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System and Network Status and Events


2011-03-25 13:30:00 GMT	* SYSTEM UPGRADES ** We have switched over to a new, upgraded, back-end system today. Please note: If you are using headers, you may need to re-download all headers in the groups you are frequenting, since the article numbers have changed. Otherwise you may get \"Article not found\" if trying to get an article using old headers, and also, the groups may not update with new headers unless you reset all headers. The new system... - has longer binary retention. 935 days and growing! - allows more simultaneous connections - up to 60! - has better completion - close to 100% - has headers available for close to the full retention - does NOT need the second part of the username (from @) when you log in. (Although it still works if you keep it.)

2010-09-28 20:30:00 GMT	Status: Solved There are currently some kind of issue causing logins to fail to the normal server farm. Our engineers are troubleshooting. If you can't log in to the server system, please switch to the news2.usenet.se system until we have this issue solved. We apologize for the inconvenience. ************* This issue is now solved.

2009-11-19 23:00:00 GMT	NETWORK MAINTENANCE Date/Time: GMT: 2009-11-19 23:00 - 2009-11-20 08:00 CET: 2009-11-20 00:00 - 09:00 Duration: 9 hours Description: Extensive highway and overpass demolition and reconstruction is being done in the vicinity of our data center. As a result of this construction, fiber pathways into our data center are affected and fibers are being moved. Impact: We expect significant interruptions of service during this period and/or service degradation during that time. Impacts may last for a short period or could extend through the entire maintenance window. Our network team will be on-site and actively engaged in monitoring this maintenance and managing traffic throughout. We apologize in advance for any impacts that this may have on your service. Please note that there are two maintenance events that are similar. Please also see the announcement for the maintenance on 2009-11-18 21:00 UTC

2009-11-18 21:00:00 GMT	NETWORK MAINTENANCE Finished GMT: 2009-11-18 21:00 - 2009-11-19 05:00 CET: 2009-11-18 22:00 - 2009-11-19 06:00 Duration: 8 hours Description: Extensive highway and overpass demolition and reconstruction is being done in the vicinity of our data center. As a result of this construction, fiber pathways into our data center are affected and fibers are being moved. Impact: We expect no hard outages of service during this period. However, service may be degraded as capacity to our peers may become constrained. Impacts may last for a short period or could extend through the entire maintenance window. Our network team will be on-site and actively engaged in monitoring this maintenance and managing traffic throughout. We apologize in advance for any impacts that this may have on your service. Please note that there are two maintenance events that are similar. Please also see the announcement for the maintenance on 2009-11-19 23:00 UTC

2009-10-09 11:00:00 GMT	EU authentication issues Solved At the moment we are experiencing authentication issues for some users at the EU servers. The technicians are working on finding a solution. We apologize for the inconvenience.

2009-10-06 14:00:00 GMT	EU speed issue Solved There is currently an networking issue at our EU servers. Users in Germany may experience reduced download speeds. We are pursuing a solution with the utmost urgency. We apologize for the inconvenience.

2009-08-24 12:00:00 GMT	Solved 2009-08-27 There is currently an issue at the upstream acquirer for our Credit Card processor CCDeb, causing recurring payments to fail. This may cause 502 login errors for subscription accounts, when the recurring debit hasn't been possible to process. According to CCDeb the solution is to update your credit card information in their system, even if it means entering the same information again. CCDebs acquirer (one of the largest in the world) is working with the issue, hoping to solve it soon. We apologize for the inconvenience. Update 2009-08-27: This issue is now solved - however if your subscription was due for renewal during the time the issue lasted, you may still need to update your details as mentioned above to expedite the reprocessing of your subscription debit. We apologize for the inconvenience.