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I have the NTL Freedom 512k ADSL Package and after spending about a month actually getting it to work in the first place (there was a noise filter on the line) it was not to good...basically downloads would be arround 5-10kb/sec (no where near the right speed) Games such as HL, CS, HW2 etc etc would be ok but occasionally dissconnect me, and browsing was unbeliveably slow (text pages were taking half a min to load rather than a few sec)

So i rang up and complained just before xmas and it seemed to get better over the christmas period...and now its got worse again and before there was never good downloads just good browsing.

Its now started again specifically playing World of Warcraft (Bandwidth hugging game which just cannot cope with packet loss) now i only found this out today so i will try doing trace route n stuff tonight when i get home but can anybody suggest what else it could be? / suggest a fix?

is it worth trying to get away from NTLs grasp and try a new providor? as i am seriously considering it now seeing as i havn't had a decent month yet.

I am using the Speedtouch modem supplied free with NTL Freedom

I also have

AMD XP Athlon 1.8 GHZ
1GB RAM
80GB HD
XP

etc etc

I have already tried format and a complete reinstall of XP, Changing Splitters, uninstalling firewalls, changing mtu etc etc.

One thing i have had asked off me is how far i am from the main telephone point well its downstairs in my lounger and i currently use a normal extension cable on it i have been told to try my pc directly downstairs but this is difficult could this be a cause of the problem?

My exchange is Broomhill in Sheffield and i have already asked about that and NTL say its dandy.

Thanks in advance for anything u can suggest/advice