Anyone else here trying to access RFC via Optonline's news server?

I ask b/c it seems the past few days, messages were timing out the
first time I tried to open them, but opened the second time. Now, I'm
only seeing 20 or so messages since yesterday, 9am. And when I try
to open one (I download headers only and read from the server via
outlook express), I get the error message that the post is no longer
on the server.

Something is obviously wrong, there've been more than 20 posts in the
past 24 hours! But I'm trying to see if it's my computer or their
server.

I checked the website for my ISP and they say all systems are go.

So if anyone else is having a problem, please let me know.
Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm reading via Google, which isn't the best option.
I guess I need a recommendation for an alternative news server, too.

Sheryl