Virgin media 50mb and usenet problem?

[lebob]

well mines still running really slow, I guess i have to pluck up the courage to ring Virgin support....gulp!

Last time i did that it was a complete nightmare and took days of wrangling to get my issue fixed.

Might be worth posting on the Virgin Media Help & Support Forum http://community.virginmedia.com/

 

[Daaaveee]

Just a thought mate, but try news.virginmedia.com again? I've been in talks with one of the head honchos at Astra this last 24 hours, as apparently the routing between VM and Astra's EU server has been turned off temporarily and they're experiencing issues. VM have acknowledged the issue and are working on it. My speeds were likewise awful (hence the ticket to start with), but Giga and VM's news server are maxing my line. Worth a go!

Did you get sorted with OpenDNS btw, as per the Cable Forum recommendation? I can do you a quick step-by-step for the DIR-615 if not, if you'd find it useful.

Cheers for the suggestion mate, will try it out. At work at the moment but will be trying OpenDNS tonight, will drop by here if I have any problem and with my outcome!

 

[lebob]

I've just tried news.virginmedia.com and the speeds are worse than before, 104 KB/s

 

[Rainmaker]

I've just tried news.virginmedia.com and the speeds are worse than before, 104 KB/s

How many connections are you using mate? If you have a fault on the line obviously it doesn't matter which provider you try; but it's handy to rule out NSP problems as opposed to ISP ones.

 

[lebob]

15 connections but have tried all the way up to 74 in newsleecher and still the same speed.