[Colli]

I've noticed the same trend. I pay a newsgroup provider for a better news service. I always use their European server and speeds have always been pretty impressive. However, over the last few days the speed has really taken a dive. When I brought this to their attention, they told me that there was extensive packet loss in NTL's backbone in the route to me from the EU server.

I've also tried their US servers but they're just as bad.