I'm in the NG5 area and for the past several weeks I have suffered from dropped connections, often at critical times when I am working.
(These began long before the DoS evening of problems that have been reported.)
I've followed the threads on this board with interest and come to the conclusion that it is not (a) my router as TS have suggested, or (b) a loose cable connection from the wall to my modem as TS also suggested. I've messed around with the local proxies and still suffered from dropped connections.
However, after installing Firefox and looking at the settings I have the option to set up a manual proxy, automatic proxy, or connect directly to the internet.
Not sure what this third option actually means, do I by-pass the ntl proxies completely? and will it make my connection stable...
Any other advice to make my connection stable would be gratefully received