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notrom · 22-01-2005, 10:05

Hi again MickeyB

Rebooted and tried again, testing with and without your suggestion:

Opening up ISP home page: With suggestion: 2 min 10 secs. Without suggestion 3 min 15 secs.

Downloading the same page from the Guardian: With suggestion: 10 secs. Without suggestion: got to 15% completion and stuck there for 5 minutes when I cancelled and gave up.

So it looks as if you were right. Thanks very much for your help - enormously appreciated.

One thing puzzles me: I still get 'Detecting proxy settings...' message with or without. Though it was June 2004 that I began ntl trial and it's hard remembering what happened before that, I'd swear I didn't get the poxy proxy message. Any ideas or have I just forgotten about something that's standard no matter what system or company you use?

Cheers and cheers
notrom

22-01-2005, 10:05	#4
notrom Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Re: Slow dial-up internet access after ntl broadband disconnected Hi again MickeyB Rebooted and tried again, testing with and without your suggestion: Opening up ISP home page: With suggestion: 2 min 10 secs. Without suggestion 3 min 15 secs. Downloading the same page from the Guardian: With suggestion: 10 secs. Without suggestion: got to 15% completion and stuck there for 5 minutes when I cancelled and gave up. So it looks as if you were right. Thanks very much for your help - enormously appreciated. One thing puzzles me: I still get 'Detecting proxy settings...' message with or without. Though it was June 2004 that I began ntl trial and it's hard remembering what happened before that, I'd swear I didn't get the poxy proxy message. Any ideas or have I just forgotten about something that's standard no matter what system or company you use? Cheers and cheers notrom