Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

'Firetrap' posted in my original thread on the rwin issue that only 2 Inktomi proxies had been changed at that time and the others would follow afterwards, this was a month ago so hopefully they have been fixed.

You could try specifying the Inktomi proxies you use/are routed through and try downloading some files from USA servers - should show you pretty quickly if they are fixed or not.

cheers

Ian

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

The RWIN change was actually on the NetApp servers, this was rolled out the day after i posted my original message...

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

It doesn't entitle you to be rude.

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

Well the proxy servers in Leicester are still the low rwin setting so it isnt rolled out here.


Ignition, I hear you on your point over the lack of complaints, but complaints to CS and TS are not accurate ways of knowing proxy issues since a lot of the issues are short lived and as such fix themselves, also most NTL users are probably not even aware they going through proxies so just assume the problem is the website at the other end.

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

Hmm, obviously I missed your hilarious reply.

Paying £37.99 a month does not give you the "right" to make wild & inaccurate statements which have no actual basis in fact. Proxy servers do not "fall over" every couple of weeks, they are certainly not all "rubbish". Indeed, hundreds of thousands of people use them day in and day out - with little more than the odd problem overall. Such comments just make you look a bit silly.

ntl are not going to remove them, indeed they are expanding them, so if you don't like proxy servers then your only real choice is to move to another BB supplier (though not Freeserve or AOL, as they use them as well).

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

I'd severely disagree with that one, v v few non-technically minded people would think to blame the website at the other end, ntl is the internet to them, we control everything. Anything going wrong is ntl's fault.

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

Recently I had to specify a proxy, according to a mate (cisco engineer) I was using transparent before, how come I have had to do this?
Are NTL phasing out direct acess?
Or are the websites the problem?
Or is it a problem on my end?

My browsing seems to be a bit slower now I've specified a proxy.

btw Im using manc-cache-14.server.ntli.net

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

Freeserve/Wanadoo no longer use Proxies.

I use AOL here sometimes on top of the NTL connection, I've *never* had the issues that I have with the NTL proxies - all sites load first time, all the time.

In fact when I was with Freeserve and suffered their proxies until they got rid of them I never had the same volume of problems I have with NTL.

Todays first site to play silly buggers with my default transparent proxy is news.bbc.co.uk - all the images are red x's - as usual switching proxies fixes the issue.....

Re: Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury
 

eh? ntl isn't the internet?!
just kidding :)

I'm in Rochdale and have had no such problems - I would imagine I use the same central equipment as Oldham and Bury seeing as Rochdale is sat in the middle!