Posted by legg on March 27, 2016, 5:28 am
>
>> still a test is this group alive
>
>There were two or three new threads a month in 2015.
>In 2016 so far, I see only your question, and we're closing on the end
>of the first quarter...
>
>Sometimes this is not the fault of the users. Servers can simply dump
>this traffic, giving no warning, error message or other info. Readers
>can't tell what's going on, except that traffic ceases.
>
>I know the Primus server stopped serving it's clients with a usenet
>connection in December 2015. They had been rerouting most traffic
>through a third party service for some time. I guess they figured they
>could finally pull the plug without significant financial
>repercussions.
>
>Has since disavowed any obligation or responsibility to provide the
>service. Have been using the increasingly unmentioned service from day
>one, though originally through a provider that Primus simply absorbed.
>
>Have had to re-hookup through NewsDemon, a paid service, for a few
>dollars a month.
>
A little research shows that Primus Web hosting halved in the third
quater of 2015. Possibly they're concentrating on other services,
but......
http://trends.builtwith.com/hosting/Primus
Check out your own service provider.
RL
Posted by Morris Dovey on March 29, 2016, 12:41 pm
On 3/26/16 11:56 PM, legg wrote:
>
>> still a test is this group alive
>
> There were two or three new threads a month in 2015.
> In 2016 so far, I see only your question, and we're closing on the end
> of the first quarter...
>
> Sometimes this is not the fault of the users. Servers can simply dump
> this traffic, giving no warning, error message or other info. Readers
> can't tell what's going on, except that traffic ceases.
>
> I know the Primus server stopped serving it's clients with a usenet
> connection in December 2015. They had been rerouting most traffic
> through a third party service for some time. I guess they figured they
> could finally pull the plug without significant financial
> repercussions.
>
> Has since disavowed any obligation or responsibility to provide the
> service. Have been using the increasingly unmentioned service from day
> one, though originally through a provider that Primus simply absorbed.
>
> Have had to re-hookup through NewsDemon, a paid service, for a few
> dollars a month.
Usenet is available as a free public service from aioe.org – point your
browser at
http://news.aioe.org/
for information
--
Morris Dovey
http://www.iedu.com/Solar/
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>> still a test is this group alive
>
>There were two or three new threads a month in 2015.
>In 2016 so far, I see only your question, and we're closing on the end
>of the first quarter...
>
>Sometimes this is not the fault of the users. Servers can simply dump
>this traffic, giving no warning, error message or other info. Readers
>can't tell what's going on, except that traffic ceases.
>
>I know the Primus server stopped serving it's clients with a usenet
>connection in December 2015. They had been rerouting most traffic
>through a third party service for some time. I guess they figured they
>could finally pull the plug without significant financial
>repercussions.
>
>Has since disavowed any obligation or responsibility to provide the
>service. Have been using the increasingly unmentioned service from day
>one, though originally through a provider that Primus simply absorbed.
>
>Have had to re-hookup through NewsDemon, a paid service, for a few
>dollars a month.
>