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kg501 - firewalls require processing time, so yes it will slow down. You might get latency problems too = longer ping time. A fast computer will help. So not all problems are caused by Ntl!

2nd - cheap SOHO routers have limited NAT entries. BT consumes lots of entries, a poorly programmed BT client may not close clompleted entries and so use up the allocation. CM and Routers will auto close unused entries after a time out, this might be too long a wait before the table is exhausted. The software then has a tendancy to reboot in order to clear out. Not necessarily a bug but a design feature in case entry clearing isn't happening properly - remember these devices were never designed to support more than a few computers, under normal use 10 pcs might open 200 - 1000 ports tops.... P2P can open 1000+ on 1 machine. FYI my cheap router has 4096 entries in its NAT.

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For someone with this reboot problem: If u use newsgroup downloader like GrabIt, then use only this and download at maximum some binaries and see if a reboot occurs.... This will help analysis of the problem. - I currently dont have reboots, on 2Mb and only use newsgroups.

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The new 250 modem could simply have more memory, thus a bigger NAT capacity. Perhaps by listing bad BT clients? it might be possible for someone to find a good client