Cable modem installation diary.

ntl came and installed my cable modem yesterday - no problem with that.

The Broadjump installation software worked fine but after registration I was met
by an error message on IE6 and constant requests to dial from OE6. Forte Agent
worked fine with text.news.ntlworld.com.

A closer examination of the Internet options found it to be contaminated by
Freeserve default mail servers and proxies - the PC had been bought from PC
world - surprise, surprise.

I turned off the proxies and put in the right mail servers - I killed the dial
up connections and voila! - it all worked.

I tried a 4 meg download and saw 7 to 15 kByte/s - is this typical for
600kbit/sec broadband at 9:00pm. I suspect some contention issues because I
live in an area where a lot of professional people live and I guess many of them
may have broadband.

A Couple of questions?

I know the ntl proxies have been flaky in the past - is it worth using them to
speed up browsing? Can someone point me to a list.

Finally - I managed to remove the Freeserve logo from IE but the "provided by
Freeserve" crap is still there - does anyone know how to get rid of this?

JPG

"JPG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ntl came and installed my cable modem yesterday - no problem with
that.
>
> The Broadjump installation software worked fine but after registration
I was met
> by an error message on IE6 and constant requests to dial from OE6.
Forte Agent
> worked fine with text.news.ntlworld.com.
>
> A closer examination of the Internet options found it to be
contaminated by
> Freeserve default mail servers and proxies - the PC had been bought
from PC
> world - surprise, surprise.
>
> I turned off the proxies and put in the right mail servers - I killed
the dial
> up connections and voila! - it all worked.
>
> I tried a 4 meg download and saw 7 to 15 kByte/s - is this typical for
> 600kbit/sec broadband at 9:00pm. I suspect some contention issues
because I
> live in an area where a lot of professional people live and I guess
many of them
> may have broadband.
>
> A Couple of questions?
>
> I know the ntl proxies have been flaky in the past - is it worth using
them to
> speed up browsing? Can someone point me to a list.
>
> Finally - I managed to remove the Freeserve logo from IE but the
"provided by
> Freeserve" crap is still there - does anyone know how to get rid of
this?
>
> JPG
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/w...358084,00.html

JPG wrote:

> I tried a 4 meg download and saw 7 to 15 kByte/s - is this typical
> for 600kbit/sec broadband at 9:00pm. I suspect some contention
> issues because I live in an area where a lot of professional people
> live and I guess many of them may have broadband.

Try again when it's a 'quieter' time, if you get the same results try
turning the CM off for a short time & then back on (your config will
be reloaded) if it is still slow try going to ...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...ips/index.html (it's
worth putting it into your favourites)...

& trying some of the tips & the speed test. If it's still the same
you will have an early introduction to the infamous 24 hour helpdesk
(only open 12 hours a day)...

>
> A Couple of questions?
>
> I know the ntl proxies have been flaky in the past - is it worth
> using them to speed up browsing? Can someone point me to a list.

Unless you explicitly configure others you will always go through the
poxey proxies except when they have fallen over or been turned off
(because they have fallen over). As for a list, try the above site...

>
>
> JPG



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