DIYbanter - View Single Post - OT - Got Earthlink for a ISP? You might want to read this.

Michael A. Terrell

wrote:

On Sep 7, 3:37 pm, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Gunner wrote:

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:50:25 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Well it is one of mine.

I have been having a number of problems of late with them...can't find
the email servers, pages not loading, dead time on the line and a live
chat session that rivals the best comedy you see on the television..it
was worthless.

Now I see this in the new....

I think I will be shopping around for a new ISP...any suggestions?

TMF

Hey, T-M-F, you do KNOW that Embarq's, (which used to be Sprint)
contract withEarthlinkexpired before these layoffs? They took their
DSL customers either to another provider, or to their own backbone which
took a LOT of work away fromEarthlink'semployees. Would YOU continue
to pay hundreds of employees with nothing to do, and no work to do in
the foreseeable future?

When you are a devotee of Lenin as Too Few Brains is...yes, you MUST
keep those brave workers.

That's why he's called T-M-F.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

I still don't "get" what's going on, and can't find the right help at
either Earthlink.net or Supernews. Any advice will be appreciated!

All I know is, (1) I no longer have Earthlink's own news service, and
(2) I read that it's been "outsourced" to Supernews,

But.....OK, so how do I access my usenet service through Supernews?
Is it now an extra, for-pay service through Earthlink? (Actually, my
Earthlink service nowadays is through Time Warner Cable). Or, is the
so-called outsourcing just a way of saying Earthlink has invited us to
open separate, for-payaccounts with Supernews?

Thanks!

Use either of these news servers:

news.east.earthlink.net or
news.west.earthlink.net

I think the third server name is:
nntp.earthlink.net

All three redirect you to the Supernews servers.

Use it with whatever news reader software you prefer. I still use
Netscape 4.78 because I like the way it handles and displays threads.
You will have to delete and resusbscribe to any newsgroup you want to
read, so it is easier to select a different server name and set it as
your default server.

DO NOT USE news.earthlink.net It is the old Earthlink server which was
scheduled to be scrapped. It might already be gone.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida