No e-mail notification was made to anyone about this issue. No status reports on the home page. Over a week later, the issue was corrected. Posting has not been allowed since the 'enhanced' news servers were put in place. Three weeks after this upgrade, I cannot post to any group anywhere on news.va.mediaone.net.
Retention is abysmal.
And I'm not talking about those ever so popular binaries. This is everywhere. Calls to tech support and opened tickets have resulted in a big fat zero. I'm just going to live with it. I cannot call, call and call some more to talk to folks who just don't care.