"Tom Baldwin" <tomba_nospam_@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:pfmv51ttalf8l71e1bknc4vfo6lihj4iu9@4ax.com

I've not been able to connect for over 24 hours: "no such
file or directory". No "news" on the web site. No other
reports here. Is it just me??

read the webpage:

 April 18, 2005
We have confirmed that there is a known network peering issue between Cogent 
(our ISP) and OpenTransit (France Telcom) that is affecting connectivity for 
many participants in Europe. Campus has opened a trouble ticket with Cogent 
but we are unsure that this will result in a fix. We will post news items as 
we learn more. Many thanks go to the posters in this message board thread 
for their diagnostics and work arounds.

April 17, 2005
There are reports of a connectivity problem between some parts of Europe and 
our Cogent facing server. We are making inquires. For discussion of the 
problem and a suggested workaround using proxies, see this message board 
thread.