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rads

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #1

Anyone else still trying to use the ntl news servers, and been having
intermittant problems for the last few days?

I know ntl has a poor reputation, but the news servers have been OK
for a while so I haven't been motivated to look elsewhere, but, of
late, connection to the servers has been very hit 'n' miss.

Just me or more widespread?

text.news.ntlworld.com
news.ntlworld.com

David

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #2

rads <radsxxunspamxx@xxunspamxxdavidradley.freeserve.co.uk> uttered
summat worrerz funny about:
> Anyone else still trying to use the ntl news servers, and been having
> intermittant problems for the last few days?
>
> I know ntl has a poor reputation, but the news servers have been OK
> for a while so I haven't been motivated to look elsewhere, but, of
> late, connection to the servers has been very hit 'n' miss.
>
> Just me or more widespread?
>
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com
>
> David

Wait till you try and dump them! All I'll say is cancel your direct debit
promt and make sure you get the names of the operators you speak too. They
are a bunch of incompetant ****tards.

And thats not liable either, cos it's true.

Lee D

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #3

On or around Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:27:28 GMT, rads
<radsxxunspamxx@xxunspamxxdavidradley.freeserve.co.uk> enlightened us
thusly:

>Anyone else still trying to use the ntl news servers, and been having
>intermittant problems for the last few days?
>
>I know ntl has a poor reputation, but the news servers have been OK
>for a while so I haven't been motivated to look elsewhere, but, of
>late, connection to the servers has been very hit 'n' miss.
>
>Just me or more widespread?

news.individual.net.

OK, not free, but even I can afford 10 EU per year, and it's just about the
most reliable news server around.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"You praise the firm restraint with which they write -_
I'm with you there, of course: They use the snaffle and the bit
alright, but where's the bloody horse? - Roy Campbell (1902-1957)

 

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Paul - xxx

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #4

rads came up with the following;:
> Anyone else still trying to use the ntl news servers, and been having
> intermittant problems for the last few days?
>
> I know ntl has a poor reputation, but the news servers have been OK
> for a while so I haven't been motivated to look elsewhere, but, of
> late, connection to the servers has been very hit 'n' miss.
>
> Just me or more widespread?
>
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com

I run on NTL using News.Individual.Net for 'decent' newsgroups and
news.ntlworld.com for fun and pron ...

I've had no problems at all with the ntl group other than it's slightly
slower to negotiate when first starting up. Other than that it's as fast,
if not faster, than NIN


--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
ebay stuff
140041371006

 

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Del

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #5

rads wrote:
> Anyone else still trying to use the ntl news servers, and been having
> intermittant problems for the last few days?
>
> I know ntl has a poor reputation, but the news servers have been OK
> for a while so I haven't been motivated to look elsewhere, but, of
> late, connection to the servers has been very hit 'n' miss.
>
> Just me or more widespread?
>
> text.news.ntlworld.com
> news.ntlworld.com
>
> David
yep if you go to the homepage and check the service
http://www.ntlworld.com/helpsupport/

"ntlworld internet customers using the ntlworld nerwsgroups may
currently experience a degraded service due to a technical fault.

Our engineers are investigating and working to resolve the issue as soon
as possible

Please accept our apologies for any inconveneince caused"




(houston) they have a problem - with the newsgroups and also
apparently wiv der speilling I got so
****ed off I used the reserve ( they do have a load of servers
that are kept quiet) news.ntlbusiness.com

Derek

 

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Dave Liquorice

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #6

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:58:20 +0100, Lee_D wrote:

> Wait till you try and dump them! All I'll say is cancel your direct
> debit

With your bank not NTL. When ever I cancel something on DD I always
instruct my bank to remove the DD authority for them that is on my
account. 50% of the time the company will still try and take the DD and
send threatening letters when the DD bounces. I guess it's a nice little
earner, I bet most people don't tell their bank and probably don't check
their statements every month...

In the mean time the company has your money and you have to fight to get
it back, and given the fact the DD is still happening they'll probably
have not carried out your cancel instruction so will try and insist that
the payments are for the service you received *after* you cancelled.
Throw in an indian call center and, well just cancel the DD with your
bank online (to avoid the banks indian call center).

> And thats not liable either, cos it's true.

I think you mean libel. B-)

--
Cheers new5pam@howhill.com
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #7

Dave Liquorice <new5pam@howhill.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> And thats not liable either, cos it's true.
>
> I think you mean libel. B-)

I'm mildly dyslexic. But yes. Ta

It took the fookers four months to come and collect their set top box, in
that time they were pretty insistant they were supplying a service.

I'm wondering how long it'll be before they come back for the remote, must
be nearly 18 months now I'd guess.

They pulled their act together when they were advised their conversation was
being recorded and all experience would be posted on their news group server
which it was... bless! Still it got them to pull their fingers out and stop
passing the buck.

Lee D

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #8

Del <Dentspam@ntlworld.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> (houston) they have a problem - with the newsgroups and also
> apparently wiv der speilling I got so
> ****ed off I used the reserve ( they do have a load of servers
> that are kept quiet) news.ntlbusiness.com
>
> Derek

I've still got one showing here, text.news.ntlworld.com

used to miss **** loads of posts, then they would double up, then they would
reappear after three months missing in action.

Half their techie's I spoke with don't have a clue what a news group is.
Their concept was if I could get www.bbc.co.uk or google then everything was
peachy.

Lee D

 

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William Tasso

Guest

• Oct 19, 2006

• #9

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:21:30 +0100, Lee_D
<newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote:

> ...
> They pulled their act together when they were advised their conversation
> was
> being recorded

interesting - we've taken a good few calls recently that would benefit
from having been recorded, I'm becoming more interested in doing so. I
wonder if there's a requirement to announce the fact or if the call
centres simply use that as a stick.

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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Ian Rawlings

Guest

• Oct 20, 2006

• #10

On 2006-10-19, William Tasso <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote:

> interesting - we've taken a good few calls recently that would
> benefit from having been recorded, I'm becoming more interested in
> doing so. I wonder if there's a requirement to announce the fact or
> if the call centres simply use that as a stick.

IIRC there's no requirement to announce that a call is being recorded
as long as you are only going to be using the recording for your own
immediate use, e.g. making notes after a technical call. Using the
call recording in a court of law however would not be covered by that
as it's then played to people other than yourself. Ditto forwarding
the call on to a person's boss.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

 

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Derek

Guest

• Oct 20, 2006

• #11

"Lee_D" <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote in message
news:4pqc88Fk7m3bU1@individual.net...
> Del <Dentspam@ntlworld.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> (houston) they have a problem - with the newsgroups and also
>> apparently wiv der speilling I got so
>> ****ed off I used the reserve ( they do have a load of servers
>> that are kept quiet) news.ntlbusiness.com
>>
>> Derek
>
> I've still got one showing here, text.news.ntlworld.com
>
> used to miss **** loads of posts, then they would double up, then they
> would reappear after three months missing in action.
>
> Half their techie's I spoke with don't have a clue what a news group is.
> Their concept was if I could get www.bbc.co.uk or google then everything
> was peachy.
>
> Lee D
I delivered a sh*tload of kit to them for the last upgrade and met my old
mate Jim, what that lad doesn't know about computers and systems isn't worth
knowing but he works in the warehouse guess they need Uni-grads to totally
feck the system up all the qualifications and not the faintest idea of how
stuff works
Derek

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 20, 2006

• #12

William Tasso wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:21:30 +0100, Lee_D
> <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> They pulled their act together when they were advised their
>> conversation was
>> being recorded
>
> interesting - we've taken a good few calls recently that would benefit
> from having been recorded, I'm becoming more interested in doing so. I
> wonder if there's a requirement to announce the fact or if the call
> centres simply use that as a stick.

You have to announce it.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20002699.htm


--
EMB

 

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William Tasso

Guest

• Oct 20, 2006

• #13

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:09:44 +0100, EMB <embtwo@gmail.com> wrote:

> William Tasso wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:21:30 +0100, Lee_D
>> <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> They pulled their act together when they were advised their
>>> conversation was
>>> being recorded
>> interesting - we've taken a good few calls recently that would benefit
>> from having been recorded, I'm becoming more interested in doing so. I
>> wonder if there's a requirement to announce the fact or if the call
>> centres simply use that as a stick.
>
> You have to announce it.
>
> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20002699.htm

hrmm - I'm no lawyer and find such documents incredibly hard to decypher,
however it appears to me that it (the document) only covers business and
government use. Personal/domestic comms seem to have been deliberately
excluded.

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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rads

Guest

• Oct 20, 2006

• #14

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:05:46 GMT, Del <Dentspam@ntlworld.com> wrote:

<snip>
> I used the reserve ( they do have a load of servers
>that are kept quiet) news.ntlbusiness.com
>
>Derek

That one's working much better.

Ta.
David