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kvetner · 01-07-2005, 21:21

I've been having very slow web access in the Baguley area for the last 2 weeks or so. Web, news etc are unaffected, only the web, and https pages more so than http (although both are poor). Pages that used to take about 5 seconds to load now take 30-60 or fail entirely. Just getting on this forum has been a pain.
My anti-virus, firewall, adaware and zonealarm are all up-to-date; I've checked netstat for funny connections and gone through several other steps suggested by NTL on the phone. PC is running Win 98 SE, connecting at 1mbps through the STB. Nothing has changed on the PC (i.e. no new software) other than the web suddenly grinding to a halt. Switching proxies seems to help a little, but not very much. Perhaps some filesharer on my street is hosing the connection (but then why would email still be fine)? NTL haven't replied to my query through their web problem submission page at all.
Anyone else experiencing the same, or at NTL able to assist? Or anyone able to suggest a way to contact NTL which will actually get a meaningful reply?

01-07-2005, 21:21	#6
kvetner Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4	Re: Baguley behaving badly? I've been having very slow web access in the Baguley area for the last 2 weeks or so. Web, news etc are unaffected, only the web, and https pages more so than http (although both are poor). Pages that used to take about 5 seconds to load now take 30-60 or fail entirely. Just getting on this forum has been a pain. My anti-virus, firewall, adaware and zonealarm are all up-to-date; I've checked netstat for funny connections and gone through several other steps suggested by NTL on the phone. PC is running Win 98 SE, connecting at 1mbps through the STB. Nothing has changed on the PC (i.e. no new software) other than the web suddenly grinding to a halt. Switching proxies seems to help a little, but not very much. Perhaps some filesharer on my street is hosing the connection (but then why would email still be fine)? NTL haven't replied to my query through their web problem submission page at all. Anyone else experiencing the same, or at NTL able to assist? Or anyone able to suggest a way to contact NTL which will actually get a meaningful reply?