NTL totally rubbish at the moment

DemonOfTheFall · 07-03-2006 9:23pm #1

Their DNS servers seem to have spontaneously combusted...

Getting perfect 362 kb/s speeds from anywhere I try, but absolutely sh*** browsing thanks to their DNSes working about every tenth attempt. I am sick of pushing F5...

ntlbell · 07-03-2006 9:25pm

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

Their DNS servers seem to have spontaneously combusted...

Getting perfect 362 kb/s speeds from anywhere I try, but absolutely sh*** browsing thanks to their DNSes working about every tenth attempt. I am sick of pushing F5...

So use someone elses?

DemonOfTheFall · 07-03-2006 9:37pm

I tried telling my router to use eircom's DNSes then nothing was working.

MrPunch · 07-03-2006 9:40pm

My NTL connection is also in tatters right now.
Seems the first time I connect to any site it times out. Second or third time out it works, and works solidly to that site thereafter.

john
BTW I'm in Christchurch, so it seems to widespread if DotF is in Shankill

ntlbell · 07-03-2006 9:42pm

sounds more like a problem with the transparent proxy server.

there should be a list of NTL proxy server's around, using one of these to get you over the hump!

christophicus · 07-03-2006 9:57pm

Could this be due to an iminant upgrade?

DemonOfTheFall · 07-03-2006 10:03pm

fingers crossed!.

I'm certain it's not their transparent proxy, because if I try to ping any site it will regularly fail to do the lookup of their IP. Seems awfully like borked DNS.

My shankill NTL is actually on the same ring as Ballyogan if it means anything to anyone, the rest of shankill doesn't have NTL. My estate is the only one for a fair distance that can get NTL.

lee_baby_simms · 07-03-2006 10:06pm

mines not too bad. Does anyone know the max speed a 120 modem can take? i heard its 5 meg.

ntlbell · 07-03-2006 10:07pm

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

fingers crossed!.

I'm certain it's not their transparent proxy, because if I try to ping any site it will regularly fail to do the lookup of their IP. Seems awfully like borked DNS.

My shankill NTL is actually on the same ring as Ballyogan if it means anything to anyone, the rest of shankill doesn't have NTL. My estate is the only one for a fair distance that can get NTL.

Ah ok, then yes it's more than likley DNS.

bk · 07-03-2006 10:10pm

Yes, mine was having DNS problems also about two hours ago for about an hour. I'm in D9.

Perhaps something to do with upgrades.

carrotcake · 07-03-2006 10:12pm

i've started using the proxy server belf-cache-2.server.ntli.net port 8080 and it seems to be going ok now, as far as browsing goes. msn still isn't working tho

ntlbell · 07-03-2006 10:15pm

carrotcake wrote:

i've started using the proxy server belf-cache-2.server.ntli.net port 8080 and it seems to be going ok now, as far as browsing goes. msn still isn't working tho

point msn at the proxy and see how it goes.

christophicus · 07-03-2006 10:18pm

If you just ask the engineers when they come to instal;l the broadband for a wireless router will they give you one?

carrotcake · 07-03-2006 10:22pm

ntlbell wrote:

point msn at the proxy and see how it goes.

tried that and still no go. in fact, browsing has gone crap again too. it must have made no difference in the first place

Mistmyr · 07-03-2006 11:37pm

Dub 24 here

Browsing has been gone to hell all evening, seems to have calmed down now

Upgrades

Fingers crossed........

Misty

ArthurG · 08-03-2006 10:07am

Funny that - I was playing FFXI last night and some of the guys on NTL in the UK were complaining about busted DNS servers and MSN not working.

Seems like its not localised to Ireland!. We are still connected to the UK network in some way aren't we?.

My browsing in Lucan has been ok, no major problems by the way!.

bk · 08-03-2006 11:44am

ArthurG wrote:

Seems like its not localised to Ireland!. We are still connected to the UK network in some way aren't we?.

Yes, we still seem to be using the NTL:UK infrastructure.

LegacyUser · 08-03-2006 1:17pm

NTL problems out here in Cabinteely and have been for a couple of weeks now.

Dodge · 08-03-2006 1:24pm

NO problems in Clondalkin

Astro1996 · 08-03-2006 5:32pm

Browsing is still horrible here, works one minute then it doesnt work at all, has been like this since early yesterday morning, D24

Drapper · 08-03-2006 5:39pm

rubbish in d15 too but latency is fine !! strange !!!!!

DemonOfTheFall · 08-03-2006 7:26pm

Yeah it's only the DNSes that are bolloxed. I still get normal, or even less than normal pings and totally normal speeds.

Dodge · 08-03-2006 7:55pm

Dodge wrote:

NO problems in Clondalkin

Actually, its fairly **** in clondalkin now

yawn · 08-03-2006 8:05pm

fine for me in d24

dub45 · 08-03-2006 8:25pm

Did anyone ring them?

christophicus · 08-03-2006 9:17pm

I should be getting it installed tomarrow in waterford.Is it affecting anyone in waterford??Would it affect the whole of Ireland.

RintPete · 08-03-2006 9:21pm

christophicus wrote:

I should be getting it installed tomarrow in waterford.Is it affecting anyone in waterford??Would it affect the whole of Ireland.

Don't know about W'ford but its pretty crap in Galway. I'm getting 6% QoS from IrishIspTest.com

-=- RintPete

tabatha · 08-03-2006 9:28pm

has anyone had them call out and replace there modem? they came to my mums house a few weeks ago and did this.

christophicus · 08-03-2006 9:29pm

QoS?

tabatha · 08-03-2006 9:30pm

DemonOfTheFall · 08-03-2006 9:40pm

RintPete wrote:

Don't know about W'ford but its pretty crap in Galway. I'm getting 6% QoS from IrishIspTest.com

-=- RintPete

I've always gotten random QoS figures from that site on Eircom/BT/NTL. The QoS thingy they have just means nothing at all, total crap.

Seems fine for browsing again tonight, haven't had a single timeout.

NTL totally rubbish at the moment

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