RE: [Sheflug] Re: Blue Yonder

["David Bottrill" <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>]

I have had similar problems with NTL with their cable modem service. I find
mail delivery is OK likewise I can FTP, but web performance is diabolical. I
have determined this to be NTL insistance on using transparent web caches to
boost apparent performance and reduce core bandwidth.
I have had limited sucess in using other ISP proxy servers to by-pass the
NTL caches try pointng you web browser at any of these proxies:

Proxy, URL, Port
BT Webcache,  webcache.bt.net,  80
BT Webcache 2, webcache.bt.net, 3128
Pipex Webcache,  webcache.pipex.net, 3128
Pipex Webcache 7, webcache7.pipex.net,  3128
FastNet cache,  icache.fastnet.co.uk, 3128
SnowBall webcache, snowball.mmedia.is, 80

Recently NTL seem to have got their act together so my tests have been very
subjective, I would be interrested in any feedback as to if this fixes the
problem. If it does then I think the web caches must be to blame.

David Bottrill


> Blue yonder have been doing this to me lately. It has recently
> stopped (last Friday), but I don't expect it to last.
>
> When I dialled up (if that worked) I could get mail, but http
> requests seemed to be ignored. Konqueror and Netscape, and even
> Lynx and w3m, complained of the network link being broken. This
> mysteriously disappeared after about ten minutes, and it would
> suddenly burst into life and everything would work until I
> disconnected. Then, same again.
>
> The tech support person said "its probably your machine. All our
> stuff works alright". Funny, then, that when I dial into UKLinux,
> it works first time, every time!
>
> Craig
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
> Any body got any idea why blue yonder is not sending web pages to me? I
> can get my mail but load webpages is hit and miss in
> mozilla nutscrape and lynx and is getting annoying any ideas why i had
> no problems dialing up.
>
> Sammy
>

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