Virgin hiccup

I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
Powerbook.

It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
can log into,
and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)

thanks

In message <1hxn9m5.vna83yh54eg7N%(E-Mail Removed)> , varnish
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
>Powerbook.
>
>It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
>a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
>annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
>can log into,
>and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
>Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)
>
which DNS servers are you using? do you have DNS servers set in your
router?

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dave @ stejonda <no$spam!delete&abuse%(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In message <1hxn9m5.vna83yh54eg7N%(E-Mail Removed)> , varnish
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
> >Powerbook.
> >
> >It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
> >a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
> >annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
> >can log into,
> >and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
> >Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)
> >
> which DNS servers are you using? do you have DNS servers set in your
> router?


thanks for your reply. On the router (Belkin) the 'automatic from
ISP' is ticked. The DNS boxes are blank

In message <1hxnmg0.hioqo1hzavsnN%(E-Mail Removed)> , varnish wrote:

> dave @ stejonda <no$spam!delete&abuse%(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> In message <1hxn9m5.vna83yh54eg7N%(E-Mail Removed)> , varnish
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>> >I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
>> >Powerbook.
>> >
>> >It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
>> >a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
>> >annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
>> >can log into,
>> >and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
>> >Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)
>> >
>> which DNS servers are you using? do you have DNS servers set in your
>> router?
>
>
> thanks for your reply. On the router (Belkin) the 'automatic from
> ISP' is ticked. The DNS boxes are blank

VM DNS is known to have problems on occasion. Usually one of the two is
grumpy and if that's the one your machine consults first then you'll get
pauses.
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On Sat, 5 May 2007 14:32:09 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (varnish)
wrote:

>I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
>Powerbook.
>
>It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
>a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
>annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
>can log into,
>and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
>Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)

Sounds a little odd - if you want to e-mail me some full details
including account info I shall see if I can get someone to investigate
further.



Alex


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Alex Brown
Senior Product Manager
Product Management, Virgin Media

"Alex Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 5 May 2007 14:32:09 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (varnish)
> wrote:
>
>>I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
>>Powerbook.
>>
>>It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
>>a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
>>annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
>>can log into,
>>and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
>>Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)
>
> Sounds a little odd - if you want to e-mail me some full details
> including account info I shall see if I can get someone to investigate
> further.

Try changing your DNS servers.. it sounds like they are being slow/losing
packets.

In message <f1keii$cor$(E-Mail Removed)>, "dennis@home"
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>"Alex Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> On Sat, 5 May 2007 14:32:09 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (varnish)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I've got 4MB BB with Virgin Media connected via airport to an Apple G4
>>>Powerbook.
>>>
>>>It works fine, and at a reasonable speed most of the time, but there is
>>>a 'hang' before pages are displayed - an
>>>annoying 3/4 seconds. There's a couple of BT wifis close by which I
>>>can log into,
>>>and they doesn't have this pause so I don't have a computer issue.
>>>Is this what I should expect? (Oxford area)
>>
>> Sounds a little odd - if you want to e-mail me some full details
>> including account info I shall see if I can get someone to investigate
>> further.
>
>Try changing your DNS servers.. it sounds like they are being slow/losing
>packets.

I've exchanged VM's DNS server 194.168.1.100 for one of those from
www.xname.org and whilst it hadn't occurred to me that pages were
loading particularly slowly before they now load much faster.

>
NTL's Web cache's also have a reputation for being slow, see
<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/trancache.html>

(though the Bromley ones seem Ok atm) and that page may be somewhat out
of date now.

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dave @ stejonda