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Originally Posted by danielf

Look at what I posted just before you. Try that, and see if it works then. The thing with the proxy is that, occasionally, some web pages may not be available through some of the proxies. With standard settings, you are assigned a default proxy. What I posted above allows you to set a specific proxy, which may make the page available (if the problem is with the default proxy, rather than the page). Normally, you will want to use the default settings. Only consider changing your proxy when you have difficulty accessing a specific page. So, don't expect that specifying a proxy will improve your surfing in general. It is a workaround should the one that is assigned to you by default is not able to load a specific page.

Also, your browser, or service pack is not going to make any difference (afaik), when your local proxy decides to act up.

Thanks for the info, tried a few others and yes it brought up the Sky pages no problem. It would seem with NTL and no doubt other ISPs you have to use workarounds to get a normal service with browsing and email. Do'H