Thread: Proxy back on poplar - AWFUL!
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Old 23-10-2006, 21:16   #13
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Re: Proxy back on poplar - AWFUL!
Seem to be off again (though maybe just well hidden), manually cycling them shows that:

62.255.83.11 is still faulty

Sending my download manager via any of the others = full speed, via that one, about 2kB/s. Before they put them back on, that one need replacing or scrapping, 8 working proxies would deliver better results than 8 + a busted one and since they are not currently "forced", that kind of rules out load issues.

The most BASIC of diagnostics would prove the problem, or have they downsized their network management to zero?


"Use a manual proxy" - that is valid advice in ONE situation only - when the site in question has taken blocking action against abuse tallied against the default proxy.
When there is a bad proxy in the group, it needs fixing - and this is where NTL have always been far too slack... if they gave the proxies a bit more care and attention, then the proxies would not be so hated.
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