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25-06-06, 09:41 PM
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slow broadband connection
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. |
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26-06-06, 03:09 PM
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 Great tip,runs at least twice as fast now....cheers
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26-06-06, 07:33 PM
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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 
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26-06-06, 08:06 PM
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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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27-06-06, 08:22 AM
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doing that just slowed my internet connection.
its probably cos im connecting via a wireless router. |
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27-06-06, 08:55 AM
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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?
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27-06-06, 09:40 AM
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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 |
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27-06-06, 06:53 PM
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nice one........it seems to have worked. Turbo broadband. Cheers!
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27-06-06, 07:08 PM
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I'm not jealous.....
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