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Maff · 22-11-2005, 10:04

Hey folks,

I've got the NTL250 modem and i've recently been upgraded to the 10mb service. I'm in Leicester (LE1).

My experiences so far are mixed though. From some websites with good servers, I can very nearly max out the 10mb connection. Others vary significantly, but that's par for the course.

My problem is, I have a friend in Europe who hosts an FTP server to share his creative endeavours. Being in Europe, it's a massively fast server, and it should max out my 10mb connection (it maxes out all his friends, and his).

However, my connection is stuck at 2mb when downloading from it. When i can regularly get 8-9mb speeds in my web browser downloading files, It's puzzling that i can't get the same on an FTP server that has few users and should max it out.

Any ideas on what could be causing it and if i can fix it? Do you think it's NTL shaping the traffic, and if so, can i get around that?

22-11-2005, 10:04	#1
Maff Inactive Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 8	Do NTL shape FTP traffic? Can't get anywhere near my connection speed Hey folks, I've got the NTL250 modem and i've recently been upgraded to the 10mb service. I'm in Leicester (LE1). My experiences so far are mixed though. From some websites with good servers, I can very nearly max out the 10mb connection. Others vary significantly, but that's par for the course. My problem is, I have a friend in Europe who hosts an FTP server to share his creative endeavours. Being in Europe, it's a massively fast server, and it should max out my 10mb connection (it maxes out all his friends, and his). However, my connection is stuck at 2mb when downloading from it. When i can regularly get 8-9mb speeds in my web browser downloading files, It's puzzling that i can't get the same on an FTP server that has few users and should max it out. Any ideas on what could be causing it and if i can fix it? Do you think it's NTL shaping the traffic, and if so, can i get around that?