Usenet still up the spout after upgrades.

[#1]

I'm accessing the server OK now.  Thanks for the updates Bob.

[#2]

Morning all,
Is anybody still having problems connecting to the service?

[#3]

Quote from: Bob

Morning all, Is anybody still having problems connecting to the service?

Yes, I still cannot access USENET this morning.  It asks me for authentication. 
    Brian Gladman

[#4]

Yes you seem to have fixed it Thank You

[#5]

Unfortunately several N Gs seem full of spam now

[#6]

OK here on 86.137.50.*
If anyone is still having trouble they should post their IP range as above.

[#7]

Quote from: gladman

Yes, I still cannot access USENET this morning.  It asks me for authentication.

Dead here too.

[#8]

IP range?

[#9]

Quote from: jelv

IP range?

81.174.169...

[#10]

Quote from: TrentSC

Quote from: jelv IP range? 81.174.169...

212.159.60...

[#11]

For those having trouble I suggest you double check your news reader configuration to make sure authentication is off - it used to work both ways but wasn't needed and authentication is still broken.

[#12]

Quote from: vibes

Just to let you know I have got my newsgroups back and all is working well. Hope all those without do not have to wait much longer. Vibes

Yup -- finally working here this morning
Don't like the spam and the non-filtered ejits.

[#13]

I have authentication turned off so its the other end that is asking for it 
    Brian Gladman

[#14]

Still dead from 212.159.46.*

[#15]

Since many people seem to have service restored now I would do two things:
1 Raise a support incident (ticket) and ask that it be escalated immediately. The fact that most users IP ranges have been enabled doesn't mean that Giganonews have got them all. Specify your IP address.
2 Send a PM to Bob Pullen who seems to be able and willing to help resolve this and ask him to make sure it doesn't go into an "its fixed - do nothing" loop.
Good luck