CecilTurtle
join:2004-11-16
New York, NY
 ·EarthLink
1 edit | reply to BigDish4
Re: [TW] Earthlink Cable Usenet access?
I'm in NYC, and I used EL Usenet a few days ago. I was getting great speeds too (about 600kbps to 900kbps). I used news.east.earthlink.net. The port has to be 119 (I tried another port and couldn't access the newsgroups). I set this port # in my newsgroup software (free Grabit!). You might have to open up the port in your router or software firewall too. (Turn off your firewall and try to access Usenet to test and see if it was blocking you.)
I use www.Newzleech.com to find my stuff and free Grabit! to grab my files. I'm glad I have EL instead of Time Warner (which dumped Usenet) for the Usenet feature alone. I don't use it often, but it's nice to have when I do want something.  |
