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scoobydoo[uk]
27-08-2006, 21:17
With my 10mb connection I can normally connect to newshostings news servers on ports 9000 and 119 at a steady 1.1mb but today its been 300k and below, anyone else having problems?.

SnoopZ
27-08-2006, 21:29
Speeds ok here on port 9000, im getting 10mbit but i use 15 connections(bots).

scoobydoo[uk]
27-08-2006, 21:57
Must be a problem with stoke on trent or something, even opening more bots im still only getting 400k max....

Normal web downloads are also slow, max again is about 400k

Will try again tomorrow and hopefully its fixed.

andip1967
28-08-2006, 14:44
Been getting similar results, got 10mb connection, using ports 8000 and 9000 still getting slow speeds. Its been like this for about 2 weeks, I am getting fed up with it. Lets hope they get back to normal soon.

grubbymitts
28-08-2006, 17:33
Scooby, I have been having crap newshosting connection in Newcastle under Lyme over the last week - usually at peak time

scoobydoo[uk]
28-08-2006, 20:44
Yeah, theres a defo problem.Tried off peak this morning and got full speed, tried again now at 7.45pm and only getting 200k per second, this has only just started happening..

Web downloads are also very slow, as are speed tests, my 10mb line is running at around 2mb from 5pm onwards..

Just tried the giganews test site and its reporting my connection speed as 1mb!. great when im paying for a 10mb service. Hopefully the network re-shuffle tomorrow morning/night will sort things out.

Richy99
01-09-2006, 22:38
Speeds ok here on port 9000, im getting 10mbit but i use 15 connections(bots).

normally you are limited to 8 connections with newshosting

SnoopZ
02-09-2006, 13:31
normally you are limited to 8 connections with newshosting

That's why i said (bots). I use Newsleecher (http://www.newsleecher.com/) which splits the file i'm downloading into 15 parts thus maxing out my connection. :)

[edit]

Just tested and getting top speed with currently no issues. I'm in Cambridge.

damienjw
02-09-2006, 14:10
;34106038']Yeah, theres a defo problem.Tried off peak this morning and got full speed, tried again now at 7.45pm and only getting 200k per second, this has only just started happening..

Web downloads are also very slow, as are speed tests, my 10mb line is running at around 2mb from 5pm onwards..

Just tried the giganews test site and its reporting my connection speed as 1mb!. great when im paying for a 10mb service. Hopefully the network re-shuffle tomorrow morning/night will sort things out.

Have just had an NTL 'engineer' out to have a look and swap the modem, signal info seems to have improved, however he told me that VOD started in this area on Weds, which is when the slowdown kicked in for me... P2P, web browsing, getting about 0.5-1Mb speeds... on a 10Mb connection. NTL strikes again eh?

scoobydoo[uk]
02-09-2006, 19:31
Yeah, ive been having all my problems since VOD kicked in.

Just down a speed check and im getting 200k/sec !!!!!!!!!!! on my 10mb line, shocking... its either vod or traffic shaping, as i only get it after 5pm.

Richy99
04-09-2006, 00:38
That's why i said (bots). I use Newsleecher (http://www.newsleecher.com/) which splits the file i'm downloading into 15 parts thus maxing out my connection. :)

[edit]

Just tested and getting top speed with currently no issues. I'm in Cambridge.

and that is a connection ;)

each bot as you call it is a connection to the server

SnoopZ
04-09-2006, 00:52
and that is a connection ;)

each bot as you call it is a connection to the server


Well if thats the case then i can technically log in to newshosting 99 times although i'm not, i'm only logged in once, with 15 bots. It's all confusing because Newshosting only allows a maximum of 8 connections, so i wouldn't be able to connect with 99? but i can using 99(bots) and 1 real connection to download 1 file split 99 times.

Richy99
04-09-2006, 01:43
the way usenet works is that the multipart file is split into chunks, which would be seen as [1/47] next to the filefor example, each connection to the server would then download 1 chunk per connection, for some reason newshosting do not really monitor the connections

gignanews allow 10 connections and they enforce that strictly, useing giganews i cannot go above 10 as it gives 502 authentication errors, which is too many connections, and i have known many before even when they only allowed 4 conections that were using 10+

matrix3412
05-09-2006, 20:27
My 10mb is currently downloading no higher than 200k/sec and averaging at around 150k/sec with newshosting.

Its stupid because my upload rate is actually faster now than my download rate :(

Stupid NTL... very poor service :(

SnoopZ
05-09-2006, 20:30
My 10mb is currently downloading no higher than 200k/sec and averaging at around 150k/sec with newshosting.

Its stupid because my upload rate is actually faster now than my download rate :(

Stupid NTL... very poor service :(

Try using port 9000 if you're not already and increase your connections.

matrix3412
05-09-2006, 22:32
Thanks for the help SnoopZ but I had already tried all of the ports and have got my connections set to 8.

Its just NTL :mad:

tuggy
05-09-2006, 23:47
My 10mb is currently downloading no higher than 200k/sec and averaging at around 150k/sec with newshosting.

Its stupid because my upload rate is actually faster now than my download rate :(

Stupid NTL... very poor service :(


Snap, 200k is all i can get out of newsgroups, and im only getting 300k from other web downloads, 10mb is a joke at night time.

Munkee
06-09-2006, 00:09
yeah Was peaking at 250 k a few moments ago , raised to 15 connections and got 400 - 600 . Downloading from ms got about 320 k :/

ford fairlane
08-09-2006, 10:56
Had the smae problem in glasgow for a week or so now.

happened few months back at the time the traffic shaping news came out.
But usually after midnight goes back to full speed

SNAKEKIL
08-09-2006, 12:18
Morning, Its 1120hrs in the BN area and very slow, been on and off like this for about a week now.:confused:

mojo
16-09-2006, 21:06
I'm quite slow here in Portsmouth too, maybe 300k/sec tops with 8 connections. Even with 16 it only gets as high as 400k.

Is it just newshosting, or are other usenet providers affected? I can get 1.1MB/sec from NTL, the full 10 meg speed.

SnoopZ
16-09-2006, 22:23
I'm quite slow here in Portsmouth too, maybe 300k/sec tops with 8 connections. Even with 16 it only gets as high as 400k.

Is it just newshosting, or are other usenet providers affected? I can get 1.1MB/sec from NTL, the full 10 meg speed.

It was slow for me on port 9000 the other day until i changed to port 8000, then i got my full speed again.

jswalker2
17-09-2006, 00:13
I live in Lichfield, and on port 119 i can only get about 200k/sec, but have just changed to 7000 and am getting full speed again. Weird. Im on 4 meg btw