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  tone@swoon.demon.co.uk (Tony Gilbert) said:-

>The NewsServer was this morning connected the first time after the new
>servers had been put back online. But my modem speeds for News had dropped
>from my usual 900 to 1000 cps to the today of around 480 cps. Not sure if
>it's a problem my end ? This is on a 14400 modem BTW. Mind you the receive
>light on my modem was on all the time with the send flashing know and
>again and also the TST light flashing occassionly. Usually the Receive
>light goes in bursts and then pauses but today it was receiving all the
>time so I expected a very high cps rate,which I didn't get.
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>Any ideas ?       
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Yep. The second newsserver and/or the software that runs it halves the
throughput. It has happened twice now; Demon denied all knowledge of it last
time. I hope they get it fixed, though. It may well turn out that it was
cheaper to kick the news machine 150 times than put up with half speed
news! 
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