:997a6e79-d802-45de-9809-c58a1954fa03@v35g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 9, 3:23 am, nospample...@mo.com (nospamplease) wrote:
>
> > Bigpondnewsserverdead for several days. wa.general seeing posts but
> > not any other group.
>
> > What is going on ?
>
> > I phoned bigpond and they didn't even know of a fault. That was a week
> > ago:(
>
> > Hoping this post makes it through.
>
> Hi
>
> I've been trying to access Bigpondnewsserverfor three weeks without
> luck.
> Their technical staff appear to be totally unaware of any problem.
> Have you had any luck in restoring the service?
> Kate
>
> Make sure you have the correct name for theserver:news.bigpond.com
> Don't know how you do it using "Agent" but in Outlook Express, it was
> necessary to Reset eachnewsgroup.
> (Bit of a pain as all the cachenewsgroups are re-downloaded)
> I got round it by setting "download headers only" and "catch up" before
> "synchronising" theserver.
>
> Some newsgroups are still missing from theserver, and the Bigpond droids
> are in denial  :-)

I have been using it for eight years so there is no question of
getting the name of the server wrong.

But I am getting a message that a Firewall or anti virus is preventing
me from accessing the Internet to reach the Newsgroups which is
nonsense, as I am sending/receiving emails

Regards, Kate