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IanUK · 18-03-2006, 09:50

Most streams need to buffer a fair bit first, you'll often see speeds of 200-300k at first and then they settle, on NTL the streams often don't get the chance to start if they are located in the USA or even in the UK in badly overloaded areas, most people will assume that the site they are on is broken, same as they do when the proxies act up, I'm willing to bet that most of NTL's customers who couldn't care about the technical aspect of things, and just want to see their sites assume that the sites themselves are broken and not NTL.

Personally I come across 2 or 3 sites a day that seem to be down, but switching proxies brings them in, its just amazing that one of the largest ISP's in the UK (and maybe in Europe) has such a basically flawed experience for so many of its customers - and blatantly doesn't care.

18-03-2006, 09:50	#21
IanUK Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 693	Re: Nuneaton - Slow...painful...annoying Most streams need to buffer a fair bit first, you'll often see speeds of 200-300k at first and then they settle, on NTL the streams often don't get the chance to start if they are located in the USA or even in the UK in badly overloaded areas, most people will assume that the site they are on is broken, same as they do when the proxies act up, I'm willing to bet that most of NTL's customers who couldn't care about the technical aspect of things, and just want to see their sites assume that the sites themselves are broken and not NTL. Personally I come across 2 or 3 sites a day that seem to be down, but switching proxies brings them in, its just amazing that one of the largest ISP's in the UK (and maybe in Europe) has such a basically flawed experience for so many of its customers - and blatantly doesn't care.