Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 in Bell Canada http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15994267 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:28:25 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:28:25 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16018655 dennilfloss :
said by decx See Profile :

The lack of completion makes Bell servers rather useless.
Main reason why I subscribe to Astraweb.
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I gave up and got a free TeraNews account for now - may upgrade to a better package later.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16018077 Tue, 02 May 2006 20:01:27 EDT Re: Sympatico will end Usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16017492 sss111 : Tried it, you can only register with @sympatico email box, the IP is just to verify that you connect yourself from bell's network (Bell's ip pool).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16017492 Tue, 02 May 2006 18:37:16 EDT Re: Sympatico will end Usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16017011 rijswijk :
said by sss111 See Profile :

Did you used your @sympatico.ca account for registering ?
don't have to it only allows sympatico HS/dial up users ips access with authentication

I for one will switch to a better service now and say farewell to bell again

besides I'll get the same service for $26 less (first 5 months) including unlimited usenet access
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Contacted tech support and so far, he's not much help. Tells me to sign up again. I tell him it won't let me... Running around in circles. He doesn't seem to be addressing the issue: no activation e-mail sent!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16015528 Tue, 02 May 2006 14:08:18 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014435 anon : if your on the enhanced mail profile its in yoru junk mail and you ll need to log into the web based aka hotmail.com or sympatico.msn page to see the email. mine was activated within minutes]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014435 Tue, 02 May 2006 11:27:31 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014180 beres :
said by docbg See Profile :

Has anyone been able to activate with NewsHosting?
Check if your spam filters trapped the response. I have it registered and functioning fine - 10 mins effort.

FWIW - the 256K d/l speed limit is a pain - I monitor a woodworking pictures group and some folks post 'huge' files so it takes 5 mins to see someone's nice coffee table :-(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014180 Tue, 02 May 2006 10:41:56 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014100 docbg : Has anyone been able to activate with NewsHosting?

I registered but never received my activation e-mail.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16014100 Tue, 02 May 2006 10:27:26 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16005728 dirtyjeffer :
said by XoX See Profile :

So what because not everyone use it, it's not need it?
if they don't maintain it, or support it, it saves them money...why waste money on something the vast majority of their customers never use.
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said by dirtyjeffer See Profile :

^^^that looks like an "ad" to me, but since it may be offering some assistance, i won't complain about it.

seriously, how many of sympatico's 2.2 million users use a newsgroup, or even know what one is.
Geez what a pathetic excuse... Not only does Sympatico charge more for less than many other provider... It's the only one I know about that try to sell something to it's customer almost every time they call.

So what because not everyone use it, it's not need it? So that mean they could remove what's left of their pathetic mail service if they keep thinking the same way...

Great keep it up Sympatico...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16005598 Mon, 01 May 2006 01:20:20 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16005230 decx :
said by dirtyjeffer See Profile :

^^^that looks like an "ad" to me, but since it may be offering some assistance, i won't complain about it.

seriously, how many of sympatico's 2.2 million users use a newsgroup, or even know what one is.
Part of the decline of users of Bell/Sympatico's usenet servers aren't due to a decline in popularity of newsgroups, but rather the drastic decline in quality of usenet services provided by Bell via their servers. The lack of completion makes Bell servers rather useless. It's not only binaries that suffers from this problem, but some text groups as well. I personally stopped using the servers a few years ago. For me the only thing the servers were useful for were accessing local groups like sympatico.highspeed and even those had the occasional completion and sync problems.

However Bell was still good enough to get it's users some form of usenet access via Newshosting rather than leaving their users to find their own alternative like some other large ISPs.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16005230 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:47:27 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16004783 dirtyjeffer : ^^^that looks like an "ad" to me, but since it may be offering some assistance, i won't complain about it.

seriously, how many of sympatico's 2.2 million users use a newsgroup, or even know what one is.
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> i recommend google groups.

Web-based news reading/posting sucks, and with google you can't post anonymously (using non-functional e-mail addresses) or use different identities for different news groups.

> rogers dropped news service last year. this
> is no suprise.

The surprise is that Bell peers their feed with others (ie usenet costs them nothing) while Rogers (like most cable companies) can't really peer their usenet feed with anyone (all of their bandwidth is purchased, whereas Bell has traffic agreements with other networks).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15998843 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:53:32 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15998017 Roop : for those of you who want to post text messages, i recommend google groups.

for those who want do download binaries newshosting has unlimited service for $15 USD.

don't kid yourselfs guys, google has been an alternative for text messages for some time now and bell never had any good retention/completion.

rogers dropped news service last year. this is no suprise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15998017 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:02:54 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15997587 sss111 : Anyone got it working ? filled the form, did not receive the confirmation email.

04/29/2006 16:17:27 SERVER=news.bell.newshosting.com, MSG=Auth: Username or Password is incorrect - The server rejected the authentication

triple verified the login info, tried 2 clients.

I want that Bourne Identity OST Now ! :P]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15997587 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:21:54 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15997356 BellVictim : Bell's new motto:

GIVING YOU LESS FOR YOUR MONEY

(Why am I not surprised here, by Bell).

(I wonder how long it'll be until they "no longer support email" - MSN sado-masochism is a good first step, eh?)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15997356 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:33:49 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996986 corster : Monkey See Monkey Do.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996986 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:21:34 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996606 anon : > www.flashnewsgroups.com my friend.
> 13 usd a month
> Can't get better then that.

How about 0$ per month?

You're telling me that $13/month is better than 0$ / month?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996606 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:01:29 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996589 anon : > Something wrong with the free Newshosting offer?

Yes. Posting isin't allowed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15996589 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:58:08 EDT Re: Sympatico will end usenet service on May 25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15995809 mau108 : »www.flashnewsgroups.com my friend.

8 connections (shareable), 13 usd a month. Can't get better then that.
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said by MacGyver See Profile :

Well this sucks royally. No more access to ott.forsale and ott.forsale.computing! :mad:
Something wrong with the free Newshosting offer?

For those who wish to keep using Usenet, NewsHosting (an unaffiliated Usenet provider) will provide Bell Sympatico customers up to 1 GB per month of Usenet service at no cost.
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»service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?m···_id=5487

Going forward, we invite you to post messages on our web-based discussion forums available at »www.bell.ca/internetforum

For those who wish to keep using Usenet, NewsHosting (an unaffiliated Usenet provider) will provide Bell Sympatico customers up to 1 GB per month of Usenet service at no cost. Optional premium services, which can be purchased directly from NewsHosting, are also available. To sign up, or learn more about these services, visit »bell.newshosting.com/

For more information on the discontinuation of the Sympatico Usenet service, read our frequently asked questions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15994267 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:14:39 EDT