Speed problems in BH area?

[sstainer]

another i use is
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1

[savvychels]

Hmmm - I think there is actually a problem with my speed - have been testing off and on with both speedtest.net and the speed test at the top of here, and yesterday I was getting decent speeds on speedtest and proper speeds on here, but tonight this is what I'm consistently getting

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:49:57 UTC

1st 512K took 1188 ms = 431 KB/sec, approx 3551 Kbps, 3.47 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1109 ms = 461.7 KB/sec, approx 3804 Kbps, 3.71 Mbps
3rd 512K took 907 ms = 564.5 KB/sec, approx 4651 Kbps, 4.54 Mbps
4th 512K took 1391 ms = 368.1 KB/sec, approx 3033 Kbps, 2.96 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3760 Kbps, 3.67 Mbps


So... either it is something going on in the gearing up for 20meg or I think something may have happened when they changed the spot in the cabinet I was connected to in order to fix a TV problem.

Is that possible? That moving the point in the cabinet may have started a problem that they may have to tweak? It's really only been since then that I've been noticing a problem.

[Graham M]

Now appear to be proxy-less in BH14 woohoo

[savvychels]

Is that good or bad? I've never used proxy's, so don't know.

I did read on another thread (can't remember which one now) that they are removing the proxy's and gave a link for more info.

[Graham M]

Basically the Proxies were a compulsory gateway (no easy way around) to the WWW which minimizes the flow of WWW traffic outside of the NTL Network by caching the files required on servers internal to the NTL network. Anyway they're getting rid of them and so far I've noticed a definite increase in browsing speed and responsiveness. You can tell if you are currently proxied by the "Connection" link at the top of the page.

[sstainer]

proxy works for me in bh14 [using one in connections] IE