Re: [OT] NEWS.CIS.DFN.DE - server change

[Pete Biggs]

Thanks for posting that. I had no idea the server was changing.

~PB

[Taywood]

"Pete Biggs" > wrote in message
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> Thanks for posting that. I had no idea the server was changing.

Hello Pete
Explain Please
Mike

[chris French]

In message >, Taywood
> writes
>
>"Pete Biggs" > wrote in message
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>> Thanks for posting that. I had no idea the server was changing.
>
>Hello Pete
>Explain Please

new.cis.dfn.de is news server run by the Free University of Berlin, in
the spirit of the Internet they allow free access to their server to
users outside of the Uni.

For various reasons some off us use this in preference to severs of our
ISP (I started using it because I used to swop ISP for dial up and it
made life easier - I still use it because of the unreliability of NTL's
servers.)

Apparently they are changing the name of the server.
--
Chris French, Leeds

[David Brown :o\)]

[Stan Cox]

"David Brown :o)" > wrote in message
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> "chris French" > wrote in message
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> >- I still use it because of the unreliability of NTL's
> > servers.)
>
> I still use news.cis.dfn.de at the moment but supposedly if you use
> text.ntlword.com instead of news.ntlworld.com they are very reliable.
>
> --
> David Brown :o)
> http://kitemap.co.uk/stack
>
>
I think you mean text.news.ntlworld.com. I've been using it for a couple of
months and it seems solid.

Stan Cox

[David Brown :o\)]

"Ben" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:53:48 +0100, "David Brown :o\)"
> > wrote:
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> uk.test is there for a reason.

Thank you for that, I always wondered what that was for.
--
David Brown :o)
http://kitemap.co.uk/stack

[Steve McGinty]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:48:35 +0100, "Stan Cox"
> wrote:

>
>"David Brown :o)" > wrote in message
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>> "chris French" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >- I still use it because of the unreliability of NTL's
>> > servers.)
>>
>> I still use news.cis.dfn.de at the moment but supposedly if you use
>> text.ntlword.com instead of news.ntlworld.com they are very reliable.
>>
>> --
>> David Brown :o)
>> http://kitemap.co.uk/stack
>>
>>
>I think you mean text.news.ntlworld.com. I've been using it for a couple of
>months and it seems solid.
>
>Stan Cox
>
It's better than the other ntl alternatives, but there have been a few
times recently when all newsgroup access was down and I was
considering switching to the German fella. out of frustration.

Regards!
Stephen

[Dave Kahn]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:45:12 +0100, Steve McGinty
> wrote:

>It's better than the other ntl alternatives, but there have been a few
>times recently when all newsgroup access was down and I was
>considering switching to the German fella. out of frustration.

BlueYonder has not been that great of late either.

--
Dave...

[Taywood]

:j3E"chris French" > wrote in message
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> Apparently they are changing the name of the server.

Thanks Chris
I thought I'd missed an important message to say they
were closing !!
Mike

[chris French]

In message >, Steve McGinty
> writes
>On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:48:35 +0100, "Stan Cox"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"David Brown :o)" > wrote in message
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>>> "chris French" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> >- I still use it because of the unreliability of NTL's
>>> > servers.)
>>>
>>> I still use news.cis.dfn.de at the moment but supposedly if you use
>>> text.ntlword.com instead of news.ntlworld.com they are very reliable.
>>>
>>I think you mean text.news.ntlworld.com. I've been using it for a couple of
>>months and it seems solid.
>>
>It's better than the other ntl alternatives, but there have been a few
>times recently when all newsgroup access was down and I was
>considering switching to the German fella. out of frustration.

I don't even wish to give NTL a chance to cause me hassle if I can avoid
it. The ISP side of NTL anyway doesn't seem to understand the concept of
reliable. I allow them to post my email, that's about it (they've even
managed to mess that up a couple of times)
--
Chris French, Leeds

[NC]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" > wrote in message
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> Seen on alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent - others may be interested.

> For all who get their news via CIS.DFN.DE:
>
> The server will soon be down and replaced by <news.individual.de> for
> the german and <news.individual.net> for the english version


Many thanks, I'd not seen the announcement.

(another DFN fan).

Nigel.