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dickd4 · 22-02-2005, 09:48

I'm in the Leeds area as well and have had LOTS of slowdowns and DNS problems over the last month or so. I've sent various emails to NTL support but have not heard anything back yet. I've only lost the connection completely once or twice, and in those cases switching the cablemodem off and waiting a few hours seems to have restored it.

Everything seemed fine up until a month or so ago - now DNS lookups seem to take ages, and often time out. E.g., click on a link to site, and after the browser says "looking up <wherever>" it will often just timeout with an error - but clicking the link again will then work. Presumably the DNS lookup gets cached somewhere?

Also noticed sudden inexplicable drops in download speed - most noticeable when streaming audio from the BBC website. Used to work absolutely rock-solid reliably. Now I'm lucky to get a couple of minutes before the stream sputters and dies, waits a minute or so, then restarts.

I hope all this is just temporary and NTL are in the process of fixing/upgrading things - otherwise I'll be switching providers fairly soon.

David.

22-02-2005, 09:48	#2
dickd4 Inactive Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 1	Re: Trouble in the leeds area I'm in the Leeds area as well and have had LOTS of slowdowns and DNS problems over the last month or so. I've sent various emails to NTL support but have not heard anything back yet. I've only lost the connection completely once or twice, and in those cases switching the cablemodem off and waiting a few hours seems to have restored it. Everything seemed fine up until a month or so ago - now DNS lookups seem to take ages, and often time out. E.g., click on a link to site, and after the browser says "looking up <wherever>" it will often just timeout with an error - but clicking the link again will then work. Presumably the DNS lookup gets cached somewhere? Also noticed sudden inexplicable drops in download speed - most noticeable when streaming audio from the BBC website. Used to work absolutely rock-solid reliably. Now I'm lucky to get a couple of minutes before the stream sputters and dies, waits a minute or so, then restarts. I hope all this is just temporary and NTL are in the process of fixing/upgrading things - otherwise I'll be switching providers fairly soon. David.