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evilshaddow
28-05-2005, 16:58
i turned on my pc today, and my internet is was going slower than dial-up, waited till about 4:00, and it got slightly fast, but its still going slower than what it normally goes, i have on the old £17.99 a month, (not upgraded to 1mb) is anyone else having this problem, (in the north of england) and do you HAVE to get upgraded to 1mb, because 3gb a month cap is really small, i use that in a week.
paulyoung666
28-05-2005, 17:00
hi and :welcome: to the site , can you proveide some sort of speedtest to prove it for us all , not saying you are lieing by the way , try here (http://www.broadbandspeedtest.net/) for a start , let us know what you get :)
evilshaddow
28-05-2005, 17:05
just downloading that file its going at @2kb/s, i'll tell you the results in 15mins when its finished downloading
paulyoung666
28-05-2005, 17:12
you could also try a bit of the old proxy shuffle (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?c=16) to see how you get on :)
evilshaddow
28-05-2005, 17:31
that broadband speed test isnt working, but for downlaods which i have downloaded before at ~30kb/s are going at between 1-5kb/s

on http://bandwidthplace.com i got;
154.7 kilobits per second,
Communications 154.7 kilobits per second,
Storage 18.9 kilobytes per second,
1MB file download 54.2 seconds.
iain_herts
28-05-2005, 19:57
hi if u go here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/speedtest.html?1117306587953

it anuther speed test that is hosted on an NTL server.

iain
hoggyspuds
29-05-2005, 00:00
you could also try a bit of the old proxy shuffle (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?c=16) to see how you get on :)

why does this need to be done? why can't it just work? ffs! we're paying for it! I'm fed up with this proxy thing. I pity people who don't know how to change it.....it's not their fault though. time for ntl to stand up and sort this out.....now! :mad:
jrhnewark
29-05-2005, 03:32
why does this need to be done? why can't it just work? ffs! we're paying for it! I'm fed up with this proxy thing. I pity people who don't know how to change it.....it's not their fault though. time for ntl to stand up and sort this out.....now! :mad:Well, I know what you mean... but there you go. :(

TBH, it's just the proxies being totally flaky. Most ISPs in this country don't use them anymore, and for good reason. All the same, I recommend you use one of the NTL 'friendly' Telewest proxies, which I do - Telewest proxies seem much nicer than NTL ones.