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"Andy" <nospam@no.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 2017-08-13, FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Petzl wrote:
>>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:11:38 +1000, FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Petzl wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 21:31:46 +1000, FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone with an explanation as to why, at night headers are taking 
>>>>>> ages
>>>>>> to download to the extent of timing out, it happens on my XP computer
>>>>>> with seamonkey but it also happens on thunderbird through a separate
>>>>>> linux computer.
>>>>>> This only seem to leave myrepublic with its modem or astraweb.
>
> No issues here, and I'm also using Astraweb.
>
>>>>>> PS also eternal sept, which seem to let out astraweb.
>
> I'm unsure what that's supposed to mean.
>
>>>> This new  40 plus speeds fibre and Usenet does not work as well as it
>>>> did with dialup.
>
> Could be an issue with your carrier given you've tried different PCs and
> operating systems.

Nope, I use the same RSP and modem as he does and we are both on fttn.

He might well be on a POI where MyRepublic has done its own thing in
the POI instead of using Optus Wholesale tho and they have just made
the Gong their first Gigatown, gigabit FTTP for those on FTTP there. That
may have happened quite recently as the gigabit has only gone live a
few weeks ago.

> I only have ADSL2 @ around 8Mbps down.  Though the only really busy
> group I'm subscribed to might have 100-150 headers to retrieve on any
> given day, but slrn usually downloads them in a couple of seconds.

>>>> Maybe the modem differentiates between usenet and normal browsing ??

> The only thing I can suggest is that your ISP is throttling
> usenet traffic to discourage mass binary downloaders

Sounds a tad unlikely compared with all that video streaming.

> - Astraweb lets you establish up to 20 concurrent connections which
> will usually let you max out your connection for binary downloads.
 

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NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-12 21:31 +1000
  Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 22:30 +1000
    Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-12 23:11 +1000
      Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-12 23:48 +1000
        Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-13 01:13 +1000
          Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 06:05 +1000
            Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-13 16:12 +1000
              Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 07:37 +1000
        Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 06:04 +1000
          Re: NG problems not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-12 23:18 +0000
            Re: NG problems keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2017-08-13 16:11 +1000
            Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 07:31 +1000
            Re: NG problems not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-14 23:21 +0000
        Re: NG problems felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-13 18:37 +1000
          Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 07:44 +1000
        Re: NG problems Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-08-14 00:16 +1000
      Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 06:03 +1000
      Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 07:06 +1000
        Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 08:46 +1000
        Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-13 16:15 +1000
          Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 16:52 +1000
          Re: NG problems Andy <nospam@no.invalid> - 2017-08-13 08:34 +0000
            Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 07:43 +1000
            Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-14 13:16 +1000
  Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 06:00 +1000
  Re: NG problems not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-12 23:23 +0000
    Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-13 16:17 +1000
      Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 07:38 +1000
      Re: NG problems F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-14 20:55 +1000
        Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 04:22 +1000
          Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-15 07:21 +1000
            Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 09:05 +1000
          Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 08:24 +1000
            Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 09:09 +1000
              Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 11:07 +1000
                Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 14:30 +1000
                Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-15 20:13 +1000
                Re: NG problems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 21:08 +1000
                Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-16 13:46 +1000
                Re: NG problems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-16 03:31 +1000
                Re: NG problems Andy <nospam@no.invalid> - 2017-08-16 05:57 +0000
                Re: NG problems F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-16 17:54 +1000
                Re: NG problems Andy <nospam@no.invalid> - 2017-08-16 09:01 +0000
                Re: NG problems "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2017-08-16 19:35 +1000
  Re: NG problems Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-08-14 10:07 +0000
    Re: NG problems FMurtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-26 23:30 +1000

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