Cable Forum - View Single Post - Very slow in Portsmouth on some protocols

16-06-2006, 23:12

It doesn't sound like contention, does it?

I normally use a port up in the 50000 range for BT, I have tried others but to no effect.

I'll be a tad upset to say the least if NTL are traffic shaping. I signed up on Wednessday and specifically asked the guy if they were, or had any plans to traffic shape. His exact words were "no, we are going forwards, not back".

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Should add that I am using Newshosting. Just came from ADSL, could get 600k/sec on a good day.

Looks exactly like traffic shaping to me. Usenet and BT are slow, HTTP is more or less OK.

One thing I can't understand is why BT is still crippling my connection at only 20k up. In fact, even at 5k it's iffy.

16-06-2006, 23:12	#3
mojo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Very slow in Portsmouth on some protocols It doesn't sound like contention, does it? I normally use a port up in the 50000 range for BT, I have tried others but to no effect. I'll be a tad upset to say the least if NTL are traffic shaping. I signed up on Wednessday and specifically asked the guy if they were, or had any plans to traffic shape. His exact words were "no, we are going forwards, not back". ---------- Post added at 22:12 ---------- Previous post was at 22:05 ---------- Should add that I am using Newshosting. Just came from ADSL, could get 600k/sec on a good day. Looks exactly like traffic shaping to me. Usenet and BT are slow, HTTP is more or less OK. One thing I can't understand is why BT is still crippling my connection at only 20k up. In fact, even at 5k it's iffy.