Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
anyone else experienced this?
Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
Strange.

On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
>
Nope.
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On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:31:18 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> Strange.


I don't use that service...

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Greg

On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> Strange.
>

Yes. Uploading is taking longer too. Only seconds, but not like usual

On 3/17/2021 12:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> Strange.
>

I use it for alt.home.repair , haven't noticed anything funny .
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Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:49:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>>
>
> Yes. Uploading is taking longer too. Only seconds, but not like usual

Thanks Ed! Uploading is also taking longer for me too.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:49:15 -0600, Graham > wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:49:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>> Strange.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Uploading is taking longer too. Only seconds, but not like usual
>
>Thanks Ed! Uploading is also taking longer for me too.

Clearly, it's Trump's fault. I'm so sick of that guy!

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On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> Strange.

Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
show up either. I've tested multiple newsgroups. Might have to switch
to a paid service at this rate.

On 2021-03-17 11:42 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>
> Normally when I post it uploads immediately.Â* I use Eternal September.
> Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
> up yet...Â* This is new.Â* Not sure if this post is eventually going to
> show up either.Â* I've tested multiple newsgroups.Â* Might have to switch
> to a paid service at this rate.

When I used to use Eternal September, I occasionally experienced the
same delay as you.
Everything is back to normal for Blocknews this morning, it seems.

On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 12:04:12 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-17 11:42 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
> > On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> >> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> >> anyone else experienced this?
> >> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> >> Strange.
> >
> > Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
> > Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
> > up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
> > show up either. I've tested multiple newsgroups. Might have to switch
> > to a paid service at this rate.
> When I used to use Eternal September, I occasionally experienced the
> same delay as you.
> Everything is back to normal for Blocknews this morning, it seems.


President Trump is happy for you, Graham...

:-D

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Best
Greg

On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:40:36 AM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
> > Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> > anyone else experienced this?
> > Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> > Strange.
> Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
> Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
> up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
> show up either. I've tested multiple newsgroups. Might have to switch
> to a paid service at this rate.

The same thing happened to me about a decade ago. I thought that switching to a paid service would help but it didn't. These days I just use Google Groups. OTOH, the Usenet services tend to be a lot more reliable than they used to be in the past - probably because they're using cloud servers. My guess is that it's some sort of local service problem in your area. Wait awhile and it'll go away. We've certainly been having problems in my rock in the middle of nowhere.

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 01:42:29 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>
>Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
>Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
>up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
>show up either.

We'll have to wait and see.

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The real Bruce posts with Eternal September

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:17:49 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:40:36 AM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>> > Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> > anyone else experienced this?
>> > Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> > Strange.
>> Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
>> Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
>> up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
>> show up either. I've tested multiple newsgroups. Might have to switch
>> to a paid service at this rate.
>
>My guess is that it's some sort of local service problem in your area. Wait awhile and it'll go away. We've certainly been having problems in my rock in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah, some sort of localized problem affecting only Usenet and nothing
else. Sounds legit................you ****ing moron, LOL.

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The real Bruce posts with Eternal September

On 3/18/2021 1:03 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-17 11:42 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 3/17/2021 1:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>> Strange.
>>
>> Normally when I post it uploads immediately. I use Eternal September.
>> Tonight, as of my first post a half hour ago, they still haven't shown
>> up yet... This is new. Not sure if this post is eventually going to
>> show up either. I've tested multiple newsgroups. Might have to
>> switch to a paid service at this rate.
>
> When I used to use Eternal September, I occasionally experienced the
> same delay as you.
> Everything is back to normal for Blocknews this morning, it seems.
>

Mine is back up now as well.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:31:02 -0600, Graham wrote:

> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
> Strange.

How slow is slow? And you download them each on demand, or do you
select them first and download a bunch at once?

You can get delays of 5 seconds in between, but that's rare. Try
switching your news server between usnews.blocknews.net and
eunews.blocknews.net. They're supposed to be synced by article
numbers within microseconds, but I can't guarantee that's true
anymore. I always use usnews.blocknews.net. Since they moved to
the Highwinds server backbones, I get consistent service.

-sw

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:20:26 -0500, Snag wrote:

> On 3/17/2021 12:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>>
>
> I use it for alt.home.repair , haven't noticed anything funny .

Why would use it for one group and not others? News servers work
identically for all the major text groups. They don't peer with
different servers for different groups.

0-sw

On 3/19/2021 12:06 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:20:26 -0500, Snag wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2021 12:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>> Strange.
>>>
>>
>> I use it for alt.home.repair , haven't noticed anything funny .
>
> Why would use it for one group and not others? News servers work
> identically for all the major text groups. They don't peer with
> different servers for different groups.
>
> 0-sw

Different retention rates, I'd assume. Alt.origins kept failing over
Eternal September. My messages would retain for maybe a day or two.

On 3/19/2021 12:03 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:31:02 -0600, Graham wrote:
>
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>
> How slow is slow? And you download them each on demand, or do you
> select them first and download a bunch at once?
>
> You can get delays of 5 seconds in between, but that's rare. Try
> switching your news server between usnews.blocknews.net and
> eunews.blocknews.net. They're supposed to be synced by article
> numbers within microseconds, but I can't guarantee that's true
> anymore. I always use usnews.blocknews.net. Since they moved to
> the Highwinds server backbones, I get consistent service.
>
> -sw
>

For a time, it was taking from milliseconds to 5+ seconds to open a
single selection. Not consistent either. It is back to normal and
milliseconds at most.

Upload takes about 4 seconds.

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:26:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 3/19/2021 12:03 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:31:02 -0600, Graham wrote:
>>
>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>> Strange.
>>
>> How slow is slow? And you download them each on demand, or do you
>> select them first and download a bunch at once?
>>
>> You can get delays of 5 seconds in between, but that's rare. Try
>> switching your news server between usnews.blocknews.net and
>> eunews.blocknews.net. They're supposed to be synced by article
>> numbers within microseconds, but I can't guarantee that's true
>> anymore. I always use usnews.blocknews.net. Since they moved to
>> the Highwinds server backbones, I get consistent service.
>
> For a time, it was taking from milliseconds to 5+ seconds to open a
> single selection. Not consistent either. It is back to normal and
> milliseconds at most.
>
> Upload takes about 4 seconds.

In the absence of any errors, and your posts DO show up next time
you load headers, that usually indicates a traffic routing problem.
probably a pile-up in I-80 or another hurricane on I-10.

-sw

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:16:07 -0400, Michael Trew wrote:

> On 3/19/2021 12:06 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:20:26 -0500, Snag wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/17/2021 12:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>>> Strange.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I use it for alt.home.repair , haven't noticed anything funny .
>>
>> Why would use it for one group and not others? News servers work
>> identically for all the major text groups. They don't peer with
>> different servers for different groups.
>>
>> 0-sw
>
> Different retention rates, I'd assume. Alt.origins kept failing over
> Eternal September. My messages would retain for maybe a day or two.

Retention is much longer than 3 days on E-S. Text posts are
extremely small, easy to retrieve, and cheap to store.