Wed Sep 17 16:24:36 PDT 2003 — Altnews.sonic.net service issues: The out sourced NNRP provider that services altnews.sonic.net is currently reporting authentication problems for connections from our network. We’ve brought on another out sourced NNRP provider available at newscene.sonic.net in response to altnews’ (webusenet/ispnews) ongoing stability problems. For more information please see our support FAQs and news://news.sonic.net/sonic.net -Sonic Operations