Broadband Tech > Filesharing Software > [Newsgroups] Usenet speed consistently down by 20%

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Re: [Newsgroups] Usenet speed consistently down by 20%

[23:13:54] Level: ERROR MODULE=InterSocket, MSG=Error: Connection Failed, Host: news-ssl.newsgroupdirect.com Error Code: 10061:1034

Doesn't seem to like that port.

Additionally, the speed has started swinging around wildly for the last hour or two (after an initial few minutes at full speed) and running much slower than it should - even with both newsreaders. Image attached. Speedtest.net still shows a full 5.16Mbps down and 0.65Mbps up.

Instead of port 563 with SSL, try either port 80, or port 81. 443 is no longer supported.
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Didn't help. Additionally, with just one newsreader I'm now only able to get 93KBps. With two it just swings about as I described before.

My ISP is pretty good but the company that owns the actual lines is Bell Canada, who are busy breaking the law and screwing customers right now. I'm increasingly suspicious that they're at the bottom of this.

Update: I think NewsgroupDirect is to blame for this.

I got a free trial with NNTPJunkie to test another provider, I couldn't connect to their SSL for some reason, but on the non-SSL connection I was able to maintain full speed for about 25 minutes, and downloaded 700MB. I only stopped at that point because the free trial is only 1GB, and I wanted to leave some to test the SSL service (assuming I can get through). No problems, though.

I went back to NewsgroupDirect, just to check it wasn't the time of day or anything and sure enough, after 250MB of downloading (which takes 5-10 minutes) it started doing the exact same thing again. However, although the average speed in that initial time is faster, it's a lot more peaky than NNTPJunkie's.

I'll send NGD a message and ask them what they're playing at. If they can't fix it or they don't answer, I'll just cancel my subscription with them and go with someone else.