My ISP is cancelling my service. It's a pathetic DSL but it has a fixed
IP address. Unfortunately, it seems they do NOT offer an equivalent plan.

I really did try, HARD, to stay with them to keep e-mail addresses and
USENET and everything else they provide. But as it turns out, all they
did was JERK ME AROUND and promise what they COULD NOT KEEP. That is, I
wanted to keep a static IP address. After 2 weeks of disappointment,
they finally admitted they would NOT offer this to me, even though up to
that point they promised it.

AT&T U-verse came out twice. first to set it up with a new hone line
and modem and EVERYTHING. It's not AT&T's fault, though. It was
EARTHLINK who promised me that the additional $15/month for the static
IP still applied.

So that gt canceled (even though it was effectively ready to go) because
I basically can NOT have a dynamic IP address. It's a "deal breaker". I
told them up front, multiple times, and keot making sure, but when the
tech was here, he's like "dynamic setup". They LIED to me.

Then I got a BUSINESS connection, for $3/month more, and promised a
static IP. When the tech arrived, it was a "dynamic order".
Re-schedule for later, he suggested, and I had to wait until the next
day to contact Earthlink.

THEN - I call AGAIN, and find out "we do not offer static IP". Really?
Then you LIED to me TWICE!!! OK cancel everything, but the weire is
still set up. See, they use AT&T U-verse as their provider.

So guess what *I* did? I called AT&T of course, for a business
connection! So on Tuesday they said they'd set it all up and give me a
/29 IPv4 block [essentially] for about the same price as before with
Earthlink (pathetic) DSL (with static IP). Buh-Bye, Earthlink!!! You
wanted MORE $ to get LESS. And you have canceled what I wanted and
jerked me around TOO MUCH! As soon as the new connection is up and
running and the DNS caches have all updated, you're GONE.

But, as far as I can tell, I won't have a USENET server with the new
thing. So I'll have to buy that at an additional cost. I figure there
are a LOT out there...

https://www.usenet.com/

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.


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http://news.aioe.org and has SSL!


Big Bad Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

My ISP is cancelling my service. It's a pathetic DSL but it has a fixed
IP address. Unfortunately, it seems they do NOT offer an equivalent plan.

I really did try, HARD, to stay with them to keep e-mail addresses and
USENET and everything else they provide. But as it turns out, all they
did was JERK ME AROUND and promise what they COULD NOT KEEP. That is, I wanted to keep a static IP address. After 2 weeks of disappointment,
they finally admitted they would NOT offer this to me, even though up to
that point they promised it.

AT&T U-verse came out twice. first to set it up with a new hone line
and modem and EVERYTHING. It's not AT&T's fault, though. It was
EARTHLINK who promised me that the additional $15/month for the static
IP still applied.

So that gt canceled (even though it was effectively ready to go) because
I basically can NOT have a dynamic IP address. It's a "deal breaker". I
told them up front, multiple times, and keot making sure, but when the
tech was here, he's like "dynamic setup". They LIED to me.

Then I got a BUSINESS connection, for $3/month more, and promised a
static IP. When the tech arrived, it was a "dynamic order".
Re-schedule for later, he suggested, and I had to wait until the next
day to contact Earthlink.

THEN - I call AGAIN, and find out "we do not offer static IP". Really?
Then you LIED to me TWICE!!! OK cancel everything, but the weire is
still set up. See, they use AT&T U-verse as their provider.

So guess what *I* did? I called AT&T of course, for a business
connection! So on Tuesday they said they'd set it all up and give me a
/29 IPv4 block [essentially] for about the same price as before with Earthlink (pathetic) DSL (with static IP). Buh-Bye, Earthlink!!! You
wanted MORE $ to get LESS. And you have canceled what I wanted and
jerked me around TOO MUCH! As soon as the new connection is up and
running and the DNS caches have all updated, you're GONE.

But, as far as I can tell, I won't have a USENET server with the new
thing. So I'll have to buy that at an additional cost. I figure there
are a LOT out there...

https://www.usenet.com/

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.

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On 11/13/21 03:50, Ant wrote:

http://news.aioe.org and has SSL!

test using aoie - seems to work

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Big Bad Bombastic Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

On 11/13/21 03:50, Ant wrote:

http://news.aioe.org and has SSL!

test using aoie - seems to work

:)
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 01:18:34 -0800, Big Bad Bob wrote:

But, as far as I can tell, I won't have a USENET server with the new
thing. So I'll have to buy that at an additional cost. I figure there
are a LOT out there...

https://www.usenet.com/

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.

Do you want text and binaries or only text?
For only text I would go for eternal-september.org. It's free

For binaries i would avoid omicron backbone.
List of comercial providers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Usenet/wiki/
providers

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On 11/15/21 14:53, AnonymousCoward wrote:

On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 01:18:34 -0800, Big Bad Bob wrote:

But, as far as I can tell, I won't have a USENET server with the new
thing. So I'll have to buy that at an additional cost. I figure there
are a LOT out there...

https://www.usenet.com/

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a
particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.

Do you want text and binaries or only text?
For only text I would go for eternal-september.org. It's free

For binaries i would avoid omicron backbone.
List of comercial providers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Usenet/wiki/
providers

also, thanks. aioe seems to be pretty good but very little
retention/history.

giganews (what earthlink currently uses) is a little pricier but has a
LOT of history.

I'll check the ones you recommend as well (thanks).

Unrelated, earthlink is SUPPOSED to keep my IP address fixed/static.
But they know I'm dumping them. So it CHANGED withi the last hour,
screwing up a bunch of stuff I do. FORTUNATELY, AT&T is coming tomorrow
AM. Earthlink gets a ZERO STAR from ME for LOUSY CUSTOMER SERVICE.
They LIED to me, wasted 2 weeks of my time, and (essentially) sold me on
THEIR COMPETITOR'S SERVICE (AT&T) who I've always had at least decent
dealings with. earthlink has been PAINFUL but did what I wanted UNTIL
they screwed me on the fixed/static IP. I have had thenm for ~20 years
and went from satisfied to tolerant and then "put up with it" and
FINALLY "screw YOU earthlink!"

(ok I'll rant in a different post later.)

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'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
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Big Bad Bob wrote:

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.

A friend of mine works (or used to?) as a dev for Easynews. Spoke highly of
it, but, y'know, grain of salt and all that.

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On 11/16/21 07:49, Auric__ wrote:

Big Bad Bob wrote:

and so I have choices. But if anyone has had a great experience with a
particular service, please let me know (thanks). SSL login of course.

A friend of mine works (or used to?) as a dev for Easynews. Spoke highly of it, but, y'know, grain of salt and all that.

Thanks. New AT&T connection working well - you can test on
bigbadbob.name if you like. Let me know if you find any problems.
hopefully did not screw up the firewall...

and the old earthlink connection has been killed, canceled, and
abandoned to the trash heap.


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'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
"Straighten up and fly right"

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Big Bad Bombastic Bob wrote:

and the old earthlink connection has been killed, canceled, and
abandoned to the trash heap.

I used Earthlink right before 9/11 happened. Brought it with me when I
traveled to San Diego to do my 2 weeks, had no problems. It's sad what 20
years hath wrought.

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On 2021-11-16 21:24, Auric__ wrote:

Big Bad Bombastic Bob wrote:

and the old earthlink connection has been killed, canceled, and
abandoned to the trash heap.

I used Earthlink right before 9/11 happened. Brought it with me when I traveled to San Diego to do my 2 weeks, had no problems. It's sad what 20 years hath wrought.

exactly! thing is, they had a lot to offer me back then. Fixed IP
address for regular DSL, a home office setup. Decent bandwidth for "at
the time" and reasonable results from occasional customer service. It
slowly degraded into people with bad accentsl (obviously in India)
sometimes friendly but usually *TOO* *FRIENDLY* (like "GET TO THE POINT" irritating) and unable to deviate from the boiler plate without
aggressive responses from ME.

And that culminated with OUTRIGHT LYING TO ME. TWICE.

And, RIGHT BEFORE the AT&T setup was put in, THEY CHANGED MY IP ADDRESS
WITHOUT WARNING. I maybe should have called them anyway to piss them
off and get them to fix it or lie to me some more, but I did not. It's
like "I'm filing for divorce tomorrow. I do not give a shit!"


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'Feeling with my fingers, and thinking with my brain' - me

'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
"Straighten up and fly right"

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On 11/13/21 19:49, Ant wrote:

Big Bad Bombastic Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

On 11/13/21 03:50, Ant wrote:

http://news.aioe.org and has SSL!

test using aoie - seems to work

:)

one thing I'e noticed, aioe does not seem to let you muck with NNTP
headers. Nothing custom, basically.

makes it difficult to post to "certain newsgroups". but for now I'm up
and running.

--
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'Feeling with my fingers, and thinking with my brain' - me

'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
"Straighten up and fly right"

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Auric__ <[email protected]s> wrote:

Big Bad Bombastic Bob wrote:

and the old earthlink connection has been killed, canceled, and
abandoned to the trash heap.

I used Earthlink right before 9/11 happened. Brought it with me when I traveled to San Diego to do my 2 weeks, had no problems. It's sad what 20 years hath wrought.

I miss old ELN. :(
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