I think they're just not paying their "third party" enough to give a damn.
It just kills me with the lame excuses they give me when it happens. I think
you're right about it happening more on weekends


"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"RBM" wrote in message
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John, I've been having the same problem with Optimum for about two weeks.
If
I reply to a post, it'll show up if I look on google groups, but my news
reader doesn't get it, sometimes up to three hours. I've been complaining
to
Optimum, but getting nowhere. They tell me to expect "some latency", or
ask
me what browser I'm using, then they tell me the newsgroup servers are
farmed out to a third party, like that should mean something to me. Kinda
like beatin a dead horse



Thanks for letting me know Roy. I was wondering if it was just me. A few
years ago I kept having a problem every weekend with Optimum's newsgroup
servers. I called them several times and they said that they weren't
experiencing any problems and put the blame on my computer. After about
two
months the problem miraculously went away and I had changed nothing on my
system. They tout the quality and speed of their network so much that
maybe
they refuse to admit to a customer that there is a problem.



"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
news In article ,
"John Grabowski" wrote:

I guess I'll take this one on since no one else wants it. LOL

Huh? How many people do you have kill-filed, for god's sake? Or maybe
your ISP is putting a six hour delay on articles.


Now that you mentioned it, I have noticed that my ISP's newsgroup
server
has
been dragging its feet lately. I'll make a call. Maybe the bandwidth
is
getting used up as they expand service and now are adding phones onto
the
lines.