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Shinsei Jutsu
25-06-06, 09:41 PM
If anyone is experiencing really slow internet connections and you are with NTL then I have finally found out it is due to a bad proxy server.

If you are having this problem do the following:

in Internet Explorer go to Tools->Internet Options...

Then click the Connections tab and then LAN Settings...

In here in the Proxy settings section, tick the first tick and add this to the fields:

Address: 62.252.32.11
Port: 8080

This should direct you through a different proxy server and speed you up. If not, just remove these settings and the tick, and forget I typed anything here.

HTH some of you if you had a problem in the first place.
TEL
26-06-06, 03:09 PM
:D :D Great tip,runs at least twice as fast now....cheers :D :D
BabyJ
26-06-06, 07:33 PM
B*gger!!

I wish you'd told me before....

I've recently changed over to BT because of the slow connection I was having with them and I'm having more probs with BT than ever!! And I'm stuck to a year contract!

DOH!!

Oh Well, you win some you lose some :?

:D
jonboy
26-06-06, 08:06 PM
And I'm stuck to a year contract!

Not if their service isn't of merchantable quality and unfit for the purpose for which it's been sold.

If it's utterly crap, tell them, and say you wish to cancel as they have not fulfilled their contractual obligation.

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Warren
27-06-06, 08:22 AM
doing that just slowed my internet connection.

its probably cos im connecting via a wireless router.
skidmarx
27-06-06, 08:55 AM
How weird.........I was just going to post something asking for help with this! NTL is sooooooooo slooooooooooooow..... Do you know how I can check the speed of the connection whilst online?
Shinsei Jutsu
27-06-06, 09:40 AM
unfortunately all the online speed checkers check your speed by downloading and uploading. And generally this isn't where the problem lies.

NTL are useless, they know they have a problem but won't admit it to anyone, they are trying to fix it. If you ring them they will go through so many other options before giving you a different proxy server local to you. The one I have posted I think is more SE/KENT area, so it may not help you all.

sorry
skidmarx
27-06-06, 06:53 PM
nice one........it seems to have worked. Turbo broadband. Cheers!
BabyJ
27-06-06, 07:08 PM
I'm not jealous..... :mrgreen:




MUCH!! :evil:

:D :wink: