In article <1114017675.408480@smtp-1.griffin.com>,
Geoff <fooooooool@hotmail.com> wrote:

"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.   [ ... ]

Cogent and OT/FT are involved in a dispute over money; from what I read
elsewhere, OT/FT pulled the plug first. The only workaround is a proxy
at a third party site, who's still on speaking terms with both of them.


Gary

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Windows is like SUVs; a bad idea, poorly implemented, unsafe, with a
lot of inept users, but a fact of life we have to put up with.