[glg2] Re: GG2: Usenet Frozen

muldoon wrote:
> Tomi Häsä wrote:
> > Tomi Häsä wrote:
> > > Now I see posts I made yesterday -- still waiting to see today's posts.
> >
> > Works faster today: I saw a message I posted today in seconds. There
> > seems to have been a spike with activity now that many people have been
> > back to school/work/net.
>
> 1) Problem - in the last 2 days or so, messages in limbo. This message
> sent: Sunday night, 8 January 2006, 11:35 PM. Received?
>

My posts have now appeared, some taking almost 2 days to
do so.

> 2) Situation - in the last 2 weeks or so: What's with the occasional
> "Oops" Google message? when message fails to be sent off? (And yet
> also, occasionally, eventually, appears anyway? Although usually not.)
>

I have just found posting slow over the last couple of weeks, with some

posts appearing after about 12 hours. And that message.

> 3) And what is the best alternative to Google? And wouldn't that
> alternative also have possible problems, not communicate, etc.
>

I spent a lot of time yesterday looking at alternatives. There is
nothing that looks like Google and a Thunderbird download crashed
my system twice.

> And, finally, does Google _ever_ explain what's going on, or actually
> communicate?
>

When first I found GG2 frozen (ages ago) I emailed and got a staged
reply telling me that there was a problem Google was aware of. After
that I just practised patience but this time I was fed up because posts

from other sources were appearing.

It would be helpful if Google published status reports - say in this
group - so that we would know that Google was aware of and working
to solve problems. As undoubtedly it has been this time.

> All feedback is appreciated.