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IanUK · 12-01-2007, 17:48

NTL have had terrible peering on many routes with the USA for ages, I doubt it will ever get better, many of us have complained, we've been told the reasons, and it seems things won't ever change, some routes are fine but many are awful compared to other ISP's.

Many US servers only give me 20-30k (10 meg connection here), switching proxies can help http traffic enormously, but a lot of routes have been fubared for years.

A 2 meg DSL connection can give far better results than a 10 meg NTL one on many routes (and not only to the USA, NTL's asian routes are far inferior to many DSL connections as well).

12-01-2007, 17:48	#13
IanUK Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 693	Re: Pathetic download speed NTL have had terrible peering on many routes with the USA for ages, I doubt it will ever get better, many of us have complained, we've been told the reasons, and it seems things won't ever change, some routes are fine but many are awful compared to other ISP's. Many US servers only give me 20-30k (10 meg connection here), switching proxies can help http traffic enormously, but a lot of routes have been fubared for years. A 2 meg DSL connection can give far better results than a 10 meg NTL one on many routes (and not only to the USA, NTL's asian routes are far inferior to many DSL connections as well).