Horribly off-topc, sorry - uk telecoms groups/mailing lists/forums?
I know this is off topic but I think there may be people here in the know and I've come up blank everywhere else I've tried. Back in the day there was a thriving community on uk.telecom* newsgroups but unless I'm missing something that has all gone. Does anyone know where such people can be found these days? Public forums, mailing lists, etc? Admin: feel free to delete if you'd rather I didn't ask here, Mark
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 10:06:39AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
Back in the day there was a thriving community on uk.telecom* newsgroups but unless I'm missing something that has all gone. Does anyone know where such people can be found these days? Public forums, mailing lists, etc?
uknof? Adam --
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 07:47, Adam Bower <adam@thebowery.co.uk> wrote:
uknof?
I'd never heard of it before now so thanks for that, I'll take a look at their mailing list. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 10:06:39AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
I know this is off topic but I think there may be people here in the know and I've come up blank everywhere else I've tried.
Back in the day there was a thriving community on uk.telecom* newsgroups but unless I'm missing something that has all gone. Does anyone know where such people can be found these days? Public forums, mailing lists, etc?
I still frequent the following Usenet groups:- uk.telecom.broadband uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom.voip uk.telecom There's a reasonable amount of traffic in all these groups still, e.g. since yesterday there's 1 message in broadband and 5 in mobile. It's just about all genuine too, very little junk. -- Chris Green
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 10:54, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I still frequent the following Usenet groups:-
uk.telecom.broadband uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom.voip uk.telecom
Interesting, which NNTP server are you using? My attempts at finding active uk.telecome* newsgroups wasn't successful. Or maybe I just didn't set up my client p[roperly, it's been a while since I used usenet! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 12:32:19PM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 10:54, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I still frequent the following Usenet groups:-
uk.telecom.broadband uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom.voip uk.telecom
Interesting, which NNTP server are you using? My attempts at finding active uk.telecome* newsgroups wasn't successful.
I use News.Individual.NET and news.eternal-september.org (second as a backup really).
Or maybe I just didn't set up my client p[roperly, it's been a while since I used usenet!
Maybe your 'last read' has somehow got into the future? -- Chris Green
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 14:15, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I use News.Individual.NET
.. there's a blast from the past! Although when I go to their site now it says you need to be German national to use their services?
and news.eternal-september.org (second as a backup really).
That's a new one on me but seems to work, thanks!
Maybe your 'last read' has somehow got into the future?
I think it's just me. I'm remembering a decade (plus!) ago where the sort of traffic there is now would imply that the group was dead, so I didn't look as hard as I should have done. Some things don't change though, even recognise a few "faces". Thanks for the help. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
On Mon, 2020-07-13 at 12:05 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
it says you need to be German national to use their services?
Really? I've just had a quick look at the signup pages and I can't see that. I only let my account lapse a couple of months ago, as well. First time I've now been on Usenet since the early 80's :(
On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 12:49, Huge <huge@huge.org.uk> wrote:
Really? I've just had a quick look at the signup pages and I can't see that. I only let my account lapse a couple of months ago, as well. First time I've now been on Usenet since the early 80's :(
https://news.individual.net/register/step1.php "Due to changes in European tax law coming into force on 01.01.2015, we can only offer our service to users which have their tax domicile in Germany. " Have to say I don't understand why EU tax law would require this. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
On Mon, 2020-07-13 at 12:55 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 12:49, Huge <huge@huge.org.uk> wrote:
Really? I've just had a quick look at the signup pages and I can't see that. I only let my account lapse a couple of months ago, as well. First time I've now been on Usenet since the early 80's :(
https://news.individual.net/register/step1.php
"Due to changes in European tax law coming into force on 01.01.2015, we can only offer our service to users which have their tax domicile in Germany. "
Oh, yeah, ta.
Have to say I don't understand why EU tax law would require this.
AFAIK, they've been ignoring that for years. Like I said, my account only expired (at my choice) in April this year, and most of the people I know who were on Usenet were using NIN. IIRC, it was something to do with VAT.
On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 14:19, Huge <huge@huge.org.uk> wrote:
AFAIK, they've been ignoring that for years. Like I said, my account only expired (at my choice) in April this year, and most of the people I know who were on Usenet were using NIN.
Fair enough. I'm sure I've has a NN account in the past but I mostly used Demon's NNTP servers whilst I was a customer there and haven't used Usenet so much since then. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:05:54PM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 14:15, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I use News.Individual.NET
.. there's a blast from the past! Although when I go to their site now it says you need to be German national to use their services?
I think that's their free services, anyone can pay and use them still. -- Chris Green
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