Originally Posted by AmAtoL

That's what I was kinda getting at homealone, does it indeed make a difference to have it enabled for a STB or should it be left disabled ?
To be fair I haven't had any issues with the router really, apart from this being the 3rd one I've had after the other 2 died
We just suffer from terrible lag sometimes in online games as others do, I am just trying to build up a picture of what could be the cause, or various little tweaks/settings that I could use.
It would seem that I am not alone in all this though, but I do think it is an NTL issue wether their network or STB, obviously I cant be any more specific, it's just a feeling.

I was on the original Cable trial up here in Stockport all those years ago and I don't ever remember it being as inconsistent as it is at the moment.