On Saturday 02 June 2001 07:32 am, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s > > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 3:28 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and > > understand the.... > > > > On Friday 01 June 2001 05:37 am, you wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:16 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and > > > > understand the.... > > > > > > the new ng situation. I can't find sh*t off the website, and > > > > can't get into > > > > the ngs to find anything out. What's going on? I found out > > > > off of Hal > > > > Burgiss's site that one must now sign up with some 3rd party > > > > newserver, but > > > > we are limited or some sh*t. > > > > > > > > I just don't get it. Can anybody translate the bullsh*t to > > > > 'english" for me? > > > > How do I get back into my favorite ngs? > > > > -s > > > > > > I use BellSouth FastAccess. > > > I am afraid I have no idea to what you are referring. > > > Other than a $5 increase in the monthly rate I have noted > > > > no changes. > > > > > Please edify me. > > > > > > Charles > > > > Well, I think I have a handle on it now. Seems bellsouth > > farmed out much of > > their newservice to a 3rd party - webnews or some sh*te. > > anyway, if we as > > fastaccess users want to use this service, we must first sign > > up at that news > > service's site. change our settings, which there have been > > conflicting > > reports as to what to change them to, and then make sure we > > don't download > > more that 500 mb of news a month. I'm pissed really. > > However, we can > > continue to use the old servers at dial up speeds. So > > anyway, I've set up > > leafnode to suck news from my favorite ngs thru the old dial > > up server and > > plan to save my 500 megs for binaries. maybe. this leafnode > > thing is an > > experiment and it's working good, I just don't know. > > <rant>It don't seem > > right to me that I have to do it, we shouldn't be limited to > > a half a gig. > > One iso and ooppps, reached our limit. > > this is after the promised dial up backup being yanked out > > from under us (ok, > > 20 free hours a month - big whooo when dsl goes out for a > > week! So pay for > > an unoperative service and dial up too. Love it....) and > > then less than a > > month after I chose adsl instead of cable, the price goes up. > > cable is still > > $25 a month here! So I'm paying double for adsl... Let's > > not even mention > > the $360 I paid for hardware to use this service in linux.... </rant> > > > > Sorry.... got started again.... > > > > -s > > The only changes that I have been notified of or can find any reference to > from > the Web site are the $5 rate increase and the new 20 hr limit for the > back-up dial > up service but nothing regarding any server change or the implimentation of > any > download limit. > > BellSouth was the first to offer broadband in my area and I got it as soon > as it > was avaiable which has been roughly 2 years. > The modem was free, there was no activation charge, the only thing I paid > was the > monthly rate. > I have been very happy with the service, but should their level of service > drop > or they impose too many restriction there is now avaiable here DSL from > several > other providers as well as Roadrunner Cable. > > A thought just struck me, the 500MB limit of which you spoke could apply to > only the mail > server (mail.clt.bellsouth.net) Not for general downloads. > Restriction on general downloads would be established by the pipeline > provider not > by BellSouth. > > Charles (-: > > P.S. This is going only to you not the list. It showed up on the list. That's okay. The download limit is on the ng downloads, either txt or binary (including headers). Nothing to do with regular access downloads. I like my ngs, spend too much time there I guess, so this hits a little too close to home. I was still steaming about the dial up backup because that was one of the mail selling points to me, and then it like "here you go.... pschyc". And the $5. increase happened like days after I signed up. I was supposed to get two months free, but they are still billing me for the dial up. My only choices in my area are Bellsouth adsl or charter pipeline cable. (Cable is $25 bucks.) The modem Bellsouth sent me would not work in linux, it was windows only pci thing, still unopened over here on the floor. But if I cancel, they want to charge me $200 for it. What kind of modem did they send you that would work in linux two years ago? -s
