Does your ISP throttle your 119 port?

[downhill]

Just wondering if this is widespread as a way for ISP's to save on bandwidth.

I've just figured out that mine does. :mad:

[trogers]

Time to get your service servers to use port 80. I am waiting for ISPs to try blocking port 80.

[downhill]

Time to get your service servers to use port 80. I am waiting for ISPs to try blocking port 80.

Yeah I ask. They replied back to try ports 440 or something like that. I'm not at home right now when I got the mail.

It just irks me is all. They actually supplied a decient service to Supernews then dropped it at the first of the year. No indication they were going to do so.

Maybe it's time for a new ISP service. DLS maybe if I can get a business account.

[cool_techie_tvm]

Whats with the 119 port?

[downhill]

Whats with the 119 port?

It's the standard port used for newsgroup servers.

[cool_techie_tvm]

Ok. Thanks :)

[Zeex]

Yeah so what if my ISP throttle my 119 port? Is that bad?

[picohat]

My ISP is blocking this port as well, and they told me it's due to abuses of the server. Too bad..

picoHat