| News Servers asking for authentication I tried accessing the news servers today and I keep being prompted for a username and password.
What has changed?
Can someone look into this?
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 graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | I sent mail to support already today but haven't heard back yet. Started a few days ago for me and I know I am not over quota for the month yet. |
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1 edit | said by graysonf:
I sent mail to support already today but haven't heard back yet. Started a few days ago for me and I know I am not over quota for the month yet.
Same here. I cannot be over quota as I only use usenet for text newsgroups.
Let me know if you hear back.
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | I'll let you know if I hear anything. Maybe they didn't pay the bill  |
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to ElViejoPoeta
Although you and I might not be over quota, I think it's posible that DSLi as a whole could be over quota for the month. Maybe that's it. |
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Although you and I might not be over quota, I think it's posible that DSLi as a whole could be over quota for the month. Maybe that's it.
Well, graysonf, we have been down this road before.
I actually consider newsgroups fairly central to the offerings of a good ISP. I rely on text newsgroups for my involvement with a host of communities and this is a disruption.
I hope you are wrong, but I fear you may not be 
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | Well, you can get unlimited, pretty decent text only newsgroups for free. Have you looked into that yet? |
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 avantareGo Tribe
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Warren, MI
1 edit | reply to ElViejoPoeta
I've been using this site for a couple of years now. Registration is free. You won't find any binary groups, nothing but text. Enjoy. I do.
»news.individual.net/
Chuck
Edit: adding --> all they asked of me was my name and an email address. Registration reply from them took about 3 days. |
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | That't who I was thinking of, but they went by another name until recently. |
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avantareGo Tribe
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Warren, MI | Yes, that is true. The info I posted should hook you up.
Chuck |
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said by avantare:
I've been using this site for a couple of years now. Registration is free. You won't find any binary groups, nothing but text. Enjoy. I do.
»news.individual.net/
Chuck
Edit: adding --> all they asked of me was my name and an email address. Registration reply from them took about 3 days.
I hadn't had chance to stop by dslreports.com.
I appreciate the tip. Text is all I need, so this is perfect.
Regards,
Gonzalo
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said by avantare:
Yes, that is true. The info I posted should hook you up.
Chuck
I just remembered that I tried this about a year ago and they never got back to me. Hopefully they will this time around.
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to ElViejoPoeta
Still no reply back from support or the IT manager at DSLi. My guess is they are over quota and it might start working again on Sept 2. |
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 ropeguruPremium
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Mechanicsville, VA | reply to ElViejoPoeta
I am curious. We haven't heard from Elias in a long time. Have they stopped him from showing up in this forum?? |
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | Instant Message him, he's still around. |
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
2 edits | reply to ElViejoPoeta
Dear valued customer,
Unfortunately the total quota allocated to us has been exceeded. We are currently working on tracking down the IP's responsible for downloading more than their share to take appropriate action. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes you.
DSLi Tech Support |
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| said by graysonf:
Dear valued customer,
Unfortunately the total quota allocated to us has been exceeded. We are currently working on tracking down the IP's responsible for downloading more than their share to take appropriate action. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes you.
DSLi Tech Support
Thanks for keeping us updated.
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graysonfPremium,MVM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | You're welcome. I figured that what happened was possible.
The problem with the quota system is that a user can go over quota while still connected, way over quota, probably even continue downloading without limit. He won't find out he is over quota until he disconnects and attempts to reconnect. I suppose it's even possible for a single user to exhaust the entire system quota this way.
Oh well. If all you need is text news, get on with news.individual.net
There probably won't be any more DSLi newsgroups until Sept. 2 |
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 eliasPremium,VIP
join:2000-07-24
Miami, FL | Actually, the way it works is that if a user goes over quota, they are able to finish the download. Once the download completes, they are out.
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graysonfPremium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL | You'll have to clarify what you mean by "the download." I know for a fact that it can't mean that going over quota by one article cuts you off, because I know I've done that. I'm pretty sure you mean that if you queue a bunch of stuff up to download, no matter how much, and that takes you over quota, it will all come down, then you won't be able to take more. So, conceivably, one user could dry up the whole thing. |
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