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I use Easynews and have been getting slow downloads. A tracert reveals ths:
Tracing route to easynews.com [140.99.99.90]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 20 ms 7 ms 19 ms 10.249.0.1
2 16 ms 9 ms 7 ms nott-t2cam1-b-v124.inet.ntl.com [80.4.46.137]
3 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms nott-t2core-b-ge-wan72.inet.ntl.com [80.1.79.189
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4 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms nth-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.37]
5 14 ms 12 ms 11 ms pop-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.14]
6 14 ms 13 ms 11 ms 195.50.91.69
7 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms ae-0-56.bbr2.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.162]
8 116 ms 119 ms 116 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109]
9 139 ms 135 ms 136 ms as-1-0.mp2.Phoenix1.Level3.net [64.159.1.122]
10 135 ms 138 ms 137 ms ge-7-2.hsa1.Phoenix1.Level3.net [4.68.98.36]
11 162 ms * 163 ms eth-2-37-1g.core-03.phx1.puregig.net [64.154.128
.14]
12 166 ms 163 ms 169 ms www.easynews.com [140.99.99.90]
Trace complete.
Note number 8
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The jump between 7 and 8 is fine. This is the transatlantic crossing. Most ISPs quote around 90ms for the east coast and around 120ms to the west coast. As I cant decypher the last part, I cant really help.. Have you tried the other ports? From their www page
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proxy.news.easynews.com listens on ports 22, 23, 53, 80, 110 and 443 to allow you to bypass firewalls or rate limits on port 119
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