IS News Server down?

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Got this response from Imagine:

Hi XXX

Internet Solutions have outgrown there news server/ ftp server and are in the
process of upgrading the system. Please be patient as they do not yet have an ETA.

Regards
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IS must provide us with a full explanation and also commit to a date this will be fixed. Whilst the service is not working they should not bill us.
 
i've even switched from my netgear router to the telkom router, no luck. still gettting 1.6kbs tops. :(
 
VJB 449 said:
Got this response from Imagine:



IS must provide us with a full explanation and also commit to a date this will be fixed. Whilst the service is not working they should not bill us.
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Must be a proudly south african upgrade, so far its been **** for 2weeks. Dont think this "upgrade" is of the highest priority to them or we have...(will get kicked of forum if i continue)
 
Wynsam said:
news.isdsl.co.za
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09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?
09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?
09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?

*sighs* what client you using?
 
ziglet said:
09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?
09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?
09/13/2006 11:08:56 SERVER=new, MSG=SendCommand - failed response: 499 Try again later - remote server down?

*sighs* what client you using?
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Grabit
 
Wynsam said:
Grabit
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I see whats wrong, seems its only running on local cache and not updating from international:

group alt.binaries.nl
499 Try again later - remote server down?

group alt.binaries.divx
211 712652 3106583 3819234 alt.binaries.divx


group alt.binaries.nl
499 Try again later - remote server down?

group alt.binaries.divx
211 712652 3106583 3819234 alt.binaries.divx

group alt.binaries.multimedia
211 13158559 156556257 169714815 alt.binaries.multimedia

group alt.binaries.movies.divx
211 5656097 61925151 67581247 alt.binaries.movies.divx

group alt.binaries.triballs
499 Try again later - remote server down?

group alt.binaries.warez
499 Try again later - remote server down?

group alt.binaries.ftd
499 Try again later - remote server down?

group alt.binaries.movies.xvid
499 Try again later - remote server down?


*EDIT: hah, i was right, went and found some arb stuff on alt.binaries.divx and running full speed ahead
 
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any idea how to search whats available on local cache only??i normally use newzbin for my other stuff
 
You must be onto something there Ziglet cause Im getting something from alt.binaries.multimedia and Im getting up and down speeds of about 80- 90kB/sec on a 4mb line. It is true. What is IS without the newsgroups? If saix had a good news server, i dont think anyone would bother with IS. Unless you take into account the 30gig you can get for + - R150 :) \

Style
 
Yeah. But I guess thats still a dream. Who knows. The regulations may kick in quicker than we expect...like the day before the 2010 kickoff :D

Lets keep the updates going. So we will be in the know when and if the IS indaba turns around so we can get back to business.

Style

ps... is there a news.isdsl.co.za? I didnt think there was. only news.is.co.za and news.isdsl.net.
 
I think news.isdsl. net is working again...but they have stopped you from using more than 4 connections. Maybe its not the speed that is killing the server but the amount of connections people are making to it to try and get the best speed possible. I could be wrong tho. Not an expert. speeds are fluctuating from 30 - 90 kB/s but averaging about 50kB/s. Hope this helps anyone who is following the situation.

Style
 
Dead here... How can it be some people get on and others not? They punishing the 4mbit'ers?
 
Style said:
I think news.isdsl. net is working again...but they have stopped you from using more than 4 connections. Maybe its not the speed that is killing the server but the amount of connections people are making to it to try and get the best speed possible. I could be wrong tho. Not an expert. speeds are fluctuating from 30 - 90 kB/s but averaging about 50kB/s. Hope this helps anyone who is following the situation.

Style
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Style, what newsreader are you using? Both servers seem to be up (and are accepting more than 4 connections at a time).
 
I'm not on a 4MB line but i still am only getting 0.001kb/s with 2 connections?
 
First time since it's lengthy absense, news server is working for me.

Yay! Hope this keeps up...
 
Not working for me, why did IS let the server get so bad, cant they forsee the future just a little bit, now people will cancel their accounts and they will end up loosing money, they dont even have a representative on this forum, Im kind of wondering why I support them so much
 
25-35kB/s here for the past 2 hours, lets hope it keeps going.

Only problem is I'm getting a large amount of errors and incomplete files - have to keep retrying in order for the file to complete.
 
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