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Re: 1mb going slower.
The service in Newport, South Wales, has been particularly terrible for several weeks and poor for a few months before that. I find that web browsing is the biggest problem. Loading of pages such as the ebay home page is awful. Can take upwards of 30 seconds and often stalls.
I've had broadband for about 3 years. I started on the 600 (was 512 when I had it) but updated to the 1 meg about 18 months ago. A couple of years ago the same pages loaded in 1 or 2 seconds if not quicker. There has been a gradual deterioration in service and speed. This has happened as NTL have signed up more broadband users. They just can't cope with the demand.
I think the network is completely overloaded both locally and nationally. I don't believe that you get an accurate reflection of how quick a connection feels by just measuring the speed of a download. Most of my delays are either DNS server problems or what I think are transparent cache issues.
That's my .02 pence worth.... Rant over,
Cheers,
Martin
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