Proxy's not working in Oldham / Bury

[IanUK]

Ignition is there any news on the rwin increase been rolled out? It was done for one area and then we got told it would be rolled out, this was about a month ago.

'Firetrap' posted in my original thread on the rwin issue that only 2 Inktomi proxies had been changed at that time and the others would follow afterwards, this was a month ago so hopefully they have been fixed.

You could try specifying the Inktomi proxies you use/are routed through and try downloading some files from USA servers - should show you pretty quickly if they are fixed or not.

cheers

Ian

[Firetrap]

The RWIN change was actually on the NetApp servers, this was rolled out the day after i posted my original message...

[poolking]

Originally Posted by badboybubby

Listen my friend, for 37.99 a month I reserve the right to call anything I want 'rubbish', I am not happy with having a proxy server in the first place, never mind having to switch it over every couple of weeks because it falls down.

bbb

It doesn't entitle you to be rude.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by IANUK

'Firetrap' posted in my original thread on the rwin issue that only 2 Inktomi proxies had been changed at that time and the others would follow afterwards, this was a month ago so hopefully they have been fixed.

Well the proxy servers in Leicester are still the low rwin setting so it isnt rolled out here.


Ignition, I hear you on your point over the lack of complaints, but complaints to CS and TS are not accurate ways of knowing proxy issues since a lot of the issues are short lived and as such fix themselves, also most NTL users are probably not even aware they going through proxies so just assume the problem is the website at the other end.

Originally Posted by badboybubby

Listen my friend, for 37.99 a month I reserve the right to call anything I want 'rubbish', I am not happy with having a proxy server in the first place, never mind having to switch it over every couple of weeks because it falls down.

bbb

Hmm, obviously I missed your hilarious reply.

Paying £37.99 a month does not give you the "right" to make wild & inaccurate statements which have no actual basis in fact. Proxy servers do not "fall over" every couple of weeks, they are certainly not all "rubbish". Indeed, hundreds of thousands of people use them day in and day out - with little more than the odd problem overall. Such comments just make you look a bit silly.

ntl are not going to remove them, indeed they are expanding them, so if you don't like proxy servers then your only real choice is to move to another BB supplier (though not Freeserve or AOL, as they use them as well).

[Ignition]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

also most NTL users are probably not even aware they going through proxies so just assume the problem is the website at the other end.

I'd severely disagree with that one, v v few non-technically minded people would think to blame the website at the other end, ntl is the internet to them, we control everything. Anything going wrong is ntl's fault.

[Kliro]

Recently I had to specify a proxy, according to a mate (cisco engineer) I was using transparent before, how come I have had to do this?
Are NTL phasing out direct acess?
Or are the websites the problem?
Or is it a problem on my end?

My browsing seems to be a bit slower now I've specified a proxy.

btw Im using manc-cache-14.server.ntli.net

[IanUK]

Freeserve/Wanadoo no longer use Proxies.

I use AOL here sometimes on top of the NTL connection, I've *never* had the issues that I have with the NTL proxies - all sites load first time, all the time.

In fact when I was with Freeserve and suffered their proxies until they got rid of them I never had the same volume of problems I have with NTL.

Todays first site to play silly buggers with my default transparent proxy is news.bbc.co.uk - all the images are red x's - as usual switching proxies fixes the issue.....

[jonifen]

Originally Posted by Ignition

ntl is the internet to them, we control everything. Anything going wrong is ntl's fault.

eh? ntl isn't the internet?!
just kidding

I'm in Rochdale and have had no such problems - I would imagine I use the same central equipment as Oldham and Bury seeing as Rochdale is sat in the middle!