[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by mojo

I use Newshosting, and can sometimes get 10Mb but mostly get about 2-4Mb.

I think the main issue is contention for bandwidth outside NTLs network. I can usually get the full 10Mb from NTLs news servers.

My solution is to simple use both sets of news servers. That way I can max out most of the time, except when I am downloading only from Newshosting which fortunately isn't that often.

or more likely congested peering, 9 times out of 10 this will be blamed on external factors making ntl look innocent.

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Originally Posted by steptoe

I use TweakNow PowerPack 2006 to tweak my settings to what they recomment for anything above 1.5MB lines my tcpwindowsize is 256960 and the large windowsupport is set, along with MTU AutoDiscovery is on with BlackHole Discovery is on

I tried CableNut with some settings I found for 10MB NTL recommended by others on this forum but if anything it made things slower

I'm currently with newsgroup-binaries, and pay $15 monthly for no restrictions at all for my downloads

Any suggestions on an EU newsgroup provider that offer unlimited download speeds with NO download limit, I don't mind paying for that, but not to much


Also how any advice on to set-up to use another port out to get access via another provider, if this might help as well


I've got 4 connections set on NewsLeecher, I'll try increasing it to the maximum 10, but anything more than 5 with AOL and it baulked connections constantly so leaving it at 4 ran fine, so I didn't know if that was the connection limit to the server or the limit with bandwidth I had

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Before I forget again, is there any website or free software that can trace the routes for me so I can see where the problems may be, and I'll compare them against the ftp.blueyonder.co.uk to see what the routes are

thanks

if increasing rwin slows it down its likely you have some retransmits going on which is a sign of congestion

blackhole detection I am not sure is beneficial try disabling it.