Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
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Originally Posted by
tmas333
Just sent those bastards this ticket...
New account not working properly. Crippled DL speeds.
What server and port are you using? Are you using SSL? Double check your server settings. Try switching servers and port.
US Server:
usnews.blocknews.net
EU Server:
eunews.blocknews.net
usnews.blocknews.net allows connections on ports 23,119, 2000,880,8080,9000
eunews.blocknews.net allows connections on ports 23,119, 2000,880,8080,9000
For SSL connections on either server, you may use either port 443, 563, 5563
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
Like I said before I tried every combination of those things they all behave exactly the same.
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
Never had any problems with Blocknews. They can't be throttling you they don't care how fast the block is used.
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
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Originally Posted by
tmas333
Like I said before I tried every combination of those things they all behave exactly the same.
You still haven't posted who your ISP is, or any tracert information from your location to Blocknews. I used Astra for many years as my 'fills' server, now that they are my 'primary' I use like many others Blocknews as 'fills', and have never seen any slowdowns from them whatsoever on two different ISP's over the last 5+ years.
The only 'variance' I see is that when the 'electronic bucket brigade' that is usenet goes off-track a bit (skips or fades on the major server plants like Astra or Giga), Blocknews is affected as well but it seems to 'recover' much faster to those skips, filling them in nicely, quicker than the 'big boys', possibly because their peering is a bit better thought out.
I'd be looking at my ISP first, and staring right at the route the data is taking as a potential problem, not Blocknews, and watching if that route changes during the periods of 'slow downs' and such.
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
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Originally Posted by
tmas333
Like I said before I tried every combination of those things they all behave exactly the same.
Did Blocknews customer support respond to your support ticket? Are you still having issues?
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
I am experiencing the same exact issue. :angry:
Re: Just signed up with blocknews. Getting crippled dialup speeds!
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Originally Posted by
lukin42
I am experiencing the same exact issue. :angry:
The issue of repeatedly ignoring Beck's advice ? :lol:
I've had a few periods of slow speeds on this service in the distant past, it was always temporary and only affected older files. Using more connections usually helped.
