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Hooray. Demon's new server is up and running and I'm back.
Hello all. Have I missed much? -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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On 12 Nov, 22:56, Ian Jelf wrote: Hooray. * Demon's new server is up and running and I'm back. Hello all. * Have I missed much? Things seem to have been a little quiet on utl of late (though my attendance here is unfortunately somewhat erratic!). Lately we've had talk of whether babbling buses are a benefit or a bane, DLR delays and debatable deterioration, and Bozza's new business blueprint for TfL's future - his "Way to Go" (on which I have yet to pass judgement!). Bizarrely many matters London transportational were touched upon in a recent uk.railway thread ("Let's all do the Boris") which somewhat unexpectedly sprang from the unpromising source of a semi-coherent rant. Somewhat shocking that Demon, the progenitor of UK internet access, should have managed to make such a meal out of providing usenet access. Does this mean newsgroups are dying? |
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Somewhat shocking that Demon, the progenitor of UK internet access, should have managed to make such a meal out of providing usenet access. Does this mean newsgroups are dying? Not completely sure about newsgroups*, but Demon is definitely dying. -- Alex T., Demon subscriber from April 2006 to June 2008 * - probably 75% of my favourite newsgroups died out in the past 2 years (thankfully some managed successful transition to web forums) |
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, Mizter T writes Somewhat shocking that Demon, the progenitor of UK internet access, should have managed to make such a meal out of providing usenet access. That was my thought. There have been interruptions tot he Mail service as well. Not lengthy ones but enough to cause me problems. I've written to them asking what plans they have to offer a rebate on their charge for the partial loss of service. The reply (from the "missing the point" school of customer care, glibly told me that there was no problem with the mail "at the moment" and that the news service was due back shortly. Needles to say, another e-mail has winged its way of to them. On the subject of Usenet dying, I've always been surprised at how few people outside, well, Usenet, have any idea of its existence or what it is. -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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Ian Jelf wrote:
I've written to them asking what plans they have to offer a rebate on their charge for the partial loss of service. Please keep me informed how you get on. I gave up waiting and started using nntp.aioe.org for text - it's a lot quicker than Demon anyway. On the bright side, Demon's new binaries service is vastly superior to their old one... it's now always possible to get all the parts of a multi-part post, which was rarely possible before. |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Ian Jelf wrote:
On the subject of Usenet dying, I've always been surprised at how few people outside, well, Usenet, have any idea of its existence or what it is. I imagine the people on gopherspace say much the same thing. tom -- Osteoclasts = monsters from the DEEP -- Andrew |
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writes I've written to them asking what plans they have to offer a rebate on their charge for the partial loss of service. The reply (from the "missing the point" school of customer care, glibly told me that there was no problem with the mail "at the moment" and that the news service was due back shortly. Needles to say, another e-mail has winged its way of to them. On the subject of Usenet dying, I've always been surprised at how few people outside, well, Usenet, have any idea of its existence or what it is. Sir needs to look at the cheesy server (http://motzarella.org) which kept me connected whilst Demon sorted their lives out. -- Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building. You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK (please use the reply to address for email) |
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On Nov 12, 10:56 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Hooray. Demon's new server is up and running and I'm back. Hello all. Have I missed much? Just that replica watches are getting cheaper. |
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, Offramp writes On Nov 12, 10:56 pm, Ian Jelf wrote: Hooray. Demon's new server is up and running and I'm back. Hello all. Have I missed much? Just that replica watches are getting cheaper. Pardon?! :-) -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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writes In message , Offramp writes On Nov 12, 10:56 pm, Ian Jelf wrote: Hooray. Demon's new server is up and running and I'm back. Hello all. Have I missed much? Just that replica watches are getting cheaper. Pardon?! :-) Sorry to follow up my own post but I've just looked at the threads and the penny has dropped! -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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