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port 119 slow
Posted by WeeWillyTonka on July 2nd, 2005


port 119 slow, down to 5.27kbs on 2mb is Tiscali capping this port ?

Thanks


Posted by Bob Smith \(UK\) on July 3rd, 2005



"WeeWillyTonka" <WeeWillyTonka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42c68522$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
I found this a few months ago - try changing ports until you find a working
one.

Bob




Posted by David G. Bell on July 3rd, 2005


On Sunday, in article
<42c7bd94_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> bob@nospamplease
"Bob Smith \(UK\)" wrote:

Port 119 is the standard port for NNTP.

I wonder if binary newsgroups are the problem for Tiscali. That's a
quite usable speed for text newsgroups.

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