Re: microsoft newsgroup response time

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:10:21 -0800, "Kerry Brown"
<kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote:

NoStop wrote:

Complain to your ISP. They are throttling down access speed to their
news server. ISP's don't like UseNet. It costs them money and few of
their subscribers even know it exists. Some have dropped UseNet
altogether while others are making access so unbearably slow, users
are forced to go to paid newsgroup services. COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN,
COMPLAIN! And get other subscribers to your ISP to do likewise.
That's your only solution short of purchasing access elsewhere.

With QOS they can prioritise packets based on the packet content. This can
slow down Usenet service even if you use a paid server. Most ISPs are
offering some form of VOIP and some are using QOS to give VOIP priority.
There is also some talk of ISPs using QOS to throttle back traffic to other
networks or service providors that don't pay them for priority.

Kerry



Thanks Kerry and NoStop. After lengthy conversation with ISP, with
new found knowledge, I may have a solution. ISP insists it does not
throttle down usenet, however, have acknowledged they have a problem
with mis-configured DNS server. I was assured it will be fixed ASAP.

If the solution turns out to be anything other than the DNS, I will
post back to let you know the outcome FYI.

Lou
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