Re: microsoft newsgroup response time

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NoStop wrote:
On Friday 10 March 2006 11:10 am, Kerry Brown had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

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

You've managed to explain one way the ISP is able to do this. Not
what the solution to the OP's problem is and that is how to get the
speed back. I suggested the only way I know of to do this.

It sounds like Louis followed your advice and complained to his ISP. His ISP
came up with a plausible explanation and is apprantly working to fix the
problem. I was trying to give him some ammunition to use in his complaint.

Kerry


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