View Full Version : Blueyonder - do they block some newsgroups?
spartacus101
26-09-2005, 22:21
A friend of mine across the pond recommended I subscribe to a particular newsgroup... my ISP is Blueyonder, and I took a look for it - but it's not listed.
It's nothing particularaly eyebrow-lifting, so I wonder do BY block certain groups; anyone know? :suspect:
hardtofin
26-09-2005, 22:25
no, but you can only list the newsgroups available on BY's server afaik. So thats maybe why you cant see it.
ISP news server are crap, thats why u have to pay to get teh best, premium news servers are the way to go m8.
phil
spartacus101
26-09-2005, 22:38
Hmmm... interesting. So there's a whole newsgroup thang outside of BY, then? What do people recommend? And what $ are we talking here?
$15 for unlimited access @newshosting
maxes my 2mb NTL line no probs with 4/5 connections
phil
If it's a text newsgroup and it's available on their feed you can add it yourself here: http://news-text.blueyonder.co.uk/
BY are not adding binary newsgroups to their news server at the moment and are unlikely to do so for a while as they are currently using additional capacity to cope with the growing demands of the current feed.
gertrude
27-09-2005, 06:16
ISP news server are crap, thats why u have to pay to get teh best, premium news servers are the way to go m8.
phil
With BY's groups, there really has not been much that I have wanted that has not been listed by them. Couple that with the fact that I do not pay extra for them and that because of the speed increase I am currently downloading at 917kB/sec, I really can't complain!
BY have taken some time and effort to improve their servers, and it has been, on the whole, well worth it. Hopefully they keep going at it and some beancounter does not look at the current additional capacity situation and pull the plug.
G
no they don't and they will add but only do it periodically.
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