[IanUK]

NTL don't throttle Easynews.
I've a 10 meg connection.

I can get 400-450k from a single thread using port 81 or secure port 81.
NNTP gives me about 500k from a single thread.

4 Connections tends to max out my 10 meg connection most of the time.

It is vital though that I route through Level 3 (yours may vary) as other routes are really rubbish to NTL.

NNTP doesn't use any more of our precious cap though, Easynews doesn't count either headers nor the NNTP overhead in its calculations.