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Gregory Morrow > wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
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> > "sf" > wrote
> >
> > > Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> > > moment? *I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> > > minutes so far. *Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> > > but did on retry. *Does anyone know what's going on? *I hate to talk
> > > to them because they act like it's my fault. *They assume I've changed
> > > settings or done something else just as bad.
> >
> > Can you imagine me? *New pc and all, trying to figure out WHY can't
> > I get to newsgroups??? *What did I screw up? *It was working fine
> > yesterday!! *
> >
> > Talk about bad timing.
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> Well, I was *this* close to getting Comcast broadband so this thread
> is *very* relevant, lol...

I've had a cable modem since about 1998, first via @Home, and then ATT,
and then I forget who, and now Comcast. It does have its problems, but
mostly it works very well. You're probably unlikely to get equivalent
speeds using DSL.

Isaac